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Cyberpunk 2077
A CGI rendering of a man holding a gun
Developer(s) CD Projekt Red
Publisher(s) CD Projekt
Director(s) Adam Badowski
Producer(s) Konrad Tomaszkiewicz
Programmer(s) Piotr Tomsiński
Writer(s)
Marcin Blacha
Tomasz Marchewka
Composer(s)
P. T. Adamczyk
Marcin Przybyłowicz
Paul Leonard-Morgan
Series Cyberpunk
Engine REDengine 4[1]
Platform(s)
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4[a]
Stadia
Xbox One
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Release
Win, PS4, Stadia, XBO
10 December 2020
PS5, XSXS
2021
Genre(s) Action role-playing[3]
Mode(s) Single-player
Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed and published by
CD Projekt. The story takes place in Night City, an open world set in the Cyberpunk
universe. Players assume the first-person perspective of a customisable mercenary
known as V, who can acquire skills in hacking and machinery with options for melee
and ranged combat.

The game was developed using the REDengine 4 by a team of around 500 people,
exceeding the number that worked on the studio's previous game The Witcher 3: Wild
Hunt (2015). CD Projekt launched a new division in Wrocław, Poland, and partnered
with Digital Scapes, Nvidia, QLOC, and Jali Research to aid the production.
Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith was a consultant, and actor Keanu Reeves has a
starring role. The original score was led by Marcin Przybyłowicz, featuring the
contributions of several licensed artists.

After several years of heavy anticipation, CD Projekt released Cyberpunk 2077 for
PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, and Xbox One on 10 December 2020, with PlayStation
5 and Xbox Series X/S versions planned to follow in 2021. It received praise for
its narrative, setting, and graphics, although some of its gameplay elements
received mixed responses, while its themes and representation of transgender
characters received scrutiny. Cyberpunk 2077 was also widely criticized for bugs,
particularly in the console versions which suffered from performance issues; Sony
removed it from the PlayStation Store on 17 December 2020. CD Projekt became
subject to investigations and class-action lawsuits for their perceived attempts in
downplaying the severity of the game's technical issues before release.
Contents
1 Gameplay
2 Synopsis
2.1 Setting
2.2 Story
3 Development
4 Release and marketing
5 Reception
5.1 Pre-release
5.2 Post-release
5.3 Sales
5.4 Awards
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links
Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot of player completing a mission

Cyberpunk 2077 is played in a first-person perspective as V,[4] a mercenary whose
voice,[5] face, hairstyles, body type and modifications, background, and clothing
are customisable. Stat categories—Body, Intelligence, Reflexes, Technical, and Cool
—are influenced by the character classes that players assume, which are NetRunner
(hacking), Techie (machinery), and Solo (combat). V must consult a "ripperdoc" to
upgrade and purchase cyberware implants; black markets offer military-grade
abilities.[6] The rarity of any given equipment is shown by a coloured tier system.
[7] V can take cover, aim, run, jump, double jump, and slide.[8][9] Melee strikes
can be dealt with close-combat weapons.[10][11] There are three types of ranged
weapons, all of which can be customised and modified—Power (standard), Tech (which
penetrate walls and enemies), and Smart (with homing bullets).[12][13] Ranged
weapons are equipped to ricochet bullets in a target's direction and slow them down
in bullet time. Four types of damage can be inflicted and resisted—Physical,
Thermal, EMP, and Chemical.[14][15][16] Weapon use increases accuracy and reloading
speed, which are manifested in character animations.[17] Gunsmiths repair and
upgrade weapons.[10] The game can be completed without killing anyone,[18] with
non-lethal options for weapons and cyberware.[19]

