No plans for retirement
CD Projekt RED has reiterated its full commitment to repairing, improving and growing its ambitious RPG Cyberpunk 2077 over the next few years, adamantly asserting that the idea of suspending the troubled title and moving on isn’t even on the table.
“I don’t see an option to suspend Cyberpunk 2077Adam Kicinski, director of CDPR, 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 that we can therefore sell it successfully for years to come. “
After years of hype and development, Cyberpunk 2077 finally launched in disastrous fashion in December 2020. In the increasingly volatile launch weeks, the PS4 and Xbox One editions of the futuristic adventure were plagued with technical issues – slaughtering the title’s reputation, spawning a string of mocking memes and the wrath of players. excite shareholders and publishers. Cyberpunk 2077 would see itself pulled from various digital stores as platform holders like PlayStation refused to be part of the incendiary backlash towards the release.
With PS5 and Xbox Series X editions currently in the works, years of plans for DLC and expansions, and millions of dollars in development investment, CDPR has no choice but to regain full control of this situation – fix Cyberpunk 2077, polishing the gates of the next generation, and in the hope that a pseudo-relaunch will somewhat restore the reputation of both the brand and its developer.
It’s totally doable – there have been tons of big releases that finally made their way after a bad launch. For CDPR, a studio with an almost untouched reputation for developing excellent titles, Cyberpunk 2077 was expected to be his magnum opus – a release that really launched a new generation of gaming. It cannot be denied that that moment is long gone. But it doesn’t mean that CDPR cannot guarantee future iterations of Cyberpunk 2077 live up to the public’s expectations of the public, which might be a way to save the franchise, otherwise it will be completely lost in time … Like tears in the rain.
CD Projekt has no plans to shelve Cyberpunk 2077 [GamesIndustry.biz]
