After the recent investigation by Poland’s Consumer Protection Agency UOKiK over Cyberpunk 2077’s troubled launch, CDPR has issued an official apology statement. In a short 5 minutes video, CDPR co-founder Marcin Iwinski explains what caused the console launch of this highly anticipated game to not meet up with the requirements and expectations. But unfortunately they didn’t focus on the PC version of this game.
The UOKiK has been watching how CD Projekt Red is fixing the broken versions of the game and addressing customer complaints. Cyberpunk 2077’s poor PS4 and Xbox One performance has caused massive controversy, and shares have also dropped by 33% since the game’s release.
The current technical state on PS4 and Xbox One ended up getting the game pulled from the PlayStation Store, with many major stores also offering refunds to disgruntled customers. The new statement and the video issued by CDPR mainly focuses on the poor launch of the game on old gen consoles, citing work from home and bandwidth streaming as the main reasons behind the huge gap between PC and console version of this game.
The main culprit described by Marcin Iwinski was work from home issues, and having to constantly improve the in-game streaming system for old-gen consoles, which lead to poor optimization because of the limited bandwidth. When as a matter of fact we all know that PC version of this game is also riddled with bugs. It’s just that it runs better than the old-gen console versions. So basically this is just damage control from the developer.
As the official statement reads,
“Dear gamers,
We are committed to fixing bugs and crashes and will continue to work and improve the game via future updates to make sure you are enjoying the game regardless of the platform.
We will use this space to inform you about the progress being made on Cyberpunk 2077’s further development, including information about updates and improvements, free DLCs, and more.”
The FAQ mainly puts emphasis on the poor performance and optimization on old-gen consoles. CDPR explains why there is such a gap between the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 and old-gen consoles:
“Cyberpunk 2077 is huge in scope, it features a multitude of custom objects, interacting systems and mechanics. In the game, everything is not stretched out over flat terrain where we can make things less taxing hardware-wise, but condensed in one big city and in a relatively loading-free environment.
We made it even more difficult for ourselves by first wanting to make the game look epic on PCs and then adjusting it to consoles — especially old-gens. That was our core assumption. And things did not look super difficult at first, while we knew the hardware gap, ultimately, time has proven that we’ve underestimated the task.”
Also CDPR claims it has tested the old-gen console versions as well, but the testing did not show many of the issues they experienced while playing the game. CDPR further explains why there is currently a vast difference between the PC and console reviews:
“We started sending out PC review keys to start the review process in the first week of December. Come December 10th, launch day, we had a really good start with PC reviews, and while it’s not perfect, this is a version of the game we were, and still are, very proud of. When it comes to the review process for consoles, at the same time PC codes were sent out we were still working hard to improve the quality of the game on old-gen consoles.
Every extra day that we worked on the day zero update brought visible improvement — that’s why we started sending console codes for reviews on the 8th December, which was later than we had planned.”
CDPR goes on to say their top priority since launch has always been to fix the current bugs in Cyberpunk 2077 game. The company’s co-founder also announced that the free DLC will be released afterwards than what was initially planned. The team’s top priority right now is to work on the most important fixes and updates for this game, so the DLC is going to get delayed for now.
Regarding the old-gen versions the first two patches should arrive later in this quarter, however, once again there has been no mention about the PC version of this game.
Below, you’ll find CD PROJEKT’s co-founder’s personal explanation of what the days leading up to the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 looked like, sharing the studio’s perspective on what happened with the game on old-generation consoles.
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Sorry but they sold out to investors . This is again a well scripted vague PR Bs as they don’t address cut features and narrative threads. Their fall will be inevitable.
I’m skeptical of any predictions of big companies falling. This will pass in due time, remember they exit scammed their game to more than 12 million copies.
Agreed
arent investors suing or something?
“The QA team didn’t run into any major issues on last gen consoles”. What bollocks is that? CDPR KNEW of the issue which is why they didn’t give out PS4 review codes BEFORE the game was released. Shame on you CDPR.
original pc players (the ones who don’t play games with a fcking controller) knew how shady these devs were. shame on single digit iq peasants who hyped them over a clunky piece of shet game called witcher 3.
