The Witcher Netflix Series Boosts The Witcher 3 to Over 70,000 Steam Concurrent Players - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 27 December 2019 / 5,332 Views
The release of the The Witcher Netflix series has boosted The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to a peak of over 72,000 concurrent players on Steam, according to SteamCharts.
The game reached peak concurrent players of 26,594 in November. That would mean a nearly tripling in the number of peak concurrent players after the release of the Netflix series.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC on May 19, 2015, and for the Nintendo Switch on October 15, 2019.
Here is an overview of the game:
The Witcher: Wild Hunt is a story-driven open world RPG set in a visually stunning fantasy universe full of meaningful choices and impactful consequences. In The Witcher, you play as professional monster hunter Geralt of Rivia tasked with finding a child of prophecy in a vast open world rich with merchant cities, pirate islands, dangerous mountain passes, and forgotten caverns to explore.
Key Features:
PLAY AS A HIGHLY TRAINED MONSTER SLAYER FOR HIRE
Trained from early childhood and mutated to gain superhuman skills, strength and reflexes, witchers are a counterbalance to the monster-infested world in which they live.
- Gruesomely destroy foes as a professional monster hunter armed with a range of upgradeable weapons, mutating potions and combat magic.
- Hunt down a wide range of exotic monsters — from savage beasts prowling the mountain passes, to cunning supernatural predators lurking in the shadows of densely populated towns.
- Invest your rewards to upgrade your weaponry and buy custom armour, or spend them away in horse races, card games, fist fighting, and other pleasures the night brings.
EXPLORE A MORALLY INDIFFERENT FANTASY OPEN WORLD
Built for endless adventure, the massive open world of The Witcher sets new standards in terms of size, depth and complexity.
- Traverse a fantastical open world: explore forgotten ruins, caves and shipwrecks, trade with merchants and dwarven smiths in cities, and hunt across the open plains, mountains and seas.
- Deal with treasonous generals, devious witches and corrupt royalty to provide dark and dangerous services.
- Make choices that go beyond good & evil, and face their far-reaching consequences.
CHASE DOWN THE CHILD OF PROPHECY
Take on the most important contract to track down the child of prophecy, a key to save or destroy this world.
- In times of war, chase down the child of prophecy, a living weapon foretold by ancient elven legends.
- Struggle against ferocious rulers, spirits of the wilds and even a threat from beyond the veil – all hell-bent on controlling this world.
- Define your destiny in a world that may not be worth saving.
FULLY REALIZED NEXT GENERATION
- Built exclusively for next generation hardware, the REDengine 3 renders the world of The Witcher visually nuanced and organic, a real true to life fantasy.
- Dynamic weather systems and day/night cycles affect how the citizens of the towns and the monsters of the wilds behave.
- Rich with storyline choices in both main and subplots, this grand open world is influenced by the player unlike ever before.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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It bumped back up into the top 30 digital games on Switch eshop as well.
witcher 3 game of the year edition was on sale for 70% off so i had to get it.
I also fired it up.
I just wanna know how the ratings for this first season turned out because the show honestly blew me away. I mean, seriously??? Not in my wildest dreams was I expecting this show to impress me as much as it has. Couldn't get into the games but I just gave the show a shot because I like Cavill enough. Now, the show has made me a die-hard Cavill fan. Not only has he nailed the role, he absolutely embodied the character. To me, he IS Geralt, in which the game character still fails to appeal to me. your comment...
No way The Mandalorian got more ratings. From what I'm seeing, it seems like everyone's eye is on The Witcher at the moment. Mandalorian is getting good reviews but I feeing I have makes me believe Witcher is more popular. More reviews on Rotten as well and it hasn't been out as long.
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