Cyberpunk 2077 Launch Issues Reportedly Cost Founders $1 Billion In Wealth

@mooglestar: It's not just the ps4 and xbox one performance that is an issue but the game is full of bugs at every turn. Been playing the game on pc for over 35 hours so far and on average got a bug every minute.

@mooglestar: I don't imagine we'll see anything else THIS rough from them again. Cyberpunk was kind of the perfect storm of hugely ambitious game, two active console generations, and a global pandemic. But, should that unfortunate mix every happen to CDPR again, hopefully they'll now know to either scale down the game, delay it way longer than they did, or just drop the older console generation.

@cleric670: yeah looks like they focused all their efforts on the new consoles and pc. And completely missed the point: that the game they were making was for ps4 and xbox one (and pc).

@cleric670: I'm playing the game on PC, but what you said is on point. This game was intended for PS4 / Xbox One. There's really no excuse for it. The PS5 / Xbox Series X version isn't even coming out till 2021 as you noted.

@noodles227: not sure what you are inferring here? that console games come out bug free?

@rekonym: They made back the entire cost of the game development AND marketing in just pre-sales. Your'e a fool to think this is the last version. Everything from here on out is gravy. Sure, there's a few bugs and the base console plebs will whine for a few months till it gets patched, but the underlying game is magnificent. It just needed an extra few months in the oven.

You're delusional if you think this is the last.

@rekonym: They really dropped the ball on cyberpunk. Full of bugs and major performance issues on ps4 and xbox one.

@rekonym: They certainly have a black eye after this, but I'd expect they will fix the problems and be chastened. I agree that they might go back to the Witcher for a bit, but the Cyberpunk brand/IP will still have tremendous value by the end of this debacle, and abandoning it would be insane.

@rekonym: Game runs fine on my Xbox One X and looks great too. I mean when I can make out the texture on the passenger seat of the car as if I'm actually sitting in it in real life...that to me is a win in the graphics department.

What I find impressive is for a game that's only been out for a week, they're offering refunds as well as laying out a course of action..patches when to expect them etc. A lot better than most companies.

Lol No Man's Sky IMO is boring it was empty when it first came out and still empty now. If it wasn't for Gamepass I would've never even tried it. A much better game is SOT, which unlike No Man's, has actually added worth while content since release....so hopefully the game doesn't follow No Man's Sky...that game is trash anyway.

@rekonym: The next gen console version isn't even released yet! What they're playing right now on the PS5 is the PS4 version in backwards compatibility mode. The next gen version doesn't even come out until early 2021.

A few things to note here. First, the game was most definitely not in "production" for 7 years. There are numerous sources that have stated full production on the game did not begin until the final DLC release for the Witcher 3 - May 31, 2016. So other than some pre-production related content being made for promotional purposes, and internal preparation for full production to begin, there likely isn't much work on the core game done prior to the second half of 2016.

Second, there is no telling what they will do with the franchise. Time will only tell. If they patch up many of the issues, release a good bit of DLC content and generally shore up the gameplay loops, there is no reason they couldn't make another game. They have prior art to work from now.

But don't take my feedback as me being light on CDPR. They messed up, and it's pretty apparent they know it. They never should have teased the game back in 2012 when they did, it only leads people to believe the project is actively being worked on, when it clearly wasn't. They put a considerable amount of effort into the 4 years of real development the game actually had, but it likely needed to be 7 years to meet all of our expectations. They misled us and it's disappointing; but I'm hopeful. If No Man's Sky could make the comeback they pulled off, I'm hoping CDPR can do the same.

@videogameninja: I would say top notch is excessive. Just make sure it’s pretty good, or at least good enough that you don’t have to lie to consumers and force reviewers to sign NDAs.