There are no plans for retirement
CD Projekt RED has reiterated that it is fully committed to solving, improving and growing its ambitious role-playing game Ciberpunk 2077 over the next few years, firmly stating that the idea of leaving the troubled title behind and moving on is not even on the table.
“I don’t see any options for archiving Ciberpunk 2077“CDPR executive Adam Kicinski said in a recent dialogue with Reuters.” We are convinced that we can bring the game to such a state that we can be proud of it and therefore sell it successfully for years to come. “
After years of advertising and development, Ciberpunk 2077 was finally released disastrously in December 2020. In increasingly volatile release weeks, the PS4 and Xbox One editions of the futuristic adventure were riddled with technical problems: destroying the title’s reputation, giving birth to a series of mocking memes and increase the anger of players, shareholders and publishers alike. Ciberpunk 2077 it would be withdrawn from several digital stores, as owners of platforms like PlayStation refused to be part of the incendiary reaction to the launch.
With PS5 and Xbox Series X editions currently underway, plans for DLC and expansions for years, and millions of dollars of investment under development, CDPR has no choice but to regain full control of this situation, repairing Ciberpunk 2077, polishing next-generation ports and hoping that a pseudo-relaunch will help fix the reputation of both the brand and its developer.
It’s completely doable – there have been numerous major releases that finally found their feet after a bad launch. For CDPR, a studio with an almost virgin reputation for developing excellent titles, Ciberpunk 2077 it was expected to be his great work, a version that really launched a new generation of games. There is no denying that this moment has long passed. But that doesn’t mean CDPR can’t ensure that future iterations of Ciberpunk 2077 they meet the audience’s expectations of their audience, which can help save the franchise so it doesn’t get completely lost in time … Like tears in the rain.
CD Projekt has no plans to set aside Cyberpunk 2077 [GamesIndustry.biz]
