1500 People Worked on The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3 cost about $81 million USD.

CD Projekt Red's CEO Adam Kicinski revealed the game's total budget--including development and marketing costs about $81 million USD.

Kicinski also revealed that CD Projekt Red conducted 40 different marketing campaigns in parallel for The Witcher 3. He described this as a "daunting task," noting that the region-specific marketing campaigns were accompanied by a global campaign, too.

As for time of development, Kicinski revealed that The Witcher 3 was developed over the course of 3.5 years by a team of professionals that "know how to develop games efficiently." A total of 240 in-house staff worked on The Witcher 3 (most were Polish, but a "considerable" number were foreigners), while 1,500 people in all around the world were involved in the game's production.

With The Witcher 3 localized in 15 different language versions, seven of which had full voice acting, 500 voice actors worked on the game

Kicinski described The Witcher 3 as a "good investment," pointing out that the game sold 6 million copies in six weeks.Next up for The Witcher 3 is the Hearts of Stone expansion, which launches on October 13.