According to a new report outlining the disturbing Cyberpunk 2077 development cycle, work only started in 2016 and the 2018 expired.
In a new report from Bloomberg, which consists of several interviews of developers (who requested anonymity to protect their careers), the various issues that the development process of Cyberpunk 2077 to his difficult introduction.
Although Cyberpunk 2077 was announced with a trailer in 2012, ‘the company was still mainly focused on its last title and full development only started in late 2016, employees said. According to people familiar with the project, CD Project actually pushed the reset button. ”
Not to mention that the E3 2018 demo, which showcased many of the game’s promised features and impressed both journalists and the general public, was completely fake. According to the article: “CD Projekt has not yet finalized and coded the underlying game systems, which is why so many features, such as car ambush, are missing in the final product. Developers said they felt the demo was a waste of months to make the game. ‘
Many other problems arose during the development, such as the studio head Adam Badowski colliding with the top The Witcher 3 points in the direction of the game and causes the latter’s versions, cultural and language barriers caused by those who spoke only English to Polish, and did not employ enough people for the job, and in one example devs had to have their own make shades on the fly because the tools were otherwise not available to them.
This report follows the public apology of one of CD Project Red’s co-founders, Marcin Iwiński, on Twitter last week. The studio is currently facing two possible lawsuits: the New York Times reported that the studio behind Cyberpunk 2077 a lawsuit from Warsaw, Poland, could stand trial. According to Kotaku, another lawsuit is pending against CD Projekt Red – this one is from the US.
The launch of Cyberpunk 2077 is riddled with controversy and bugs, with the first update released last week fixing some issues. The most notable of these issues is damaging the storage of player files when it exceeds 8 MB, but fortunately Cyberpunk 2077’s latest patch (1.06) removed the computer version’s 8 MB file limit. This is good news going forward, but for those who have already lost their savings, CD Project Red says that unfortunately it cannot restore the storage of files that were damaged before the update. “
In addition to the bugs that plague its launch, Liana Ruppert of GameInformer had a serious attack while playing the game. This was due to light patterns similar to those used by neurologists to cause seizures in patients. Later it was also noted that the game at the beginning of the game did not have a clear warning about epilepsy, something that has now been corrected.
The same RPG had seen some controversy with reports of transphobia and crisis before the launch, as well as the studio refusing to share information about the game’s accessibility. Read on why we think CD Project Red should have been confirmed Cyberpunk 2077 ′accessibility options sooner.
According to a new Bloomberg report, CD Project executives have taken responsibility for releasing the buggy Cyberpunk 2077 and told staff that they would receive their full bonuses no matter how the game is reviewed. Previously, the developers were told that they would receive extra payment based on the critical performance of the game, represented by Metacritic.
A report released by Bloomberg found that the game’s flaws and rocky launch had cost the founders of CD Project Red more than $ 1 billion. Over the past week, the company’s stock has declined, although it is not the lowest. This is stated in a comment to investors, and the management of CD Projekt Red said that the game also sold another five million copies in addition to the 8 million pre-sales, which sold the total units at more than 13 million. This figure takes into account ‘returns submitted by retail customers in brick-and-mortar as well as digital store windows’.
Cyberpunk 2077 is currently available for PC, Xbox One and Google Stadiums. As for PS4, retail copies are still available, but Sony has removed the game from the PSN Store. Meanwhile, the official Microsoft Store includes a statement warning players about performance issues until the Xbox One version is updated. The game can also be played on the Xbox Series X | S and PS5 are played thanks to backward compatibility. You can read our review of the game here: “Cyberpunk 2077 is a deeply conflicting game, one that you will eventually love, but will also hate and feel deeply disappointed. “