I think it releases on time -- at most a 1 month delay - and they quickly split resources between patching the existing game and finishing the PS5/Xbox versions for day one launch.
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What do we think? Will Cyberpunk 2077 release on 04/16/2020, or will it be delayed?
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Nope, if anything CD Projekt already announced that Cyberpunk is in final stages of development back in november last year.
Yes, because regardless of date it will sell to the people that wanted it. Or more. If anything, April may actually have them loose sales since many people will wait for the next gen version.
Outside of some hardcore gamers I don't think general gaming audience is going to holdout for next-gen release.
They shouldn't get bogged down by expectations games. CP77 means so many different things to different people with their own high or low expectations from it.
CDPR will never be able to meet that.
It was encouraging for the April date that last November dev said that game is in last stages of development so they most likely are doing some last bits of content, polishing, VA etc.
I do wonder if some people's insanely build up hype will make them sour if it doesn't deliver on their own imaginative expectations.
Oh 100%
I expect OT to have quite a bit posts about game falling short of X posters expectations.
I have to decide if I want to do that as well. It's part of why I made this thread. So far Era seems to feel 50% confident it'll hit the date. Is that good enough to bet my vacation on? I dunno.
It's hard to control my hype when my imagination has been running wild since it was announced 7 years ago. I know it's no one's fault but my own though.
Well my vacation isn't set in stone, so I can always change it, but I already planned around it. Can you do the same? When do you have to lock that in?
You were on consoles day 1?
On PC I don't remember game having any major performance issues or game breaking bugs. And I was on pretty low end rig back then, had to lock game to 30 FPS.
I am behind on my news. Well, I hope Cyberpunk makes its date!
Yeah, day one on PS4. It's been receiving patches for 1 or 2 years quite frequently, resolving some problems but creating new ones, sadly.
They like to lock it in early, but if I beg they would probably let me change it. It's just a hassle.
In November CD Project announced the game was essentially finished and was undergoing final testing and localisation.
all too often it depends who you ask and how they want to report it
and during gamescom they said that character creation is still being worked on. whatever they said could mean anything, it's way too vague and nobody of us is in the know about how finished the game is. once the game releases they going to keep working on it anyway, adding free dlc, working on the expansions and patches. they might cut some stuff last minute to get the game out in april and add some things later through patches.
what marketing train? did i miss something? the last thing they did for marketing that made some waves was the deep dive video months ago.
They have been touring globe with 1h gameplay demo event they set up and started with E3 2019. Even doing localized versions of it, e.g. in France they ran French dub on the game.
They have been doing one of those... what are they called, name of that event is escaping me? One where people follow hidden clues etc. to finds other hidden shit that leads to reveals etc. Blizzard has done few of those for OW. CP77 has been taking place over MONTHS now.
Music push in Games Awards.
Cosplay and photo contests.
ARG. They sent out packages to youtube influencers and they've been decrypting the codes on live streams.
Exactly this^
"Worked on" probably just means "tweaking and polishing".
The definitive thing about CD Projekt Red saying that they are in the final stages of development on Cyberpunk 2077 is that they said that in an Investor's call - you can even see the video of it on YouTube.
They wouldn't lie to their Investors :)
Exactly. They've done more of a marketing push for this game before the actual marketing push even begins, than most AAA game companies do with their primary marketing push.
That's a lot of pushing!
I feel like it'll hit the release date, but I'd prefer it to be delayed. They already seemed to cut corners with the cutscenes being in first person and I bet the game will be polished enough to satisfy reviewers but alot of the more minor bugs and balancing patches will probably be done after the game is out.
Beyond that, the next couple of months are going to be way too stressful for me to properly enjoy my time with the game. (I was glad about TLoU2 and WD3 being delayed as well)
Beyond that, the next couple of months are going to be way too stressful for me to properly enjoy my time with the game. (I was glad about TLoU2 and WD3 being delayed as well)
Just how having every conversation, cutscene, interaction sequence etc. in FP is "cutting corners"?
Wut??
You do know that they are going for completely immersive cutscenes that have you in full control the entire time - as in they are real time cutscenes that don't have black bars that appear on the top and bottom of the screen and render you powerless to control anything - merely forced to watch the goings-on.
During one of these active cutscenes, if someone walks in the room, you can turn your attention to them and bring them into the conversation, or even notice an object in the room and bring it into the conversation, things like that. You can also draw your gun at any point and completely change the narrative of what is happening.
Delayed to Summer or Fall. I voted for Fall. And honestly I hope they polish (haha!) the shit out of this game. I need some tight and snappy shooting mechanics to fully enjoy this type of game.
I hope these two games can use the delay and have a first person option because why not? Every game should be developed in all perspectives now to give players the most options. /s
Wait, but there were only two delays in the case of Witcher 3, no? First was vaguely the year 2014, then it was announced that the game is going to be released in February of 2015 and then it was delayed to May of the same year, where it was actually released...
Those are multiple delays? Two isn't that bad, no ?
Those are multiple delays? Two isn't that bad, no ?
They really didn't had a date for Witcher 3.. at first it was sometime in 2014 .. then it was February 2015 and then at last May 2015.. two delays is not bad
I don't think they will delay it for a longer period of time. I wouldn't be suprised if they delay it to May, though. Sometimes one month is very crucial for finishing development and CD Projekt has a long history with this month. The Witcher 2, The Witcher 3, Blood and Wine expansion and Gwent's open beta launched in May. If they ever found a need to push a release, moving it to May would be a safe bet.
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