Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Influx of Players Are To Blame For Auto Save Woes

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Cyberpunk 2077 fans have a reason to dive right back into Night City this week. Just yesterday, we saw the release of Phantom Liberty into the marketplace. This expansion, which brings V into a new questline and area, is something that is gaining quite a bit of attention for CD Projekt Red. While reviews and impressions have been positive, fans are running into an issue. It looks like auto-save and synching might be delayed. Today, we’re getting word as to why this is happening from the development team.

If you’re planning to play through Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, you might want to stick with manual saves, quick saves, and point-of-no-return saves. This is because you’re going to find some issues right now with auto-save synching. The problem is due to the amount of players logging into the game right now, according to a post from the CD Projekt Red support account on X. The developers noted that there are thousands of players jumping into Phantom Liberty, which is seeing a lot of traffic and cross-progression backend. As a result, there will be some temporary delays to the auto-save synching. 

As thousands of players jump in on #PhantomLiberty, we're seeing a lot of traffic on our Cross Progression backend. You might experience temporary delays in auto save syncing. Manual saves, quick saves and Point-of-no-Return saves will continue to be synced as normal.

Fortunately, all the other saves mentioned will synch as normal. This is a relief to those who are not strictly relying on autosaves. Likewise, this is also showing the development team how much positive reception Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is having right now. With so many players actively enjoying Phantom Liberty, it’s proof that players can’t get