The Witcher creator was honest enough to admit that he didn’t believe in CD Projekt RED’s success at first, which is why he decided to sell all the rights for a fixed sum instead of taking a share of the game’s profits.
Citiraj:
I was stupid enough to sell them rights to the whole bunch. They offered me a percentage of their profits. I said, ‘No, there will be no profit at all – give me all my money right now! The whole amount.’ It was stupid. I was stupid enough to leave everything in their hands because I didn’t believe in their success. But who could foresee their success? I couldn’t.
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