CD Projekt just can't stay out of the press at the moment, and the latest news comes courtesy of Polish outlets Gazeta Prawna and Benchmark, which report that that the UOKiK is monitoring the status of Cyberpunk 2077.
This is Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, which reportedly told the newspaper Gazeta Prawna that it intends to check the progress of the promised fixes on consoles, as well as complaints and refund requests.
Here's a translated statement from Małgorzata Cieloch, spokesperson for the UOKiK (thanks VG247):
“We will check how the manufacturer is working on introducing corrections or solving difficulties that prevent the game from playing on different consoles, but also how it intends to act in relation to people who have complained and are dissatisfied with the purchase due to the inability to play the game on their equipment despite the manufacturer’s previous assurances.”
The worst case scenario that could come out of this for CD Projekt is a fine of up to 10% of the company's annual revenue, although it seems very unlikely we'll get to that point. Nevertheless, the studio now has even more incentive to ensure 2021 goes a lot more smoothly for Cyberpunk 2077, so let's keep our fingers crossed!
What are your thoughts on this? Let us know down in the comments section below.
[source benchmark.pl, via vg247.com]
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I bet they are hugely regretting not delaying the game at this point.
Reputation of the company ruined.
Stock value plummeted.
At least another 2-3 months until the last gen version is probably patched enough to be in a sellable state.
Next-gen version will have clearly been pushed back until at least the summer now.
This is what happens when you break promises, lie to your consumers and sell a broken product. Hope its an hefty fine
Hopefully the best thing to come out of all this is a lesson learned to CDPR and other developers that if a game needs delayed to delay it no matter how many times or for how long, trying to please shareholders/investors by getting it to release in a holiday season to maximise profits is not going to be worth the sh**show that would soon follow if the game is not ready.
I’m so glad Halo Infinite was delayed to avoid this absolute disaster of a launch that CDPR are still going through.
Perhaps justifiable, not here to argue, I'm enjoying the game.
But who actually benefits from the fine money?
So millions (xxx00k or whatever) of copies sold, this office take 10%, and.. what?
Do they refund me a fiver? 50p? Nothing?
Then who gets it? the polish gov?
Great! Does that mean the polish people get 50 cents off their tax this year? Towards a covid fund?
Or towards the investors who kinda have their own thing going on, and likely have enough money to fight for themselves without spending taxpayers money?
Can someone enlighten me please?
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