Cyberpunk 2077 took the gaming world by storm when it was released in early December. At the beginning of January, the number of players seems to be significantly depleted, at least for computer players.
According to Githyp, the game initially had only 1 million simultaneous users. Now it is struggling to maintain about 225,000. While The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt saw a similar drop after its release, it happened within three months. The fall of Cyberpunk 2077 took place at a much faster pace, less than a month since the game appeared in retail.
Of course, it’s not hard to understand why the game had a tremendous decline. This is probably due to the fact that it has since debuted in controversy. It started with a bunch of bugs and other issues, as well as issues running on older consoles, making it almost completely unplayable. CD Projekt RED even admits that he did not spend enough time on the console versions, and promised to offer refunds for those who are dissatisfied with the final product.
The developer is working on patches that are meant to fix the game and save what’s there, though fans’ trust in CD Project RED may be misplaced. There is no timetable or magic number to guess when or if the game will improve for computer gamers, who still have a ridiculous amount of bugs, but several fixes have already been implemented in an effort to stabilize the game as it is .
Perhaps CD Projekt RED’s latest title could contribute to the collection of its previous players in the near future. For now, the most important thing to work on is to regain player confidence and polish a product that the team knows fans (and they) can be proud of.