Cyberpunk 2077 Crosses 20 Million Copies Sold As It Rides Edgerunners Wave

gamespot.com:

Cyberpunk 2077 has crossed 20 million units sold, developer CD Projekt Red has announced, thanking players for their support in a tweet.

The new sales figure, up from 18 million copies sold as of the end of April 2022, comes amidst a major Cyberpunk 2077 resurgence in the wake of the game's latest Edgerunners update, itself a tie-in with the recently released Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime on Netflix.

Over 20 million cyberpunks have been roaming the streets of Night City – partying with Jackie and getting to know Johnny, driving around with Panam and diving with Judy, hanging out with River and listening to Kerry’s songs. Thank you and we hope to see you all in the Afterlife! pic.twitter.com/ifFLhg6npO

Originally released in December 2020 following multiple delays, Cyberpunk 2077 was criticized at launch for its bugs, glitches, and near unplayable state on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles. Sony even took the drastic measure of removing the PS4 version of Cyberpunk 2077 from sale on the PlayStation Store for a time.

Fast forward two years later, and Cyberpunk 2077 has steadily improved, with each of the game's updates addressing many of the issues players had with the launch version. Major bug fixes alongside changes to AI behavior, vehicles, visuals, and more have come in the last two years, with the game's new Edgerunners update adding new weapons, gigs, clothing, anime references, and an entirely new cosmetic transmog system.

Cyberpunk 2077's player numbers, at least on Steam, have skyrocketed following the release of the Edgerunners anime and update. According to Steam Charts, the number of Cyberpunk 2077 players has increased more than 200% in recent weeks, going from an average of around 10,000 players a month ago