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Speculation: Cyberpunk 2077 is definitely releasing soon
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I'd trust Schreier before someone actually working at CDPR though.
Even if they do announce a 2019 release date at E3, I will not believe it. I'm 100% sure it will get delayed.
Eh. If they spend enough 100 hour workweeks they can turn 2020 into 2019.
My I9 PC is already better then what we'll get from next gen systems. If my comp will have problems running it then it would have to be downgraded to run on next gen systems anyway.
Uhhh hm. They've had a substantial amount of time (Maybe all of development) developing for current gen. It might be a bit "downgraded" for current gen consoles due to power difference, but I don't see a reason that this should substantially affect the PC version. I especially think the PC version will have a lot of options because we are almost undoubtedly (If the game releases before next gen) getting a version for next gen consoles, so they're developing for a very wide range of systems (Base XB1 to next gen consoles to top tier PC).
Also not that you were saying anything contrary to this but I want to reiterate: This game was always coming out for current-gen. It was always being developed with base XB1 in mind.
Also, with all the predictions and shenanigans going around, I almost want to make some bets... if it gets announced for 2019, if it gets delayed, release date, etc.
The forums are gonna be awful to read regardless. We could probably write all the posts now and be ready for when it comes out.
Jason's word is worth a bit more than the ramblings of someone on Era.
the PC versions always get downgraded because devs dont want to manage 3 different builds of the same game. Watch Dogs, Witcher 3, Anthem, Rainbow Six Seige all got massively downgraded because of consoles, and the devs didnt bother keeping those amazing lighting and foliage for the PC versions.
they will just release 60 fps 4k versions for the next gen consoles and call it a day.
I know one of Jason's sources(the three Jason mentioned in the tweet), and I know the reason why they(the source) thinks/knows CDPR is aiming at 2019. That's also the reason I'm still on team 2019
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Despite the downgrade talk surrounding Witcher 3 (Wasn't following the game at the time so only heard about it years later), doesn't CDPR often give pretty good options for its PC versions? Also even 4K60 may be generous, might just be 4K30 with textures that aren't scaled down if the current gen versions get scaled down textures.
I think I understand why they're limited in regards to builds but I would be surprised if they haven't given this awkward generation situation some thought. They certainly don't want the game to look poorly on current gen, but hamstringing the PC version and the next gen versions? I don't know, seems potentially a bit careless.
I guess we'll see what it looks like in a few days. If it already looks worse than the original 48 minute demo then I guess we'll have a better idea of its trajectory.
To be clear, the three sources I'm referring to in my tweet are people who work or have worked on the game. All of those people told me that 1) the game was planned for 2019 and 2) they think there's no chance it'll come out in 2019.
If you're referring to the other person who reached out to me, that's not one of my sources.
Oh. I misunderstood your tweet then. But yeah, if only one person(outside CDPR) reached out to you with that specific piece of information, then that's the person I'm talking about
Death Stranding demands our singular attention.
Daddy Kojima demands it
No it was run on high end PCs. I'd bet on less npc density, worse lighting and shadows, worse textures, less effects for current gen consoles.
That's precisely my take on it.
I'm hoping for a 7/7/20 release, so that it doesn't by any chance coincide with the Bloodlines 2 release date. Because to see Bloodlines 2 get killed in sales by Cyberpunk would be just be tragic, as these are probably my 2 most anticipated games at the moment.
The leads really wants it to release in 2019, but it seems to be really unrealistic.
Given that they are going to release it "on current gen" regardless of how far from completion it may be, that's not a very strong argument.
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Oh you!
Stirring the pot again lol!
LOL there's a lot of evidence to support the game releasing at the end of this year, or the first couple of months at the beginning of next year - a lot more evidence than there is to support the same theory for The Last of Us 2 and I was on team 2019 for that too :)
This.
Look at Death Stranding - the majority of people would've figured that Cyberpunk 2077 would have released before Death Stranding, or that Death Stranding wasn't coming out until mid-to-late 2020 or even 2021 - and look at it now - it's coming out November 8th of this year.
Everyone needs to bear in mind just how long Cyberpunk 2077 has been in development - it was being worked on for a long while before 2015.
And by the way, Jason Schreier is also agreeing that it's going to come out this year or early next year, so those saying mid-to-late 2020 or even 2021 *but you're also agreeing with Jason* need to remember what it is that he is saying LOL
Even if it were just barely possible for the game to hit 2019, I wouldn't want it to. The game shouldn't be rushed.
May 2020 is very soon depending on your actual real life age. For me that is super quick as frankly it was Christmas about a week ago. Time flies the older you get. Or I'm more accepting of time passing and waiting for games has become bearable to me. It will come out and you'll buy it. Until then play other games.
Also glad Cyberpunk isn't releasing this year for that games sake because I feel it would probably steal a bit of thunder from DeSt.
And because I'm going to pour myself into Death Stranding and don't want distractions.
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Yup.
The game isn't being rushed - please re-read the OP. The game has been in development longer than 4 years and even at that, CD Projekt Red themselves say that their game development time is between 2 and 4 years - this exceeds that timeframe and all of the available evidence points to it being very close to release.
On a side note, I wonder why the title of this thread was altered because I didn't add "speculation" or "(maybe)" at the beginning and tail end of the thread title. All of the available evidence substantially points to it releasing soon - as in the end of this year, or in the first few months of next year.
Even Jason Schreier agrees!!
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Lol the "speculation" and "(maybe)" at the beginning and end of the thread title weren't written by me.
I still don't understand how they're going to even hit a 2020 release date with a game of this size and scope if it's only been in full development since, what, like 2017?
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It's been in "full" development since 2015 and it was worked on in some capacity before that since 2012.
I just don't see how this could be a 2019 game but then again that is what we said about Death Stranding.
Maybe they think it could generate higher numbers of pre-orders.
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Exactly.
If not holiday season this year, then I would wager by February of next year.
One and done if their is one person over at kotaku i trust and believe is reliable it is jason if he is wrong it is because they are rushing out a buggy and not polishing the product.