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Re:Jeff Bezos convinced 22 investors to back his new company... by megablast on Saturday August 22, 2020 @05:08PM (#24247267)
CD Projekt Red is a computer game company who created a game based on sapkowski’s books. The games and company did very well.
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Re:Jeff Bezos convinced 22 investors to back his new company... by uep on Saturday August 22, 2020 @06:05PM (#24247652)
That's the point. He gave up royalties for a lump sum, when the game seems to currently be the 23rd best-selling game of all time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_gam...

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