The open world metropolis Night City, California, consists of six regions—the
corporate City Centre, immigrant-inhabited Watson, luxurious Westbrook, suburban
Heywood, gang-infested Pacifica, and industrial Santo Domingo. Its surrounding
area, the Badlands, can also be explored. V navigates these locations on foot and
in vehicles, which are subject to either a third- or first-person view.[6]
Pedestrians are vulnerable to vehicular collisions.[13] Depending on the location,
law enforcement may be alerted if V commits a crime.[20][21] Radio stations are
available to listen to.[22] The full day-night cycle and dynamic weather affect the
way non-player characters (NPCs) behave.[12][23] V owns an apartment and a garage.
[10][24] Night City features non-English-speaking characters, whose languages can
be translated with special implants.[25] "Braindance" is a device that allows V to
undergo other people's experiences.[26][27] Branching dialogues enable interaction
with NPCs and actions in quests.[28] Experience points are obtained from main
quests and fuel the stats; side quests yield "street cred", unlocking skills,
vendors, places, and additional quests.[7][12][13][29] Quests are acquired from
characters known as Fixers.[13] Throughout the game, V is aided by various
companions.[10] Consumables, like soft drinks, are used for healing, and objects
can be inspected in V's inventory.[9] Minigames include hacking, boxing, auto
racing,[30] martial arts, and shooting ranges.[31] Player choice leads to different
endings.[27]
Synopsis
Setting
Night City is an American megacity in the Free State of North California,
controlled by corporations and unassailed by the laws of both country and state. It
sees conflict from rampant gang wars and its ruling entities contending for
dominance. The city is reliant on robotics for everyday aspects like waste
collection, maintenance, and public transportation.[32][33] Its visual identity is
derived from the four eras it underwent—austere Entropism, colourful Kitsch,
imposing Neo-Militarism, and opulent Neo-Kitsch.[34] Homelessness abounds but does
not preclude cybernetic modification for the poor, giving rise to cosmetic
addiction and consequent violence. These threats are dealt with by the armed force
known as Psycho Squad.[35][36] Trauma Team can be employed for rapid medical
services.[37] Because of the constant threat of physical harm, all citizens are
allowed to openly carry firearms in public.[38]

Story
The game begins with the selection of one of three lifepaths for the player
character V (Gavin Drea or Cherami Leigh): Nomad, Streetkid, or Corpo. All three
lifepaths involve V starting a new life in Night City with local thug Jackie Welles
(Jason Hightower) and having various adventures with a netrunner, T-Bug.

In 2077, local fixer Dexter DeShawn (Michael-Leon Wooley) hires V and Welles to
steal a biochip known as "the Relic" from Arasaka Corporation. They acquire the
Relic, but the plan goes awry when they witness the murder of the megacorp's leader
Saburo Arasaka (Masane Tsukayama) at the hands of his treacherous son Yorinobu
(Hideo Kimura). Yorinobu covers up the murder as a poisoning, and triggers a
security sweep in which T-Bug is killed by Arasaka's netrunners. V and Welles
escape, but Welles is fatally wounded in the process, and the Relic's protective
case is damaged, forcing V to insert the biochip into the cyberware in their head.

DeShawn, furious at the unwanted police attention, shoots V in the head and leaves
V for dead in a landfill. Upon awakening, V is haunted by the digital ghost of war
veteran turned iconic rock star Johnny Silverhand (Keanu Reeves), believed to have
died in 2023 during an attempted thermonuclear attack on Arasaka Tower. V learns
from their ripperdoc Viktor Vector (Michael Gregory) that DeShawn's bullet
triggered resurrection nanotech on the biochip. In a few weeks, Silverhand's
memories will irreversibly overwrite V's. The biochip cannot be removed, so V must
seek out a way to remove Silverhand and survive.

Through reliving Silverhand's memories, V learns that in 2023, Silverhand's then-

girlfriend Alt Cunningham (Alix Wilton Regan) had created Soulkiller, an artificial
intelligence able to copy netrunners' minds through their neural links. However,
the process destroyed the target's brain. Arasaka kidnapped Cunningham and forced
her to create their own version of Soulkiller, which would store the minds of its
targets in Arasaka's digital fortress, Mikoshi. Silverhand led a rescue effort to
save Cunningham, but failed to find her before Arasaka used Soulkiller on her.
Silverhand sought revenge through his attack, but Arasaka captured him and used
Soulkiller on him as well.