How much you bet that this whole shitfest will happen again in 4~5 years when they launch the next game? Delays upon delays, sudden rush to release a broken mess, whiny snowflakes wanting refund because they didnt like the beta release version, etc etc.
“whiny snowflakes wanting refund because they didnt like the beta release version”
Wanting a refund for legit reasons is being a whiny snowflake now?
Wanting (and getting) a refund for a poor product when the manufacturer employed bait and switch tactics to attract buyers is not being a whiny snowflake, dumba$$. It’s called having common sense.
I hope you get screwed with any product you buy just so you maybe get some of that sense back in that thick head of yours.
i bet this will happen with nearly ever game moving forward…because people bought it.
Yeah I am sure they learned their lesson with so many average suckers buying this game.
The lesson is to at least deliver a competent game so they can get away with downgrade and anti piracy measures in Witche 2 and 3. But honestly they always was like this, hence their “Enhanced versions” (because their games on release date peform bad and full of bugs).
Jesus Christ, there’s more to it than just sales. Their share price plummeted by 50% for crying out loud, and on top of that they’re getting sued from different directions and the Polish government is launching an investigation. If you think this is something CD Projekt is “getting away with” just because the game is selling well, you’re dead wrong.
I’ll guess we’ll see it in a couple of months/years.
Entire CDPR press release boiled down to reality:
” We knew the game was broken but we didn’t care and released it anyway”
CDPR is just doing damage control to avoid fines and lawsuits. It’s a little late for that.
Got my money’s worth on p.c. No game breaking bugs for me. Couldn’t care less about old gen consoles.
The issues are so much bigger than just poor performance on last-gen and bugs in all versions. The game is incredibly wattered-down and scripted compared to what they’ve made people believe in their PR. NPC’s are just mindless manakins, AI non-existant, and dialogue “choices” a complete joke.
That’s you get with old consoles, watered down versions. What do they expect? As for the rest, people will jump on the hype train. Nobody forced them. Majority of Steam reviews are positive also. Usually it is the other way around with p.c. games being a shoddy console port, so I’m not complaining.
The only advantage you get over console versions is peformance and graphic settings, all the bugs and lack of features are still there.
Yep
Spot on. CDPR completely omitted that part in that PR points gaining video ahem “Apology video”.
And yet judging by Youtube comments under that video there are like 99% still circlejerking CDPR and “believing in them”. This industry is doomed with such attitude where any warranted criticism is frowned upon.
It just shows your standards, if you are OK with the state of this game…welp, don’t have much to say…you will keep getting games in this condition.
Skyrim was worse than this. P.C games will always have bugs due to different hardware configurations.
Skyrim although it was a broken piece as well, you could actually PLAY it OK on the x360, did not requiered unreleased hardware to be able to “enjoy it” on PC or a “next gen console” and overall is a better game than cyberpunk.
You CAN’T “enjoy” cyberpunk on the Xboxone/ps4 the consoles for which the game was annacunced, unless you are lying to yourself.
Saying is the same just shows how you cope with buyers remorse unless you are refering to Skyrim on PS3 because that one indeed was as bad as cyberpunck.
Eh…no. Games will have bugs no matter the platform since they are human creations and therefore not perfect. WIth that said, yeah…Bethesda games are buggy (the sky is blue, roses are red)…and no, Skyrim wasnt worse (even on consoles, where at the time running that game and sub 30 fps was common for their standards)..
Well done!
Not true, he also recognises when a news is bad. Search for “terrible news” in his comments…
Haha, so true
That settles it, Fernando accepted the apology, excellent news.
Dude I love Robo-Fernando now. I use to bag on him the most. Even created a meme just for him. But over time, I’ve just come to love the special lil guy. I just let him be these days, because I spent all of last year trying to understand this AI & he basically won. Cheers to Robo-Fernando ? You continuously triggering b*stard.
