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Despite its troubles, Cyberpunk 2077 reportedly had the biggest digital launch in history

Cyberpunk 2077 had the biggest digital video game launch in history, both in terms of units sold and revenue generated during its release month.

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SullysCigar1187d ago

Yes - this achievement was based on lies that HID the game's launch problems.

Welshy1186d ago

Exactly, the majority of these sales were pre-disastrous launch when people thought it was going to be the greatest RPG of all time. Either in preorders or day 1 sales.

I highly doubt millions upon millions eagerly ran out and bought it once we got a peek behind the buggy curtain as to what the state of the game was really like.

anast1186d ago

I bought it a week after release. It was what I expected and I am enjoying it, but I got it for the genre and knew years before there was now way it was going to be DO:2 of first person RPGs. They wanted it, but their dev. team was too small to pull it off, even under the best of circumstances and I don't take marketing speak as seriously as others.

Kabaneri1187d ago

Im sure record amounts of people deleted it from their hard drive like I did after seeing what a broken POS it was.

CrimsonIdol1186d ago

"hard drive"
there's your problem.

Kabaneri1186d ago

I have a PS5 I'm just used to saying hard drive. SSD does not fix the ubiquitous bugs this game has.

Shiken1186d ago

Put mine on a SSD, and it was fine.

But I am not defending them, it was advertised as a gen 8 game. No excuse for how it performed on gen 8 consoles.

DarthSocio1187d ago

I'm getting it a year from now Hopefully it pulls off a No Man's Sky. Maybe I've gotten a bit old to buy games on release, I don't get that hyped for them. I don't mind waiting

IanTH1187d ago

Same. I've always been value minded, so I was already accustomed to waiting even just a couple of months before picking up a game. You'll save $20, sometimes $30 just waiting that short a time. And if you can wait 8-12 months, you might be able to buy a game for $20. Given the state that games usually launch in, and the fact I have a massive backlog already, I can't really ever see me buying games at launch.

Dee_911186d ago

I usually do the same. but considering how long ive been waiting on this game, I couldn't wait.. now it seems I have no choice.

OhReginald1187d ago (Edited 1187d ago )

They will not "No Man's Sky" this game. No Man's Sky is a procedural based game, cyberpunk 2077 has a complete story from beginning to end, and there is no changing that, no matter how underwhelming it all felt. And even the creators of cyberpunk 2077 said they were satisfied with how the game turned out and will only be patching the games bugs and crashing issues.

CrimsonIdol1186d ago (Edited 1186d ago )

The game story etc is good though. It just requires some more spit shine to make amazing: obviously some bug fixes (most of the ones I've noticed have been patched) and improvements to some systems that weren't properly implemented. Things that you can clearly see ways of fixing. No Man's Sky required most of the game to to added.

OhReginald1186d ago

I enjoyed all endings. So I'll give them that. But the whole story could have played out better. It seems way to rushed. Cut corners all over the place. The story mode didn't do it for me but ill excuse it if they just do something to overhaul the wanted system and NPC AI. Those are my biggest complaints currently.

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IanTH1187d ago (Edited 1187d ago )

Yeah, if we didn't have such a strong preorder culture then I think things could have gone differently.

Their Night City Wire videos on the depth and complexity of the city & game systems were clearly just false - among other issues, like the lack of transparency about the state of the game on base consoles. But as long as we keep giving money before we actually know the state and quality of what we're buying, we're going to continue to embolden companies to release games that are more-and-more broken that will just be fixed in post launch patches.

iplay1up21187d ago

I have a Series X, and I am not buying this until it hits the $19.99 price point. I have other games to play. Like Valhalla, and Legion.

anast1186d ago

I heard the XP boosters affect Valhalla, which is a shame. I would have day 1'd it if not for that.

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Source Code For The Witcher 3 & Cyberpunk 2077 Has Allegedly Been Compromised

Source code for CD Projekt's action role-playing games The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 have allegedly been compromised.

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just_looken3d ago

Well they are using unreal engine now thanks to there work culture and horrific job on making cyberpunk so for the future no impact.

But it will be interesting to see what mods will be made

https://rebel-wolves.com/

just_looken2d ago

7 disagrees shows how many look at one dlc that had a rip off fight from ghost in the shell and goes wow what a goat team i love cdpr while ignoring that they only made 2 games that were good witcher 2/3 in 20yrs.

But its a new world we want a criminal that support's legal murder as president/support shoplifting love toxic work environments and have a mass casualty event every other day.

GhostMirror2d ago

I’ll admit I didn’t play it at launch, but Cyberpunk 2077 is a really good game now.

And who the hell knows what you’re even going on about in your second paragraph here.

EazyC3d ago

Wait a min...I swear to god CP2077's source code got leaked before. CDPR needs to stop using "password123" for all their accounts 😅

just_looken2d ago

Na its hundreds ex employees no doubt just getting there revenge.

Profchaos2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

This is the same leak the threat actors have been trying to sell the source code after cd project didn't pay the ransom.

They didn't manage to sell the source code to any company largely because it would be unethical for say EA to buy it so the threat actors failed to find a buyer.

After they failed to make any money they went through with their threat of simply giving it away.

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Cyberpunk 2077's Sequel Should Bite the Bullet on an Industry Trend

Cyberpunk 2077's launch resulted in a loss of goodwill with gamers, but there is a way to earn it back with the upcoming sequel.

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anast3d ago

They will need to add everything they promised in the first one and not over promise on the second one.

just_looken2d ago

They also need to drop esg then hire employees that have knowledge not hire them because they have a set of tits.

Official video they hired people to fill the esg clipboard

Hofstaderman3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

As somebody who has been playing the tabletop games since the 90s and was let down on launch by my PS4 version, you can bet I'm not going the preorder any sequel.

nmbr1esq2d ago

3rd person option, and everything else that was originally promised. Next don't force agenda driven naratives. Finally, release a finished product without need for day one patches.

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CD Projekt Red Thinking About Cyberpunk's Mobile Version

During CD Projekt’s Fiscal Year 2023 earnings call, CEO Michael Nowakowski said that the company is keen on licensing its IP rights to third-party developers to create mobile adaptations of its titles.

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