By 2077, Arasaka was advertising a "Secure Your Soul" program, and conducting
secret research into writing a digital copy of a mind into a living human brain,
from which the Relic arose. Eventually, V must decide whether to mount an attack on
Arasaka Tower, to gain physical access to Mikoshi and use Soulkiller to remove
Silverhand from their body.

Depending upon player actions throughout the game, V can choose between different
options to conduct the attack. V can decide to commit suicide, allow Silverhand to
stage the attack with his former crew, mount the attack with a network of allies
assembled during the game, or mount the attack solo. Regardless, after successfully
using Soulkiller, it is revealed that the damage to V's body is irreversible.
Depending on player choice, V either remains in their body, with an uncertain life
expectancy, or allows Silverhand to take over permanently, in which case he pays
his respects to his friends and leaves Night City to start a new life.

Development
Pondsmith onstage, wearing a microphone on his head
Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith acted as a consultant since 2012
Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red's studios in Warsaw and Kraków,
while the Wrocław office devoted about forty people to research and development.
[39] It is based on Mike Pondsmith's Cyberpunk role-playing game franchise;
Pondsmith started consulting on the project in 2012.[40][41] He also appears in it
as a character.[42] The game drew its influences from the 1982 film Blade Runner,
manga and anime series Ghost in the Shell, and video games System Shock (1994) and
Deus Ex (2000).[43] Pondsmith's follow-up to Cyberpunk V3.0, Cyberpunk Red, also
made an impact on the lore.[44] The game cost an estimated 1.2 billion Polish złoty
(US$313 million) to develop, making it one of the most expensive games ever made.
[45][46]

The game entered pre-production with approximately 50 staff members after CD

Projekt Red finished The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine (2016).[47][48] The
team was expanded over time, surpassing the size of the team for The Witcher 3:
Wild Hunt (2015).[49][b] After the release of The Wild Hunt, the team began to
upgrade its REDengine 3 for Cyberpunk 2077.[53] CD Projekt Red was granted
subventions of US$7 million by the Polish government in 2017, which was used to
hire team members to work on particular themes such as City Creation and Cinematic
Feel.[1] In March 2018, a new studio opened in Wrocław to aid the production.[54]
CD Projekt Red partnered with several companies: Digital Scapes to craft additional
tools,[55] Nvidia for real time ray tracing,[56] QLOC for quality assurance,[57]
and Jali Research to procedurally generate the lip sync for all ten localisations.
[58] In 2018, CD Projekt Red stated they had focused on optimization from the start
of the project.[59] Originally to include multiplayer features,[60][61] this
feature was later decided to be a post-release addition.[62][63]

The first-person perspective was chosen to immerse players more than what third-
person would allow.[12] Cutscenes and gameplay were both made in first-person to
seamlessly blend together.[64][65] The game features full nudity, which game
director Adam Badowski said encapsulates the theme of transhumanism—"the body is no
longer sacrum [sacred]; it's profanum [profane]".[66] The quest designers focused
on enabling players to decide the order in which quests are undertaken.[67] Side
quests were often made from unused parts of the main story.[68] Animation systems
were remade to better generate muscle movement, motion capture was improved, and
environments were created from prefabricated designs.[40] Reused models had their
colours and details altered.[69] Feedback from E3 2018 influenced the non-lethal
playthrough and removed the male-female option in character customisation, instead
basing it on voice and body type.[70][71]

