Cyberpunk 2077 Still Controls The Video Game Industry

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The famously controversial Cyberpunk 2077 will be turning two years old this year, but the story of its spectacularly fumbled launch is still having a tangible impact on the wider games industry. Consumers have become more discerning, sometimes to the point of cynicism, when it comes to hyped-up games and developers/publishers seem to be a bit more cautious of releasing titles before they're ready. A recent example of this would be Bethesda's recently delayed Starfield, which was reportedly directly compared to Cyberpunk 2077 by worried Bethesda devs when the game was still planned for a 2022 release.

Put simply, Cyberpunk 2077 is a prime example of a game that over-promised and under-delivered. Aside from the fact that several highly anticipated features were not included with the game at launch, Cyberpunk 2077 was riddled with serious bugs and performance issues, with many last-gen console players claiming that the game was borderline unplayable. It's undeniable that the technical state of the game has been greatly improved through patches since it was released, but the experience as a whole has been soured in some ways, and the damage done to CD Projekt Red's once-sterling reputation might not be reversible. Cyberpunk 2077 is getting expansions in 2023 that aim to further enhance the game, but it will never be seen as the revolutionary, once-in-a-generation release that was promised prior to its release in December 2020.

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CD Projekt Red has (hopefully) learned from its mistakes with Cyberpunk 2077, but the games industry as a whole has as well. Although a great number of Cyberpunk 2077 copies were sold, CD Projekt Red wound up getting sued