CD Project Red, with the release of their game "The Witcher", became famous all over the world, gained a lot of fans and won a huge number of awards. But where did they start? What difficulties were on their way? And how, by doing the opposite of what experts and analysts advised them to do, they still managed to succeed?

(00:00) Hi there!

(01:24) The Witcher novels

(04:09) CD Project foundation

(10:48) The first game

(25:57) Rise of the White Wolf

(28:43) The second game

(29:30) The third game

(31:28) The fourth game

(31:46) Black sheep

(33:04) Conclusion

The episode used quotes from the interviews from YouTube channels: Ryslaw, Noclip - Video Game Documentaries, CD PROJEKT RED, TEDx Talks.

Author: Rival Abdrakhmanov

Cover: Katya Pavlova

Jingle: Ildar Fattakhov

Sony never really planned to enter the home console market, but ended up creating the best-selling home console and winning out in that market. How did they do it? What was new about the Sony PlayStation? How does co-operation help beat the competitors? And what new challenges do Sony face? It's all in the first episode of the podcast.

(00:00) Hi there!

(02:00) History of consoles

(04:48) Deal with Nintendo

(09:10) Developing own console

(10:38) Partnership with third-party game studios

(14:02) Bold and unusual advertising

(15:01) Entering the market

(17:08) Games on PlayStation

(19:15) Nowadays

(20:46) Conclusion

The episode used quotes from the interviews from YouTube channels: Big Bang Theory, PlayStation, Polygon.

Author: Rival Abdrakhmanov

Cover: Katya Pavlova

Jingle: Ildar Fattakhov