The Witcher 4 will be best experienced on PC despite being built for consoles first

CD Projekt Red and Epic Games have sat down for an interview to discuss the recent Witcher 4 tech demo showcased an Unreal Fest, and how that translates to what gamers can expect with full release of The Witcher 4.

The interview conducted by the tech experts at Digital Foundry delved into many aspects of the extremely impressive tech demo, with the interview revealing CDPR's and Epic Games' goal with the tech demo and what it wanted to show the world with its release.

According to the developers, they wanted to show it was possible to run The Witcher 4 engine on base PS5 hardware with all of the impressive graphical technologies at 60FPS. CDPR confirmed during the interview that it will have 60FPS on base console as its north star for the whole Witcher 4 game, but it's too early in development to confirm if it will release at that framerate.

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Additionally, CDPR said that it's taking a different approach with The Witcher 4 development, with the studio concentrating on console development first, then PC. For those who don't know, CDPR typically aims for PC optimization first and then scales down their title to consoles. However, as CDPR explains in the interview, due to past mistakes (Cyberpunk 2077's console release), they are taking the opposite approach, as it's much easier to scale up than it is to scale down.

Now, that doesn't mean PC gamers are going to get a watered-down version of The Witcher 4 when it releases, as CDPR says later in the interview that it will

"I don't want to go too much in details and again not to overpromise and stuff, but, you know, in the past it's super important for the group that if people, you know, pay good money for the hardware, we want them to have what the game can provide for that, right? Not like a simplified experience.

So this is something we'll definitely explore, and we will definitely make sure. The company started as a PC company, and definitely will want to have the best experience for the PC gamer for sure, but it's too early to say what this will mean for The Witcher 4," said Charles Tremblay, VP of technology at CDPR