Cyberpunk 2077 is now due to release on December 10th
Published: 27th October 2020 | Source: CD Projekt Red | Author: Mark Campbell
Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed... again
CD Projekt Red has confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 will not be ready in time for the game's November 19th release date, forcing the developer to delay the game until December 10th 2020.
In a statement, which is embedded below, CD Projekt Red's Adam Badowski and Marchin Iwinski cited the difficulties of developing and testing such a large game for nine separate platforms, including PC, Stadia, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X. On next-generation consoles, Cyberpunk 2077 will run using backwards compatibility mode and benefit from the extra performance offered by Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 systems.
With this 21 day delay, CD Projekt Red hopes to ensure that Cyberpunk 2077 will run well on all platforms, offering improvements through a day-0 patch which will be ready before launch.
While all of the content within Cyberpunk 2077 is available to play on the game's already finished disk masters, CD Projekt Red wants to continue raising the game's "quality bar" through the game's day-0 patch.
In a statement, which is embedded below, CD Projekt Red's Adam Badowski and Marchin Iwinski cited the difficulties of developing and testing such a large game for nine separate platforms, including PC, Stadia, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X. On next-generation consoles, Cyberpunk 2077 will run using backwards compatibility mode and benefit from the extra performance offered by Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 systems.
With this 21 day delay, CD Projekt Red hopes to ensure that Cyberpunk 2077 will run well on all platforms, offering improvements through a day-0 patch which will be ready before launch.
While all of the content within Cyberpunk 2077 is available to play on the game's already finished disk masters, CD Projekt Red wants to continue raising the game's "quality bar" through the game's day-0 patch.
To make a long story short, Cyberpunk 2077 will no longer be releasing on November 19th. The game will now be releasing on December 10th.
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Most Recent Comments
27-10-2020, 13:39:28
tgrechSounds tough, devs found out about delay today
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27-10-2020, 13:46:20
AlienALXAaaaand this is exactly why I did not tie up £50 odd of my money. Quote
27-10-2020, 13:50:52
Dark NighTThis is very disturbing, a game being made under severe crunch in this day and age with a god awful pandemic raging around the world is just disgusting behaviour and i will not support it by buying this game on full price if at all.
It doesn't matter how good it is if it's being made under conditions like these all the while cdpr is behaving like they are the good guys in the industry with the gog store and no drm and all that. Quote
It doesn't matter how good it is if it's being made under conditions like these all the while cdpr is behaving like they are the good guys in the industry with the gog store and no drm and all that. Quote
27-10-2020, 14:16:12
AlienALXScan has a reported £4m in 30 series pre orders. OCUK, reportedly (according to a friend of mine) has £7m.
So, that's 11 million pounds gathering interest for products they do not have and can't even ship because they don't have the item.
This, IMO, should be illegal. It all seems to have been invented by gaming companies. Now some don't actually take your cash before launch day, but I just don't see the point in it at all. Quote
So, that's 11 million pounds gathering interest for products they do not have and can't even ship because they don't have the item.
This, IMO, should be illegal. It all seems to have been invented by gaming companies. Now some don't actually take your cash before launch day, but I just don't see the point in it at all. Quote
27-10-2020, 15:16:39
AngryGoldfish@Dark Night and @Alien
Maybe the reason for this is because the industry never used to have such problems. Games weren't repeatedly delayed like this, and major GPU releases weren't plagued by such poor capacity. But they're becoming so regular that the industry needs to change.
In other fields, such as guitar amps, pre-ordering and putting money down was usually considered a sure thing. If the product was delayed or not up to scratch, bad things would happen to that company, sometimes irreversible damage. However, Nvidia will be fine. CD Project Red will be fine. In these other industries, pre-ordering 99% guaranteed a working and satisfactory product on time. In the gaming industry, that also used to be the case, hence why pre-ordering used to be a safe bet.
The gaming industry needs to realise it no longer is. Quote
Maybe the reason for this is because the industry never used to have such problems. Games weren't repeatedly delayed like this, and major GPU releases weren't plagued by such poor capacity. But they're becoming so regular that the industry needs to change.
In other fields, such as guitar amps, pre-ordering and putting money down was usually considered a sure thing. If the product was delayed or not up to scratch, bad things would happen to that company, sometimes irreversible damage. However, Nvidia will be fine. CD Project Red will be fine. In these other industries, pre-ordering 99% guaranteed a working and satisfactory product on time. In the gaming industry, that also used to be the case, hence why pre-ordering used to be a safe bet.
The gaming industry needs to realise it no longer is. Quote