Games Inbox: Forgetting the Cyberpunk 2077 launch, Bloodborne PS5 confusion, and Splatoon 3 love
The Friday letters page is confused as to what Embracer is spending its money on, as one reader suggests scrapping the Splinter Cell remake.
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No second chances I’m seeing a lot of people talking about Cyberpunk 2077 again, now that the Netflix anime is out and the story DLC is on the table. Does that mean we’re now forgetting the launch it had or, more importantly, the shameful way CD Projekt acted towards both its customers and employees?
I’ve never bought the game and while I admit the recent improvement in reputation is making me wonder if it’s worth a go, I’d just rather not give CD Projekt the money. I feel that they and the industry at large didn’t really learn anything from the whole incident.
People thought that it would be a watershed moment, and no other publisher would ever release a broken video game again, but of course they did. They started doing it just a few months after Cyberpunk 2077.
And now CD Projekt is talking about more The Witcher games – the obvious way to recover from their problems. But it doesn’t sit right for me. They were perfectly happy to rip everyone off, and work their staff to death, just to make a release date and I don’t think that attitude should be rewarded. Especially given how they don’t really seem that apologetic anymore.Caldron
Long-term plan I don’t care either way whether there’s a new Saints Row but what interests me, every time their name comes up, is when Embracer Group are going to announce or release something that’s worth the enormous amounts of money they’re throwing around.
They have spent literally billions in the last few years and yet what have they got to show for it? It seems impossible to get a list
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