Cyberpunk 2077 Quest Director Gets Emotional About Resurgence: ‘It’s F**king Good to be Back’
Cyberpunk 2077 is making a big comeback, and the developers love it.
talk to his fans jerking channel (via game radar), Cyberpunk 2077’s quest director, Pawel Sasko, explained what it meant to see the game being picked up by so many people long after its initial launch.
“It’s hard to describe when you put your heart into something,” he said. , some take seven, eight years, so it’s really a bit surreal to have this moment where people like what we’ve done. increase.”
Cyberpunk 2077 debuted on December 10, 2020, but had a troubled launch to say the least. The disastrous console launch on the base versions of PS4 and Xbox One saw widespread bugs and glitches. The issue was so serious that Sony quickly excluded the game, while the PS store and developer CD Projekt Red offered refunds to purchasers.
The game was eventually relisted in June 2021, with the caveat that it’s best played on the PlayStation Pro and PS5. The upgraded PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of Cyberpunk 2077 are finally out on February 15th, 2022.
“After the release I couldn’t believe it. I believed it after a while, but I didn’t believe it at first. I remember. […] My dear girlfriend, she saw me completely broken,” said Sasco. did.”
After criticism, CD Projekt Red put a lot of effort into turning the game around with multiple bug fixes and updates over the game’s lifetime so far. But perhaps most importantly, the immense popularity of its spin-off anime, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, has seen the game skyrocket again.
IGN’s review of Cyberpunk Edgerunners said: After the anime’s launch, Cyberpunk 2077 has recorded a record number of players.
Over 1 million new and returning players visited Night City each day this week.
Thank you for taking this opportunity to play the game with us. Thank you Tumes! 💛 pic.twitter.com/zqggblztF8— Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) September 21, 2022
CD Projekt Red reported that more than 1 million people played Cyberpunk 2077 every day in the week following Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ launch. We’re also experiencing a better game with improvements, bug fixes, and a next-gen update for February 2022.
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Ryan Leston is IGN’s entertainment journalist and film critic.you can follow him twitter.
