Namco BANDAI is suing CD Project RED over the publishing rights for The Witcher 2 on the Xbox 360. The suit alleges that by choosing THQ to act as the Xbox 360 publisher, CD Project RED broke their publishing agreement with Namco. In addition, Namco BANDAI has ceased providing payments to CD Project RED for the game's retail sales on the PC.
It seems as though CD Project RED is taking this all in stride. Here is what the CEO, Adam Kicinski, for CD Project RED had to say about the matter.
If nothing else, you have to admire the confidence and cheeky statement from Kicinski.
It seems as though CD Project RED is taking this all in stride. Here is what the CEO, Adam Kicinski, for CD Project RED had to say about the matter.
“As with most cases, we first tried to end the dispute peacefully. Attempts failed and because of this, we hoped that our partner would send the case to the court. The agreement that we signed last year, concerned only the distribution of “The Witcher 2″ for the PC. The records were carefully clarified to avoid any ambiguity.
Namco Bandai have options when choosing the priority of our distributor’s version of the Xbox 360. It could use, but not taken advantage of certain preferences. In this situation, we chose the offer that THQ made us.
Our financial situation is very good at the moment and the lack of a few million does not have any impact on current activities. Withholding of payments means only that after some time, our partner will have to give us the money.
I hope that the whole thing will end with a pre-litigation settlement. If it doesn’t, I am sure that we will win the case and then the loser will pay for our lawyers.”
Namco Bandai have options when choosing the priority of our distributor’s version of the Xbox 360. It could use, but not taken advantage of certain preferences. In this situation, we chose the offer that THQ made us.
Our financial situation is very good at the moment and the lack of a few million does not have any impact on current activities. Withholding of payments means only that after some time, our partner will have to give us the money.
I hope that the whole thing will end with a pre-litigation settlement. If it doesn’t, I am sure that we will win the case and then the loser will pay for our lawyers.”
If nothing else, you have to admire the confidence and cheeky statement from Kicinski.