LOL they talked like PC version was gold even tho it was garbage
Since consoles main problem is peformance, it is the perfect opportunity for them to glance over all the bugs, clipping issues, lack of AI, bad physics, etc.
Stop hiring employee based on diversity then i accept your apology
When they made their little downgrade stunt in Witcher 3 or their anty piracy measures in Witcher 2, at least they where competent somewhat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ4Q_Cdk7QA
heres the proof why cdpr developer is incompetent, i mean it feels like cyberpunk is handled by completely different team from the witcher 3
i does not have to feel like….it is! all the good devs from W3 moved on…what was left is “diverse” team….more important how the devs look then skill in actual development
Lmao brutal! The only claim CP have for being a cutting edge game is the lighting and the fact you need a powerful PC to max it out. That’s f-ing it! Meanwhile Psx games can actually put a city that feel more authentic than a game from 2020.
its actually true.
Who were the diversity hires? I’d like to know, since as CDPR is an All white company from Warsaw Poland.
go away american take your diversity bullshit somewhere else
Hey, you Kock Juggling Thunder Kunt where and when did I champion for diversity hire? Are you the Dumba$$ just yells random sh*t out on a game show, just because he can? Or do you just lack comprehension skills? You’re so quick to show us how “with it you are” you don’t even bother to comprehend. Jesus Christ’s Man, what is wrong with you people.
dont´t bother won´t care can´t care i suffer with alexthymia it made me asexual , everything gay is seen by me as mental issue just like mine and and NOT moral , i hate being this way and i will never accept it, and ga c*nts wanting to normalize it is even worst
I think they are framing white looking SJW’s as “diverse”. Or maybe it is seksual diversity (queers, trans, etc).
What about this? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/29bd76be727abc41fd7a7c5a3401a0db690215f2149a99d47affcebdea937ad9.jpg
So when are you gonna start blaming these guys? You cherry picking piece of trash.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/85908496de32024038db2892bb0e6bee7157a23cac6c81b046beb0ccd3d87db3.jpg
Why is everything about race, where you stick your genitals and what political party you identify with? You do the same rubbish the SJWs do. Y’all stay Biching, moaning and never blame the right people for why things are so fuq’d. In your world is never the white man’s fault, WHO HIRED THESE PEOPLE & LET THEM GET AWAY WITH SHODDY WORK. Nah, because in your tiny little world the white man can do no wrong. . You got problems kid and spewing your racists garbage on DSOG won’t help you much. This website is not a therapy session. You are bad PR for White folks.
ooohh how much you taking chi knees money buddy, looks like defending this garbage is your daily routine now, oh dont forget to drink some soy milk pinky boi or whatever your genital it is, im stating about the facts here, this game is serious downgrade from witcher 3 the fact that all the majority developers are out is proof that the cdpr developers right now is incompetent…..but its alright maybe your taste of gaming is so low that you will licking every trash game they produce
“The guiding principles of our company are still core to what we do. We still want… to have an open communication with you our players.”
I’d like to hear CDPR explain how the following were compatible with those grandiose but hollow words,
– misrepresentation of The Witcher III’s visuals on the game’s digital store pages throughout the lengthy pre-order period and for a long time thereafter
– repeated obfuscation on their official forums when asked many times by fans to see the PC version of The Witcher III at ultra settings in the run-up to said game’s release
– deleting user comments on the official forums pertaining to TW3’s downgraded graphics
– banning people on TW3 official forums who refused to be easily palmed off by the laughable denials re: aforementioned downgrade
You forgot to mention the gameplay downgrade, far more important compared to the visuals imho.
We thankfully had some great mods to take care of that to some extent. That said, CDPR also did their loyal fans a disservice in that regard! I refer to them never having bothered to release REDkit, i.e. the full modding suite, for TW3 as they had for the more PC-centric TW2.
don’t forget how they wanted to sue people who pirated previous bicher games.
They actually sent out 1000 euro fines through a law firm to people torrenting Witcher 2.
The biggest warez distributor of Poland. Ordering fines to people pirating his game.
