The Witcher 3 sales are up 554 percent year-over-year

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is almost five years old and it keeps on going.

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is experiencing a massive rush of new players since the TV show released.
According to NPD, sales were up 554% last December when compared to the previous year.
This comes on top of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt setting a record for concurrent players on Steam.


While The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt first released back in May 2015, it's still pushing on in sales. According to a new NPD report, sales of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt were up 554% in December 2019 when compared to December 2018, which is mainly attributed to the incredible success of the TV show which released in December 2019.

Other factors were naturally present, such as the game releasing on Nintendo Switch in October 2019 and multiple game sales on different platforms. Still, the NPD report notes that even when removing copies that were sold on Nintendo Switch, sales were still up 63% year-over-year. The Wit...