CD Projekt Co-founder Marcin Iwiński issued a public apology to Cyberpunk 2077 players for the game's lackluster experience on consoles and its glitched-filled December rollout. Ultimately, Iwiński asked for the blame of the poorly received launch be placed on him and not game developers who worked as hard and quick as possible to build Night City.
The co-founder posted his apology on CD Projekt Red's site along with an issued statement from the company, promising fans it's still focused on improving Cyberpunk 2077's quality.
CD Projekt Red previously projected that last-generation console issues would be patched by February. However, the company released a new roadmap for the game on Jan. 13, coupled with Marcin Iwiński's public apology, suggesting that updates will continue until 2022.
"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," the AAA game developer wrote. "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 company added.
Iwiński's video explained CD Projekt Red's perspective during the days leading up to the game's highly anticipated launch. He cited several reasons for the game's poor playthrough, including the stress of developing a AAA game during the COVID-19 pandemic and not investing enough time in rigorously testing the game.
The AAA game's ambitious scope led the game's development to focus more on the custom objects and vast terrains of the game, rather than analyzing how it'd tax the console's hardware. "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," Iwiński stated. "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."
Cyberpunk 2077 is now unavailable on the PlayStation Store until further notice. Sony has a full page on the PlayStation website dedicated to offering refunds to players who purchased the game digitally, as long as the purchase can be verified. Despite the game's controversial launch, Cyberpunk 2077 has already sold 13 million copies, not including game purchases that were already refunded.
Developed by CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077 is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC.
Source: CD Projekt Red