AnsweRED Podcast - Episode 3: Does Business Hamper Creativity?

In the third episode of the AnsweRED Podcast, our hosts, Sebastian Kalemba and Paweł Burza, are joined by Comic Book and Animation Narrative Director, Bartosz Sztybor, and VP of Business Development, Jan Rosner, to venture into the land of business development and franchises!
This episode is packed with inspiring thoughts on collaborations of all kinds. Hear about how we choose who we want to partner up with and how dream collaborations, like with Dawid Podsiadło, turn into a reality. This episode also draws from our work on Cyberpunk: Edgerunners to explore the role of business development in game dev - and why taking risks is so important. And last but not least, get to know what it feels like to win a prestigious Hugo Award!
AnsweRED Podcast is an employer branding initiative dedicated to like-minded individuals interested in game development, providing a unique platform for them to gain knowledge from our team representatives’ insights, experiences, and cutting-edge expertise. In the future, we aim to extend invitations to game developers from all around the world.
The podcast is out now, and is also available on major streaming platforms: cdpred.ly/Answ...

[@user-xx1sp9mm7y]

Hello guys, wanted to thank you for making cyberpunk amazing after failing at the start even though it wouldn't be financially good for the investors. Thank you for the best dlc ever. Спасибо!

[@sorarockss93]

A lot of companies have forgotten what quality over quantity means. And a lot of companies would absolutely not go back to fix their game or even support a single player project for so many years and instead just abandon it to work on the next big thing that can bring in the money. Companies like CPDR and Larian are important for the industry and I hope we get more of those. And of course hope the ones we already have don't change down the line.

[@Hellseeker1]

I want graphics, I want gameplay and quality of life, leave everything else intact as is. That's what a perfect remaster is.

[@adaptivekalman]

Is the ESG money worth destroying your business and losing all your customers?

[@Becks670]

Does ESG hampers creativity is the real question.

[@JackShepN7]

Preach.

[@ThomasKynes-fb8mi]

ESG/DEI is a pathetic evil that their characters would be ashamed of. Its the tyranny of Blackrock etc. The most evil psychopaths on earth.

[@chrisalder9096]

Great, thank you !!

[@charlesm835]

This was a really great conversation. Love the new show, leep 'em coming!

[@apexanimo]

This episode was a blast! I'm so glad my favorite devs are talking about something they are passionate about. Thank you. An interesting idea for next podcast could be to invite Marcin Przybyłowicz. Almost every day I have to listen to Kaer Morhen theme, Outskirts of Novigrad, Fields of Ard Skellig, Vagabond etc because the music Marcin made for TW3 and CP2077 are beyond emotions. Every time I listen to his OSTs, I have that feeling that I'm at "home".

[@szymonnowak2146]

Chciałbym pewnego dnia pracować w branży kreatywnej. Na własne studio nie mam szans. Lecz taka praca dla CDPR, tworząc fabułę, dialogu, wątki, psychologię postaci... Spełnienie marzeń. Lecz i wiek, jak i "doświadczenie" uniemożliwia. Może Pewnego dnia...

[@Sahrawiyun]

Nigdy nie mów nigdy

[@pinkyjulien77]

Thanks again for the great podcast! Looking forward to the next one :3

[@arsenmanukian6673]

Hello, can you please tell me that the new Witcher will have Russian voice acting?

[@greshchuk]

Dodaj angielski do Wiedźmina 3. To bardzo ważne dla naszego przetrwania! Dzięki!

[@tupacbck6833]

i think it does. But only when chasing trends

[@Pogoproject]

Will Geralt be gay,or pink hair Go woke.....go broke

[@tylerc161]

Thanks for the podcast. Will we see FSR3 in Q1 2024?

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

The most important question stays unanswered, why the messy launch? Did business and marketing screw up the game?

[@heidiblackbird1459]

i got a question yall cool with palworld ripping off geralts silver sword

[@alexrasder9554]

Hello! please add the ability to control a gyroscope to the game Cyberpunk

[@user-pp7rg2jd5u]

I just read that a huge lawsuit is being prepared against the developers of cyberpunk 2077, due to the unfinished nature of the game on the old generation of consoles. Fraud and manipulation are mentioned. Their lawyer is serious.

[@charliebrownnz1]

Please don't make the witcher remake woke. Fire any developers that find anything to do with the piot "problematic". If you make it woke you will ruin your company and goodwill with half your customers. Please just improve the graphics - update gameplay and remove bugs. Please no out of place trans/gay characters, race or gender swaps or modern day social commentary.

[@Pogoproject]

Bankrupt project red

[@benson4391]

If you think that going politically correct with the witcher you will gain modern audiences. You will fail ,what ever you do won't be enough even if you make Geralt gay black and trans they will still not buy your games because they don't care. Do the books and characters right and public will buy or you can do like netflix and destroy your games for audiences that hate you

[@roma-gamespro9639]

I want to update cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.02-2.03 don’t forget the game table for streamers I’m playing I support you

[@Ak-qv7hj]

Why they are no Capes in W3 ?

[@fring3games211]

Здравствуйте дорогие CDProjekt я прошу вас выпустить патч 2.0 на xbox one и PS4 многие игроки будут очень рады так как нам этого патча не хватает с уважением ваш фанат!

[@user-go4tz9bi5n]

Это английский с польским акцентом?

[@Hellseeker1]

Probably not going to be purchasing the remake boys, leave it as is unchanged with the sex stuff or I'm not going to buy it.

[@PiratesDockingSix]

An absolute clownshow

[@chupamaroc2545]

Cry harder

[@jerrybuffington6473]

Do you honestly believe it is in CDPR's best interest to do what you are about to do to The Witcher?

[@mrlucky9157]

What are they going to do?

[@strangelee4400]

@@mrlucky9157 Remake it for 'a modern gaming audience' filled with THE MESSAGE courtesy of ESG, DEI.

[@mrlucky9157]

@@strangelee4400 I seriously doubt they are going to do that.

[@Gustavofring916]

Fix finishers

[@INeedJesus55]

CD Projekt Dead

[@9r33ks]

Rushed development, overpromising and false advertising does.

[@chupamaroc2545]

And still manage to Sold 25 million copies now COPE

[@9r33ks]

@chupamaroc2545 I mean, yes. That was the point of overpromising, false advertisement, and rushing the production. To sell as many copies as possible before hype bubble bursts. Fun fact: 25M was projected to be reached in the first MONTH from release, not after 4 years. :D

[@elyk4558]

so business hampers creativity.

[@9r33ks]

@@elyk4558 building blind hype is arguably a very creative task. Some developers built their entire careers on hollow hype alone. :D

[@opkeanos88]

Isn't your servers down? Wtf guys 😢😢

[@DripzEU823]

PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF US PLAYERS FIX CYBERPUNKS LOD‘s. Cant be that my game has worse pop ins with a 2000€ GPU than i had on my Xbox one X.

[@ThomasKynes-fb8mi]

ESG/DEI hampers creativity. Basically capitulating to evil for a brief moment of shallow fame. If your character's were real they would be ashamed.

[@onefootoutthedoor9937]

DEI and sweet baby inc certainly does

[@user-pp8jv3gz8k]

Я попа)

[@user-pp7rg2jd5u]

I just read that a huge lawsuit is being prepared against the developers of cyberpunk 2077, due to the unfinished nature of the game on the old generation of consoles. Fraud and manipulation are mentioned. Their lawyer is serious.