The script was written in Polish and a separate team translated the dialogue into
English.[72] Persons translating into languages other than English were provided
with both the original Polish script and an English localization. The English
localization was the base for all language versions except the Polish and English
ones, however, it was not a determinant that had to be translated one-to-one and
allowed translators to be creative. Some other versions, such as the Russian one,
were also based on the original, if the translators knew Polish. English and Polish
dialogues were recorded independently of each other, as were some of the other
language versions. Screenwriters took part in the recording of Polish dialogues,
providing the actors with additional information about the characters and the
context of the situation, helping them put themselves into the role. Dialogues
previously recorded in Polish or English could be made available to authors of
later versions in order to correctly convey emotions by the actors. Polish and
English actors participating in the recordings, where the game's creators were also
present, could suggest changes to the dialogues, some of which were recognised.[73]

Night City was designed with the help of urban planners,[74] and its architecture
drew on the style of Brutalism.[75] The world is loaded using vertical
streaming[clarification needed] to merely render the assets that appear on screen.
[76] By August 2018, the story was completed and could facilitate a complete
playthrough.[77] The content was nearly complete in mid-2019, with the rest of
development focused largely on polishing.[51] Staff started working from home in
March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[78] causing a halt in localisation.[79]
Despite the studio's disavowal of mandatory overtime in May and June 2019,[80][81]
"crunch time" was implemented in the final weeks.[82] In October 2020, Cyberpunk
2077 was released to manufacturing.[83]

Marcello Gandini's designs from the '80s and '90s shaped most of the vehicles'
looks.[84] It features a motorbike from the Akira manga and anime film and a car
inspired by Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).[85][86] In July 2018, actor Keanu Reeves was
approached for the role of Johnny Silverhand,[87] codenamed Mr Fusion to maintain
secrecy.[88] He would lend his likeness to, voice, and do motion capture for the
character.[89][90] Reeves' dialogue amount is second only to that of V.[91] Having
first spent fifteen days recording his lines,[92] Reeves was later granted his
request that Silverhand's screen presence be doubled.[93] Masane Tsukayama portrays
Arasaka Corporation leader Saburo Arasaka.[94] Musician and producer Grimes voices
the frontwoman of Lizzy Wizzy and the Metadwarves.[95]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt composer Marcin Przybyłowicz wrote the score with P. T.
Adamczyk and Paul Leonard-Morgan.[96][97] They created seven and a half hours of
music, customising assets for every quest. Genres like rave, intelligent dance
music, and industrial had an effect on their approach, infusing the tracks with a
'90s feel. Analogue synthesizers were employed as much as could be achieved.[98]
In-game radio stations play original songs by numerous licensed artists.[99]
Sebastian Stępień served as head writer and creative director until early 2019.
[100][101]

Release and marketing

Promotional poster for the game

Cyberpunk 2077 was announced in May 2012.[48] Trailers for the game were released
in January 2013,[102] at E3 2018,[103] and at E3 2019.[104] The game was initially
confirmed for Microsoft Windows,[105] with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One announced at
E3 2018.[103] Stadia was announced in August 2019.[106]

At E3 2019, an initial release date of 16 April 2020 was announced.[104] This was
delayed to 17 September,[107] then 19 November,[108] and finally 10 December.[109]

With E3 2020 cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, CD Projekt's online event
Night City Wire showed additional trailers, more gameplay,[110][111][112] and
making-of footage.[113] Next-generation ports for Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5
were announced for 2021.[114] Owners of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions
will be able to freely download the game on their respective next-generation
models.[115][116] The delayed standalone multiplayer was announced to launch after
2021.[63][117]

The collector's edition consists of a custom box, steelbook, figurine depicting a

male V, hardcover artbook, metal pin set and keychain, A Visitor's Guide to Night
City, embroidered patches, world compendium, Night City postcards and map, and
stickers. The standard edition also contains the compendium, postcards, map, and
stickers.[118] Digital items that come with every copy are the soundtrack, art
booklet, Cyberpunk 2020 sourcebook, wallpapers, and Cyberpunk 2077: Your Voice
comic.[119] Purchases through CD Projekt's subsidiary GOG.com include the digital
comic Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams.[120] Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
distributed the game in North America.[121] Bandai Namco Entertainment acted as
distributor for twenty-four European countries,[122] Australia, and New Zealand.
[123] Spike Chunsoft published the physical PlayStation 4 copies in Japan.[124]

