Cyberpunk 2077 has been sold 13 million times

Netherwind

2020-12-23 09:29

Yes, the launch could have been smoother, apparently advertised content is missing, collision detection is very buggy and AI isn't great but the game itself is still pretty incredible. I'm amazed by the world CDPR has created and there are so many cool things in the game. I don't regret buying it and would say it gets better and better the more I play it.

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anticupidon

2020-12-23 10:05

In the end I'll get it. By that time, it will get polished and with free DLC. Same happened with Witcher 3 and I learned first hand why is important to wait. Sadly, nowadays waiting is frowned upon like a disease or abnormality.

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TheDeeGee

2020-12-23 10:13

That's a lot of Alpha Testers.

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drac

2020-12-23 10:53

At least the game is still awesome even considering the bugs, can confirm this on PC anyway. Unlike fallout 76, which was a bad game with bugs.

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drac

2020-12-23 10:55

Netherwind:

I don't regret buying it and would say it gets better and better the more I play it.

^^^

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rl66

2020-12-23 11:08

Kosmoz:

Well this has to be some kind of "performance", a pretty bad game launch, but with amazing sales numbers - paradox? I wonder how many would have been sold if the launch would have been a good one? 15mil? 20mil?

Mostly a team that fix as fast as problem appear... it's not EA or Ubisoft lol. Most issues were patched before the article reach page for PC (on console the patch is comming next on M$, and sony does't want to refund (anyway the test of the PS5 flame down the PS myth). If you look back it's more or less the same launch than "Witcher 3", they should take 6 month for more beta test 😉 than follow the hype craze.

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Loobyluggs

2020-12-23 11:46

I like to watch YouTubers that are not-so-well-known sometimes, and this YouTuber, although only has a few thousand subs, has given what I think is a fairly well-rounded overall opinion on the game, from playing it b to e. A warning - this guy is from London, and uses very colourful metaphors that some would not think is safe for working-from-home, and also has a thick accent that some may have difficulty understanding. He's a nice guy and you can tell he has a love of games, so his insight into Cyberpunk is interesting. NSFWFH [youtube=HXsb6_dFfs4]

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fantaskarsef

2020-12-23 12:03

13 Million copies already counting in the refunded ones? At least they don't have to seem to grab an EGS deal for their next game, the way that looks.

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Andy Watson

2020-12-23 14:09

The GTA V v this game YouTube video was interesting, this one seems a lit less polished in the the low level micro interactions

#5870453

Ghosty

2020-12-23 14:13

Game worlds are getting bigger and bigger, but what to fill it with?

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H83

2020-12-23 15:02

And this is why companies continue to release games unfineshed, unpolished and untested, because people buy them anyway...

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schmidtbag

2020-12-23 15:29

anticupidon:

Sadly, nowadays waiting is frowned upon like a disease or abnormality.

That's either what the publishers want us to think, or, it's because of people who only care about being trendy. Like you, I'd rather pay less and fully enjoy my experience than pay extra for the "privilege" to experience something broken and incomplete.

#5870477

Heffro

2020-12-23 15:44

Brilliant game, crying shame it's it's a bugged-out technical dumpster fire.

#5870508

Loobyluggs

2020-12-23 17:25

Andy Watson:

The GTA V v this game YouTube video was interesting, this one seems a lit less polished in the the low level micro interactions

Over one thousand people worked on GTAV, for a long long long long time. CDPR had a total workforce of 50 in pre-production and another 40 working on toolsets, with perhaps 200-400 other developers...hard to know for sure, as I could not find anything to specifically get the right answer, so, that's a little bit of guesswork by me, but 200-400 feels about right. It is still not over one thousand members of staff like GTAV, a game that must have brought in over $10,000m by now.

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insp1re2600

2020-12-23 18:01

how many times has it been refunded?

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Goiur

2020-12-23 18:18

Bought it 5 months ago and im not planning on playing it until march lol

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Kevin Mauro

2020-12-23 18:43

Netherwind:

Yes, the launch could have been smoother, apparently advertised content is missing, collision detection is very buggy and AI isn't great but the game itself is still pretty incredible. I'm amazed by the world CDPR has created and there are so many cool things in the game. I don't regret buying it and would say it gets better and better the more I play it.

Nor should you; I think there's something fair to be said for reserving a degree of praise - for every Cyberpunk, there is a Red Dead Redemption as it were (ignore the content of the games but focus on their scope and execution of the launches) The praise collective fanbases give & sometimes whether they refund or continue to buy something in a current state, will determine if you are "rewarding bad behavior as it were" to use an old expression or validating a series of poor choices made by CDPR this time around (direct or indirect). That isn't to say you agree with what I am saying or even how the studio launched but it's more so that I am painting an image of the landscape here... and the way perceptions could stack up if you will

Goiur:

Bought it 5 months ago and im not planning on playing it until march lol

This cracked me up. I had I think placed a $5 down as part of the whole GameStop thing... like well over a year ago. I picked it up a week or so back when it launched and haven't played it since just watched people stream it - I think I might just bring it back and or do what you are saying.

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TheSissyOfFremont

2020-12-23 18:49

Now that games can be updated post-launch, I don't think it matters whether or not you pre-order, to an extent... It's the fact that the games can be fixed later, rather than that they've already secured investment that leads to incomplete or buggy games. Or rather more accurately - means that devs spend longer doing things other than QA and technical polishing.

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Goiur

2020-12-23 19:10

Kevin Mauro:

This cracked me up. I had I think placed a $5 down as part of the whole GameStop thing... like well over a year ago. I picked it up a week or so back when it launched and haven't played it since just watched people stream it - I think I might just bring it back and or do what you are saying.

I "knew" the game launch would be a sh*tshow at launch, so i am in no rush to play it. Same i did with Witcher3, give them time to fix it and then enjoy it with most of performance and bugs fixed.

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Kevin Mauro

2020-12-23 19:24

Goiur:

I "knew" the game launch would be a sh*tshow at launch, so i am in no rush to play it. Same i did with Witcher3, give them time to fix it and then enjoy it with most of performance and bugs fixed.

I could be remembering this wrong but I could have sworn *haha that people were like "why does the fire look different from the trailers and why are the mountains in the distance all a sudden reduced in detail"