I dont remember everything, but hes been complaining nonstop about how CDPR is ruining his franchise, said they robbed him of money because the games are worth more than the rights he sold to them, something about how they butchered the books, and continues to claim the books are far more popular than the games.
Idk there was a lot and i might be misremembering things and forgetting others
Yeah he basically said the game would never make money, so he took a relatively small lump fee up front rather than a percentage royalty. Then the game was very successful. I’m pretty sure he did alright with the sequels - by accounts CDPR were really gracious - but he still moaned a lot.
He then kept saying that the games had no influence on the success of the franchise - nevermind that hardly if any of his books were even translated until after the games, in particular after gamers explicitly asked for them to be translated.
That alone doesn’t make him a wanker, but his overall attitude does. He never had anything good to say about the show (and hey, maybe he was right there in the end…) and I feel like the main reason he likes Cavill is because Cavill is always adament about staying true to the source material.
It’s basically a classic case of loving the art but hating the artist.
I don’t remember him saying the games butchered his work. From what I remember je doesn’t care for them beyond the payout they “owed” him. He doesn’t understand the medium at all and afaik doesn’t know much about the story in them. And even if he did, it’s all on the level of fan fiction to him (which is fair - he is reportedly writing another book from the universe and I understandnhe doesn’t want to be tied down by things someone else wrote in his universe)
I think you’re giving him too much credit. He absolutely does understand the medium, he just trash talks it. CDPR wanted to give him a percentage royalty, but he demanded a lump fee up front. Then the game was successful and he had egg on his face. Ever since, he’s claimed that the games had nothing to do with the success of the franchise.
I dont remember everything, but hes been complaining nonstop about how CDPR is ruining his franchise, said they robbed him of money because the games are worth more than the rights he sold to them, something about how they butchered the books, and continues to claim the books are far more popular than the games.
Idk there was a lot and i might be misremembering things and forgetting others
Yeah he basically said the game would never make money, so he took a relatively small lump fee up front rather than a percentage royalty. Then the game was very successful. I’m pretty sure he did alright with the sequels - by accounts CDPR were really gracious - but he still moaned a lot.
He then kept saying that the games had no influence on the success of the franchise - nevermind that hardly if any of his books were even translated until after the games, in particular after gamers explicitly asked for them to be translated.
That alone doesn’t make him a wanker, but his overall attitude does. He never had anything good to say about the show (and hey, maybe he was right there in the end…) and I feel like the main reason he likes Cavill is because Cavill is always adament about staying true to the source material.
It’s basically a classic case of loving the art but hating the artist.
I don’t remember him saying the games butchered his work. From what I remember je doesn’t care for them beyond the payout they “owed” him. He doesn’t understand the medium at all and afaik doesn’t know much about the story in them. And even if he did, it’s all on the level of fan fiction to him (which is fair - he is reportedly writing another book from the universe and I understandnhe doesn’t want to be tied down by things someone else wrote in his universe)
I think you’re giving him too much credit. He absolutely does understand the medium, he just trash talks it. CDPR wanted to give him a percentage royalty, but he demanded a lump fee up front. Then the game was successful and he had egg on his face. Ever since, he’s claimed that the games had nothing to do with the success of the franchise.
Which is hilarious, because when 99% of people are talking about the Witcher, they do not connect him or his novels with it at all.
Maybe he should write better books lol
He created one pretty-decent character, but he would have 0 real fame if it weren’t for CDPR