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Sapkowski doesn't/didn't believe that video games are a worthwhile medium of telling a story.
When CDPR wanted to make the first licensed Witcher game, he wanted a one-time payment of about 10k USD or thereabouts because he didn't believe they'd be successful. When they made it big with The Witcher 3, he sued them for their profits, claiming that the licensing contract only covered a single game. They settled the lawsuit, and I think they have a new contract that gives Sapkowski part of the profit.
Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of the Metro novel series, publicly called him an old fool for this on the dead bird site. He's probably right, the games are what propelled his books to worldwide fame.
Lol I only heard of the Witcher because of the games.
When the Witcher 1 came out he definitely had a point about Video Games limitations. Even though it was possible to make an artful video game in those days, game devs very rarely were, and games were still being marketed mainly to teens. By the time of Witcher 3, storytelling in gaming had gotten much better, but to this day, a video game can't match the narrative and writing of a top tier movie or book
Dude, Planescape: Torment came out over two decades ago.