CD Projekt Reports A Drastic Drop In Profits Following Cyberpunk 2077

A drop in profits compared to what? Years with sales of prior games? Or 2020 with making pure profit on a game that wasn't even completed, and then having to actually make the rest of the game after earning the profits up front?

That's great news. Nothing shows the industry as a whole not to lie to customers like red ink on the financial statement of some who did. I expect that once they fix the Xbox one version it will be in gamepass....I'll play it then perhaps. Wonder if they will ever be back on Sony's store or if they will keep them out as a warning to others.

I feel like some people made way too big of a deal about this, as if it is the only game to ever get hyped and disappoint anyone. Personally I can't even count how many times I have seen a game get massively hyped only for me to be totally disappointed in it, and ironically Cyberpunk is not one of those games. I never expected it to be the greatest thing ever made like some people did, and it met my expectations as a typical Bethesda RPG sort of experience where the game needs a lot of patching. I have also had a lot of fun with it, and I think it performed rather well on my Xbox One X.

There is definitely some dark hateful energy surrounding the critics of this game, like it gives them some joy to hate on it so they can be a part of some hateful bandwagon of people who didn't even play the game. Honestly I think that is the biggest problem with the industry these days, all these loudmouth bandwagoners on social and gaming media who need everyone to feel the same way they do about everything. At the end of the day this is just entertainment, you don't have to always love it, it doesn't have to always be for you.

Good, They don't deserve profit until the game is fully functional and patched..

insert sarcastically surprised Kirk meme

@JayJ it's not that it was overhyped. It's that it was almost unplayable on Xbone and the litterly we're supposed to launch with a special edition Xbone console....can't say it was a surprise to them to meet those system requirements. I say they got what they deserved and it's fully warranted. Game was great from a lot of people that I heard from on PC and the Series X.

It’s highly unlikely game sales will just turn around whenever the game is “in good condition” because most people will just not know the bleep storm passed.

Best case scenario for them will be likely to get the game into GamePass as soon as the Series X|S version is ready, if only so they can get some money influx directly from Microsoft. They should do the same with PSPlus.

@JayJ
Just because you're having a good time with it, doesn't mean CD Projekt weren't less than truthful about what they had promised. Holding companies accountable is not being hateful.

I think CDPR paying for their mistake will be a good thing for the industry.

We consumers are often treated poorly with buggy, rushed games because corporate suits seek profit over quality. And this is one of the first times this backlash is biting back against the bigwigs.

Likely though those big wigs will still get their bonus cheques. But at least the company won’t do this again and other companies will think twice before releasing a game before it is ready.

@Krzzystuff Funny, always seemed to look and play great for me on my Xbox One X. Had the occasional bugs at first but it's far from the worst gaming experience I have had.

@gingataisen Isn't the whole point of playing games to enjoy yourself? What else should I be concerned with?

@JayJ damn....i guess this whole thing was all fake and a conspiracy against CDPR then if you haven't had issues. I was fooled by the rest of the world.... thanks for clearing the air on that one.