Funko Pops were obtainable starting 16 April 2020.[125] The World of Cyberpunk
2077, a 192-page art book,[126] was published by Dark Horse Books on 29 July.[127]
On 9 September, Dark Horse brought out the first issue of a comic book series
called Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team with writer Cullen Bunn and illustrator Miguel
Valderrama.[128] CD Projekt Red held a cosplay competition from June 2019 to
October 2020.[129][130] A card game created alongside publisher CMON Limited,
Cyberpunk 2077 – Afterlife: The Card Game, is slated for 2020.[131] McFarlane Toys
signed a three-year agreement to manufacture action figures.[132] The Cyberpunk
2077-themed Xbox One X, which includes a digital copy and downloadable content,
[133] became the final limited edition of that console.[134] Designed with the same
aesthetic were video cards,[135] gaming chairs,[136] energy drinks,[137] sneakers,
[138] smartphones exclusive to China,[139] and peripherals.[140][141] From May
2020, advertising company Agora Group had newspapers, online services, and radio
channels doing promotion in Poland. Their subsidiaries carried out publicity
outdoors and in movie theatres, using established brands to disseminate information
about the game.[142] Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, an anime spin-off collaboration co-
produced by CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger, is scheduled for a global 2022
premiere on Netflix.[143]

Reception
Pre-release
The game was highly anticipated before its release.[144] It won over one hundred
awards at E3 2018,[56] including Best Game, Best Xbox One Game, Best PC Game,[145]
Best RPG,[146] and People's Choice at IGN,[147] Best Role-Playing Game and Game of
the Show at Game Informer,[148] Best of E3 at PC Gamer,[149] and Game of the Show
at GamesRadar+.[150] The second trailer was considered one of the best at the expo,
[151][152][153][154] although writer William Gibson, credited with pioneering the
cyberpunk subgenre, described it as "GTA skinned-over with a generic 80s retro-
future".[155] Gibson later expressed an affinity toward the first gameplay demo.
[156] The first-person perspective, in contrast with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's
third-person, was subject to criticism.[157][158] Cyberpunk 2077 was the most
widely discussed game of E3 2019,[159] where it was presented awards for Best of E3
at GamesRadar+, PC Gamer, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and Ars Technica,[160][161][162]
[163] and Best Game, People's Choice, Best PS4 Game, Best Xbox One Game, Best PC
Game, and Best RPG at IGN.[164] The third trailer was lauded with emphasis on
Reeves' reveal.[165][166]

Liana Ruppert, a journalist for Game Informer who has photosensitive epilepsy,
experienced a grand mal seizure while reviewing the game days before its release.
The seizure was triggered by the game's "braindance" sequence, which contains red
and white flashing lights that reportedly resemble the patterns produced by medical
devices used to intentionally trigger seizures.[167] In response, CD Projekt Red
made a public statement and reached out to Ruppert.[168][169] The company then
released a patch to add a warning, and issued a later patch on 11 December to
reduce the risk of inducing epileptic symptoms.[170]

Prior to the release of the game, CD Projekt Red provided review copies of
Cyberpunk to several major outlets. CD Projeckt Red issued strict review embargo
terms on these review copies, requiring reviewers to sign NDAs and only allowing
for footage provided by the company to be shown in reviews; according to Wired
Magazine (which did not receive a reviewer copy), violating the NDA could cost
around $27,000 per violation.[171] Concern also arose over the fact review copies
were issued for the PC version of the game, ensuring that all pre-release reviews
related to the PC version of the game, excluding consoles. As a result, this eroded
trust from some consumers.[172]

