CD Projekt Red Receiving Death Threats Over Delay

Yesterday afternoon fans were hit with the disappointing news that Cyberpunk 2077 was getting another delay. While understandably annoyed with the news as the game had recently gone gold, most people have taken to the news as you would expect, a few complaints here and there, however, some people have gone to extreme measures to vent their frustration in the form of death threats to the developers.

[CaptainHenry916]

That's ridiculous

[CoNn3rB]

It is a sad world we live in when people think that this kind of behaviour is in anyway acceptable

[fiveby9]

Some people with some serious psychological issues going on that they would threaten anyone over a video game.

[HyperMoused]

what how dare you say that...i kill you

[jjb1981]

What is even more sickening are the disagrees that you get for your comment. Its not ok to threaten lives because they didn't get their Vidya Gemms on time.

[TallDarknWavy]

99.999% of threats on the internet of any kind are just frustrated losers with nothing better to do, and are way too lazy to actually carry out whatever threat they're making.

There is a tiny fraction of a chance the person is serious, in which case just carry a gun, and when they make themselves known, remove the little shit stain from this Earth and do us all a favour.

[Smitty2020]

i will be a 13 yr old lol

[RaidenBlack]

eedee-oats.

[UnSelf]

I would love to be one of the devs these lame ass neck beards send death threats too

Itll be the last time they’ll ever send another threat

[CorndogBurglar]

Because you'll kill them? Or will you threaten them back so hard that you terrify them into not doing it anymore? I'm confused. I would really like to know how you would stop them from ever sending another threat.

[InUrFoxHole]

Lol sure buddy

[Aussiesummer]

Lol, Rightio hard man.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

It's hard to see ppl being a fan of anything these days. As as soon something doesn't go there way however that may be they turn on devs that they claimed they "loved". This isn't in gaming but other forms of entertainment. It's literally misery type of mentality. Loving and supportive until they do something that doesn't support your views, mindset, or you just want them to magically hand over whatever piece of unfinished product in their hands then later complain how it's unfinished and so and so dev "lost their way" then cancel this and that etc.

It's bad these days. If they need time, they need time it's not up to us it never is we don't make these games.

[Omegasyde]

It’s the anonymous factor of the internet nowadays. It’s what’s given rise to the vocal minority and why companies have to pander to everyone..

Create username and then troll away.

Unfortunately these jerks are going to force governments to become even more authoritarian with internet usage.

[CorndogBurglar]

Whats crazy is these people must not realize that delays are a good thing. The game will release more complete and polished. Why would anyone want to rush that?

[TheScotsman]

Losers they are, wish we could find them and go over there comments

[InUrFoxHole]

I know... Could've been avoided if they finished the game.

[DJStotty]

Pathetic wastes of human DNA.

These will be the kind of people that sit behind a keyboard in their basement, living a lonely existence.

To give any individual any kind of death threat over anything is appalling, the police should trace these individuals down and enforce the full force of the law.

[CWheatley]

Throw em in a cell so they can't play the game at all. Now THAT'S justice.

[nickanasty206]

Looks like it should be easy to trace them. All we have to look at is all of the down voters in this thread who don't think death threats are rediculous behavior towards devs. I put the downvoters to your comment in the same bucket as these fucks.

[Relientk77]

This is so dumb. There's no reason to give death threats like this. Also the delay is only 3 weeks.

[potatoseal]

Who are these vermin?
It just makes you sick

[solideagle]

it could be anyone, the most sane person becomes insane on the internet because no one can catch him/her. Many have ugly face behind a mask, they show their true nature on internet, comments (youtube, facebook) etc

[Jericho1337]

Exactly, could well be people who post on this website.

For me, delay it again and launch a police investigation to weed out these scumbags.

[Iamnothuman12]

This is fucking sad.

[SyntheticForm]

Sounds about right for "gamers" in 2020.

[nickanasty206]

Fucking stupid if you ask me. I can't believe people take gaming that seriously. I love me my games, but i never bite the mouth that feeds me (developers). If it weren't for them, we wouldn't be playing games. This world is fucked.

[onemanwolfp4kv2]

these are probably the same people that sent Danny Greene and his fiance death threats after he missed what would have been a series ending shot in the NBA finals. am i happy about the delay, na, but its fucking stupid just like you said to act like this over a game.

[jbull]

Feel sorry for the workers who have to do the crunch for the next few weeks, CD Projekt Red didn't help themselves announcing Stadia release the same day as PS/Xbox/PC, talk about putting pressure on yourself.

[andron]

Pathetic loosers at it again...

[Steelerman]

You guys are being played. Check any time any bad news comes out from Blizzard, days later their community manager comes out and announces the death threats that have been thrown their way. Agreed that it shouldn't happen, and there's probably a few, but you'll notice that this "announcement" always happens after really bad news from a studio. It's 100% used to garner sympathy and mask/distract from the bad news that preceded it. Also makes everyone calm down and not be as hostile. Savvy, but you really gotta be able to zoom out and see what's going on.

[Golfcoachh]

Dude have you not Noticed the world around us?
People are batshit crazy with their actions. Attacking people they don’t agree with politically, destroying people lives through social media because they tweet something they didn’t like... this shit is real. People have lost all sense of decorum.