Yep! Also,
– CD Projekt changed GOG’s regional pricing policy for the worse immediately prior to The Witcher III having been made available to pre-order
– they subsequently spat the dummy (and were ridiculed for it by gamers at the time) when sites like Green Man Gaming offered better value prices to pre-order TW3
– the cringe worthy interview CDPR gave to Eurogamer amid the mounting scandal of the graphics downgrade whereby they insulted everybody’s intelligence by laughably claiming they couldn’t see it!
Youtube compression bro!
Ironically, this video gives every reason to why it should have been delayed even more (and/or the last gen version canned).
Ignorance can be forgiven. Intentional ignorance should not be.
Every bit of criticism towards the game, upper management and execs is well deserved. I only feel sympathy for the crunching devs during this entire ordeal.
while I do agree with everything you said, I j3rked off to tr4nny p*rn two times. first time was alright because the tr4nny was fcking a girl but the second time I j3rked off to a tr4nny j3rking off. it looked like a girl so I’m not really gay or into tr4nnies, I just wanted to say this because I didn’t want to be a hypocrite by thumbing up your comment.
LOL
You stay Wild’n out. That’s what I like admit you man. You go from 0-Fuq’d in under 5.4 secs. You over crazy fool. ???
It worries me them thinking that the PC version is free of issues from bugs and performance…i dont expect PC being a priority for them (never was, and they have to work hard on the last gen consoles sure)…but that video was pathetic and the omissions say more than what this clown said.
Why pay for beta testers in-house when you have idiots paying to be beta testers?
that is the future at least for the gaming industry but more importantly this is how corporations think…maximize profit at the expense of the consumer
That has been the case ever since the Xbox 360 era. During the original xbox era, games were complete AF. Ever since the consoles became high bandwidth modems all that has changed.
Hiring women, homosexuals and non-whites is not the problem. The problem is that they hired incompetent people.
I don’t think that’s the problem either. The problem is that shareholders were allowed to pressure them into releasing an unfinished game.
That’s what usually happens, but then you have shareholders suing them in this particular case. So yeah…the pressure from shareholders doesnt add up this time.
They just knew the game was not “when is ready” and release it anyway.
And that’s what you get because “diversity” and “affirmative action”, incompetent people.
So stop with the hiring of these and go back to hiring ones that actully can prove they up to the task. Being fvck up in the head like most insanes are rules most of them out, negroids would have a hard time, not imposible tough, women will always have it easier more so if they are competent.
Should never have gone to console, they just hold back PC.
https://youtu.be/qFYa6okagbs?t=2010
I’m loving the game with a 3080.
“It runs fine in my latest high end GPU”. You are not doing this game any favors…
The rest of the system is a 3770k, 32GB DDR3, SATA3 SSDs. I play with RT Psycho, DLSS Quality at 1440p.
And? you are just proving further my point.
What? That it needs a high end system, yet I’m using tech from 2012.
You forgot the 3080 already? you are CPU bound…shocking.
If we go from the official reqs, they are a joke of poor taste. Like i said, you are not proving what you are trying to prove here.
No I didn’t forget the 3080. That’s why I play with the graphical settings maxed out. Turn off RT, reduce settings and older GPUs will have no issue. Yes, at times I’m CPU bound. So what? The game runs great, while my system remains cool and quiet.
lol CP also uses AI from the 90’s, physics from early 00’s, etc. I don’t think people had this in mind when they wanted to play retro themed games.
If you wanted to shill for this game you already failed. Nice PC tho’, you should pimp it more, shame to see such a good setup squandered with sh#t tier games.
Maybe you morons didn’t realise, but Steam has it at 78% mostly positive, 319,924 votes. Looks like the morons shout the loudest, but again are the minority.
That’s still coming 22 % short for me, have better standards next time.
Look at him, proud to be a part of the dumb masses lol.
Playing this game on a 3080 won’t give NPC’s a functional AI, or make the physics better than a PS2 game, sadly.
Agree a hundred percent!