Post-release
Reception
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
Metacritic PC: 85/100[173]
PS4: 57/100[174]
XONE: 61/100[175]
Review scores
Publication Score
Game Informer PC: 9/10[176]
GameSpot PC: 7/10[177]
GamesRadar+ PC: 5/5[178]
IGN PC: 9/10[179]
PS4/XONE: 4/10[180]
PC Gamer (US) PC: 78/100[181]
PCGamesN PC: 9/10[182]
VG247 PC: 5/5 stars[183]
The PC release of Cyberpunk 2077 received "generally favorable reviews" from
critics, according to Metacritic.[173] The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of
the game received "mixed or average reviews".[174][175]

Critics praised the quality of the story as well as the depth and expansiveness of
side quests,[179] immersive atmosphere of the world,[178] visual quality,[184] and
freshness of the cyberpunk setting.[185] The game's systems such as crafting,
driving mechanics, and combat received a mixed response.[177] Some critics, while
acknowledging the game's many strengths, nonetheless criticised its shallow
portrayal of the cyberpunk genre, and also described its portrayal of related
themes such as anti-capitalism and anarchism as ironic.[186][187] Others took issue
with the portrayal of transgender people, who they felt were fetishised by in-game
material but were not given any meaningful role in the narrative.[177][188][189]
[190] Certain technical aspects of the game such as numerous bugs and performance
issues (particularly on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions) were widely
criticised.[191][192][193][194]

Initial reviews were based only on the PC version of the game, as this was the only
edition supplied to reviewers prior to the premiere. Some of these reviews were
later updated to add a caveat about the notable difference in performance between
this version of the game and its console releases.[177][179]

The release of the highly anticipated game was a high-profile event and was
considered to be a disastrous launch as a result of the technical issues.[195][196]
The Guardian called the release "a shambles",[197] while The New York Times said it
was among the most conspicuous disasters in the industry's history, with CD Projekt
Red prominently failing to meet expectations for what was anticipated to be the
biggest game release of the year.[195] Other gaming industry commentators have
described the post-launch reception of Cyberpunk as a fall from grace for CD
Projekt Red, who had previously enjoyed a fiercely pro-consumer reputation.[198]
[199]

Because of the game's performance on consoles, CD Projekt issued an apology,

particularly for their pre-release secrecy regarding these versions, concluding
that unsatisfied consumers could opt for refunds.[200] This was initially followed
by multiple reports of players unable to get said refund. CD Projekt Red later
stated that they had no specific deals in place with either Microsoft or Sony to
facilitate such an action; refunds are dealt with according to standard refund
policies.[201] On 17 December 2020, Sony announced that it would offer refunds to
customers who had purchased Cyberpunk 2077 through the PlayStation Store and
removed it from the store "until further notice."[2] The Xbox One version of the
game remained available for purchase from the online Microsoft store, albeit with a
warning about the game's performance issues. Players who bought the game through
the Microsoft store were also offered refunds.[202][203] In the US, GameStop
accepted returns of boxed versions of the game even if the box was opened, an
exception to the store's usual refund policy.[204]

Although the game's reviews were largely positive, its aggregate score was thought
to be disappointing by analysts. CD Projekt SA stock fell by up to 9.4% after the
publication of Metacritic's reviews.[205] The reviews aggregation OpenCritic
criticised CD Projekt Red for deliberately attempting to misrepresent the game, and
not delivering review copies for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 knowing it would
receive negative reviews.[206] A class-action lawsuit representing those making
investments in CD Projekt during 2020 was filed on 24 December 2020 in California,
asserting that the company made fraudulent claims to the state of Cyberpunk 2077 as
to mislead those investors;[207] a second similar class-action suit had also been
filed by January 2021.[208] Poland's Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
began an investigation of the game in January 2021, asking CD Projekt for an
"explanation regarding problems with the game and actions taken by them".[209]
Having previously asked its employees to work 6-day weeks for several final months
of the development of the game, the company ditched plans to tie developers'
bonuses to review scores, choosing instead to pay out the full bonus regardless.
[210]

