Cyberpunk 2077’s troubled launch has reportedly wiped over $1 billion off the wealth of the company’s founders.
The highly anticipated game released on December 10 following three delays. While thePCversion was largelywell received in spite of numerous bugs, the game’s performance on consoles has beenheavily criticised by fansand the media.
CD Projektpledged to improve the overall experience via future updates, but also said customers not wanting to keep the gamecould opt for a refund– something it would help them with if they were having difficulties getting one,which many consumers are.
The technical issues and negative reception have resulted in CD Projekt shares dropping by over a third following the game’s release, with its founders’ 34% stake valued at about $3 billion on Tuesday,Bloombergreports.
The average 12-monthCyberpunk 2077sales forecast of nine analysts surveyed by the publication also dropped from 30 million copies pre-release to 25.6 million units this week.
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CD Projekt announced on December 10 thatCyberpunk 2077 had sold eight million copiesvia pre-orders alone – more than enough to cover the game’s development costs, as well as marketing and promotional expenses “either already incurred or anticipated for the remainder of 2020”, it said.
In VGC’sCyberpunk 2077 review, which was based on our time with the PC version of the game, our critic called it “a stunning achievement, if you can overlook the glitches”.
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We’ll be publishing a review based purely on the last-gen console experience in the coming days.