I have no issues with the AI. The physics, both body and lighting, work fine. I couldn’t care less how the consoles run. Have a look at Cohhcarnage’s play though on Youtube if you are stuck on console.
“I have no issues with the AI(…) physics”
That just means you have low standards.
Or maybe it makes me someone who can setup a PC.
Or maybe it makes you barely literate if you can’t understand my point.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091500/Cyberpunk_2077/#app_reviews_hash
78% of 320,340 reviews: Mostly Positive.
Most people are having a good time. You have no clue how to deal with that so you go on the attack. Maybe the issue is you.
You keep pointing these reviews as if it is a own and related in any way with what i claimed. Just like your GPU, these people opinions won’t make the game have functional NPC AI or bring features that where common in games from 2008. Doesn’t mean you don’t have to enjoy it, people enjoy primitive games like Tetris, frogger, etc. as long as you don’t claim that this game is cutting edge, it’s ok.
Ah, the answer of the little genius….
Which of the 3 Psx Tekken has better shadows? I’m skeptical of this claim tbh.
Sure, but there is more to shadow rendering than that, and the problem is mostly confined to the PC character shadows from what i seem.
yea yea..missing head, weird body jiggle…
I know that, but it’s only on V shadows, everything else is normal, right? There is plenty of issues as it is, making dubious claims of CP graphics being worse than PSX is discrediting.
you can actually get the exact same graphic issues as ps4, just lower the space available on the hard drive where the game is installed and watch it becoming a potato game!
FFS be honest with yourslef for once!!!
You have a 3080 and you think this game DEMANDS such power because is “Next Gen” instead of a broken piece that puts to shame ANYTHING Bathesda and Ubisoft have ever done.
Plus providing ConFoundry as evidence does not help you at all.
Angry much?
I think the game is playable with a 3060 with RT on. What’s your problem with DF, or maybe you know better?
You still don’t get that you need a 3000 series to play the game a decent framerate and quality, dont you?
Nope, you don’t need a 3000 series to make the game look good. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0e44bb80c3ab50081ad3be45500e619ab62748082a0c2e204b3691ba9ffc9024.png
What do i need to make the game have decent features? Oh yeah, the devs need to go back to the drawing board.
” that console is from 2008″
2006
I can’t believe there are actually people who see an apology that was undoubtedly scripted for hours and hours by a PR team and think “aww he’s honestly asking for forgiveness, I’ll forgive them!”
WHO CARES if they can script a generic apology? It’s not difficult. All just words. This company, deliberately, brazenly misled and lied to millions of people to make a sh*t load of money. And now that they vomit out a 5-minute video, not even addressing the worst of their actions, people are all up for forgiveness? Ridiculous. CDPR deserve nothing but financial ruin.
13 million pre-order sales on a scam (Anthem and Fallout 76 had “just” between 1 and 2 million, to put in into perspective with other scams). And now he bought gullible fools back with a 5 minute video a month after release.
Corporate simps are a joke.
Funny how a good lawsuit tends to bring out the more “humble” side of companies.
In theory Non diverse CDPR is still scummy, but more competent. I say “in theory” because the previous team never tried to venture into a GTA style sandbox game.
“dont blame our team they are incredibly talented and hard working”
press x to doubt.
“we focused on pc and downgraded for the last gen consoles”
Which proves that the game was not developed for such a long time also the win7 support hints you had time to do that but not make the game work.
“the next gen version will come out in the second half of 2021”
holy crap half a year for a port…lol
At this point, i am absolutely positive on the veracity of certain arguments inside the recent leak, even if it wasn’t entirely true as some naysayers try to disapprove.
“Major Leak” article from last week; it’s got the entire written document for the curious: https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2021/01/major-leak-claims-cyberpunk-2077-will-make-a-no-mans-sky-style-recovery/117928/
i hate thim, so what if he is a “nice guy” his acting is trash. The original johny silverhand was much better
launching the game on old consoles was a severely stupid decision , i they have made for pc and newer consoles nothing of what ahppened would have hapend