Jason Schreier of Bloomberg News said that based on discussions with CD Projekt
developers, a major reason for the poor performance of Cyberpunk 2077 on release
was underestimating the effort that would be needed. While more than twice as many
developers were brought on board to help with the game compared to The Witcher 3,
CD Projekt had only expected the same amount of time to complete the game, so that
the bulk of development towards the game only began in late 2016. The expanded
scope of Cyberpunk 2077 including the game's new engine had created difficulties,
and while there were more developers, there was less organization of their various
functions that further hampered the development, according to Schreier's report.
Many developers urged management to hold off on the game's release.[211] Co-CEO
Marcin Iwiński issued an open message to players on 13 January 2021, apologizing
for the state of the game and the company's plans to correct it. Iwiński stated
that the company "underestimated the risk" in bringing a game optimised to run on
personal computers over to consoles, particularly the older Xbox One and
PlayStation 4 consoles.[212] He specifically faulted the in-game streaming engine
that was used to load in assets from storage on the fly as the player moved through
the game, which was scaled back to work on the older consoles.[213] While they had
tested these versions as they approached release, they had not seen the same issues
that players had reported in the released version. He affirmed that the developers
were not responsible for the release state of the game, but instead this was a
choice made by himself and the other management of the company.[212] Besides
working to issue refunds and bring the game to a state to return it to the
PlayStation store, Iwiński outlined a year-long path that will involve multiple
patches to bring the older consoles' versions to better performance and then
looking to optimizing the game for newer consoles, prior to any further additional
content development.[212]

On launch day, the game exceeded 1 million concurrent viewers on Twitch.[214]

Sales
Cyberpunk 2077 received eight million pre-orders on all platforms, of which 74%
were digital,[215] and it received more pre-orders than The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt;
[91] one third of PC sales were through GOG.com.[216] It was a best-seller on Steam
in China.[217] CD Projekt Red has stated that digital preorders for the title alone
recouped the game's production cost as well as the game's 2020 marketing cost.[218]
According to a CD Projekt investors call, sales saw a drastic decline four days
after release owing to the technical issues present.[219] After the launch, analyst
estimations for sales over 12 months fell from 30 million to 25.6 million.[220]

Within twelve hours after its release, the game had over one million concurrent
players on Steam.[221] The PlayStation 4 version of Cyberpunk 2077 sold an
estimated 104,600 physical copies during its debut week in Japan, making it the
second highest selling retail game of the week in the country.[222] As of 20
December 2020, the game sold over 13 million copies worldwide.[223][224] It had the
biggest digital game launch of all time, selling 10.2 million digital units[225]
and grossing $609 million in digital sales as of 31 December 2020.[226]

Awards
Award nominations for Cyberpunk 2077
Year Award Category Result
2018 Game Critics Awards[227] Special Commendation for Graphics Won
Special Commendation for Innovation Won
2018 Golden Joystick Awards[228] Most Wanted Game Won
Gamers' Choice Awards[229] Most Anticipated Game Nominated
2019 Game Critics Awards[230] Special Commendation for Graphics Won
2019 Golden Joystick Awards[231] Most Anticipated Game Won
2020 18th Visual Effects Society Awards[232] Outstanding Animated Character in a
Commercial (Dex) Won
Gamescom Award 2020[233] Best PC Game Won
Best Role-Playing Game Won
Best of Gamescom Won
Gamescom "Most Wanted" Consumer Award Won
Best Sony PlayStation Game Won
2021 19th Visual Effects Society Awards[234] Outstanding Created Environment in
an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project Pending
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project Pending
2021 BAFTA Games Awards 2021[235] Artistic Achievement Nominated[236]
Narrative Nominated[236]
Performer in a Leading Role Nominated[236]
Performer in a Supporting Role Nominated[236]
Notes
Sony removed the game from the PlayStation store on 17 December 2020.[2]
In July 2018, nearly 350 employees were on the team.[50] This rose to around 450
by June 2019,[51] and was estimated at 500 in October.[52]
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