[Steelerman]

Didn't say it didn't happen my dude. I just think that this is being used to position themselves in a place of sympathy after pissing EVERYONE off. These guys are good with their social presence, that's how they got here in the first place. At the same time though, everyone on the internet has gotten death threats before. If you have a twitter, you've probably received a few, or you haven't really tweeted. That said, to announce it like that is just using it to get everyone to not be as mad and get everyone to feel sorry for them. Look at the comments, no one here even mentioned the delay anymore. Just yelling at some nameless enemy. It worked.

[Omegasyde]

But what if these are “made up” threats are actual incels who would do this?

Better to play on the side of caution and assume these were real and hopefully the right authorities can track these people down.

Also don’t forget people have “swatted” other gamers just for losing...

[Chunky007]

Its stuff like this that gives gaming a bad name, no excuse for this whatsoever

[JCOLE13195]

Such a shame. Quite pathetic really.

[Father__Merrin]

Disgrace utter disgrace it's a game that's all anyone who. Issues threats like this should severely punished.

[JEECE]

I always wonder when I see these stories: are these threats tweets posting devs addresses and saying specifically "I'm coming to kill you," or is it more "if game X gets delayed again, I'll want to kill a man." Because, while neither may be admirable, the first one should be taken a lot more seriously.

[Vithar]

im pissed at the delay but that's just crazy, come on dudes. These people are still working their asses off to put out an amazing for us, fucking chill.

[CWheatley]

Here we go. The gamer culture showing its immaturity yet again.

Nice one, entitled brats.

[WillyC009]

People like this, should seek help. This is simply deplorable behaviour.

[GordyNYC]

Its the internet, there will always be trolls who have nothing better to do...

[MadLad]

People need to grow the f**k up.

[Fist4achin]

Death threats?! If anyone is killed, the game could possibly get delayed indefinitely!!!

There can't possibly be a shortage of anything to play right now to only have this in their sights and nothing else gaming wise.

[Aussieguy]

They would have to be prank death threats. Surely no one in their right minds would seriously send a death threat over a delayed game ? It would have to be fake or blown out of proportion.

[sourOG]

We just saw 6 months of corporations bending over backwards for complete losers. Reward dumb behavior and you get more dumb behavior. Of course they aren’t credible.

[JEECE]

I always wonder how many "death threats" we hear about are someone tweeting something like "oh, if they delay the game again, I'm going to burn the studio down." Which may not be a great thing to say, but it's about as serious as telling one of your friends you are going to kill him if he doesn't stop doing something that's getting on your nerves; that is, clearly not a serious thing, just hyperbole. Like if you are carrying something heavy and you say "this weighs a ton," everyone knows you don't actually mean that literally, or if you say "I haven't seen that person in forever," no one thinks that you are actually saying that you have never seen that person before.

Although I guess you also have to factor in that some of these studios, including CD Projekt, are not based in the US and may have employees who speak English as a second or third language, who may not appreciate these differences.

[Omegasyde]

Gamers call hostage threats on other gamers (swatting)

I wouldn’t put it past gamer culture in doing this.

[Kraytossmeoff]

Absolute self entitled era we live in 😡 I heard that the developers were left out in the cold as much as us gamers in terms of this delay P.S people need to grow the f*ck up.

[Kraytossmeoff]

I get down voted for speaking the truth.....I hardly comment on this site oh how it’s changed 😝

[jznrpg]

Man these death threat morons

[sourOG]

Ignore them lol. That’s just what happens when you capitulate to degenerates. Stop appeasing these toddlers who figured out crying gets you what you want. Baby brains.

[Vokun13]

It's terrible that any threats of any means are happening at all, but at this point why is it a surprise to anyone? People are threatening others over social media all the time over the dumbest shit all the time lol, so why is it newsworthy?

Once again though, still ridiculous for sure.

[CrimsonWing69]

is this your first time on the internet?

Jar Jar Binks got death threats.

This is what you get with being able to say anything anonymously and being a man-child.

Hell, on N4G.com I was making a comment about how the only Final Fantasy games that I thought were good were 6-9 and a guy DM'd me telling me he was going to cut my head off because FF10 was better than any of those and he DM'd twice saying he knew where I lived by tracking down my IP address and he was going to murder me.

So, welcome to the party, pal!

[Christopher]

Certain I get more death threats than anyone here, but that doesn't mean I want others to get them or that I accept this as a normal thing to expect on the Internet.

So, how about we ask for people to be better rather than deride the fact that some hateful people are threatening the lives of others?

[Omegasyde]

Damn I forgot about that and I appreciate you for running the site for so long Chris 🤗

[Phantom68]

Wow, the internet will never be short of idiots.

[starforge71]

i think it is pathetic that people send death threats because a game gets delayed

[Gameplayer1]

People must have such a pathetic,non-existing life to put their energy into such a shameful act ....

[Dwarrior]

Hardly surprising. This is just a testament to how technology has ruined people. We’re in an age now with increasingly high levels of overstimulation, instant gratification, combined with the anonymity of the Internet. Today’s young people want it (whatever “it” is) yesterday with no excuses. I’m seeing it in 30 and even 40 year-olds in recent years. I, myself, am 46 years old and I am finding it difficult to read a book now.

People have the attention span of a gnat. A whole generation of people walking around with their heads pointing down into a phone. Rapidly losing the ability to communicate normally with other humans. You better get your point across in 140 characters. It doesn’t bode well for the future.