CD Projekt Delays Cyberpunk 2077 Game Release for Another Three Weeks (bloomberg.com) 21
Poland's biggest computer game maker has delayed the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 for a third time, as it seeks to ensure the compatibility of its awaited product for current and next-generation consoles. From a report: CD Projekt SA has set a new release date on Dec. 10, and won't be able to keep its earlier scheduled premiere on Nov. 19, the studio said in regulatory filing on Tuesday. The management said it had "undercalculated" the time needed to complete the game since the title passed certification earlier this month. "First and foremost, please accept our humble apologies," Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Marcin Iwinski and CD Projekt RED studio's head Adam Badowski said on Twitter. "We feel we have an amazing game on our hands and we are willing to make every decision, ever the hardest ones, if it ultimately leads to you getting a video game you'll fall in love with." [...] The new date for launch of Cyberpunk, a role playing game set in dystopian urban environment, is scheduled weeks after planned launch of Microsoft Xbox Series X and Sony Playstation 5 consoles. It will also be behind many other gaming premieres planned in November as developers hope that gamers' propensity to spend will increase together with the first deliveries of new gaming equipment.
Still well ahead though (Score:5, Funny)
Even with several more weeks added on, they are way ahead of the original 2077 launch date!
Better late than broken (Score:4, Insightful)
I'd rather that it was late than broken.
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It will probably still be broken in a few weeks, but chances are the delay allows them to fix it in a few more weeks.
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And never.
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Star Citizen Part Two? (Score:2)
Just Kidding!?
Fuck!!! i want an discount! (Score:1)
Fuck!!! i want an discount!
covid killed our 120 hour work week! (Score:1)
covid killed our 120 hour work week! and people at home are to drunk to work and under EU laws they are very hard to fire
What a rip off (Score:3)
I pre purchased this game back in March and each time it gets delayed, Steam, the game developer, nobody...sends me any information about it. I have to read about it on the internet... Seriously this is the third delay? maybe the fourth? The game developers need to get their shit together. I feel the next post will be a delay announcement until next spring.
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I believe this is the third delay. And you can probably expect launch version to be quite buggy. I'd play it half a year after release for pretty good experience with most bugs fixed, or about a year after release when all of the DLC is incorporated. Witcher 3 at release was quite a bit worse than Witcher 3 GOTY which not only included two major DLCs but also had most of the annoying bugs fixed.
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why would you in your right mind give money to a AAA studio for a game that hasn't even been released?
I get if it's a scrappy underdog that needs the money to finish (ala kickstarter)... That said, it's not as bad as larian's $60 beta test, but sheesh -- what do you gain from that transaction?
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PC (Score:2)
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It's a highly anticipated game. Releasing for one platform and not the other (2 is it?) might bump sales for that platform and not others, again this mostly effects new Xbox and PS5 for those that are still on the fence about buying it.
Like imagine you have triplet kids, you make some kind of toy for their birthday or something, a wooden horse you carved out or whatever. Can't give it to just one of them a month earlier if it's ready and the other 2 a month later, they'll throw a tantrum.
But they also said
Turing Locks (Score:3)
There was a mix-up! (Score:2)
Good. Maybe they can clean out the nudity. (Score:2)
So is porn, btw. Just 30% of people in my country think it is morally acceptable.