Cyberpunk 2077 - MASSIVE 2.0 Update out NOW

Meep wrote:I don't know how they are planning on getting this to run on OG Xbox One.

Rumours suggest the reason for Cyberpunk 2077’s five-month delay is it didn’t run well enough on current gen consoles, especially Xbox One.

It may be the fashion so far this year, but a five-month delay for any game is a big deal – especially for a game that developer CD Projekt claim is already ‘complete and playable’.

The reason given at the time was that they simply wanted to make sure the game is as polished as possible, which is perfectly reasonable, but an insider named Borys Niespielak claims there’s a more specific reason: they’re having trouble getting it to run properly on current gen consoles.

When it was first teased many assumed Cyberpunk 2077 was a next gen game but it’s only ever been formally announced for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC; with CD Projekt suggesting that Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 versions are ‘doable’ but not a priority.

Speaking in a recent podcast (in Polish) Niespielak suggests that the base Xbox One – the least powerful of the current gen consoles – is a particular problem and current performance is ‘extremely unsatisfactory’.

Translations of the podcast on Discord, via altchar.com, suggest that the main storyline of the game was finished three months ago but that side missions are still being worked on.

The main story campaign is said to be shorter than The Witcher 3 but more replayable on a second or third run. Niespielak also claims that the game will run on PlayStation 5 via backwards compatibility, as may be the case for all or most PlayStation 4 titles this year.

We’ve contacted CD Projekt to see if they would confirm or deny the rumours, but they’ve said they have nothing to add on the subject of the delay.

When it was first teased many assumed Cyberpunk 2077 was a next gen game but it’s only ever been formally announced for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC

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Monkey Man wrote:

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Hopefully the 1st of many 3rd party games.

jawa4 wrote:

Monkey Man wrote:

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Hopefully the 1st of many 3rd party games.

I'm a bit confused by CDPRs statement. Going by the news from Phil Spencer posted in the XBOSX thread - and as mentioned in the Xbox tweet above - it sounded like all Xbox games would run better on the newer kit; there didn't appear to be a suggestion that you'd have to pay for the "upgrade". CDPRs talk of "free" could maybe suggest that some updates won't be free?

I really hope that publishers don't charge for "upgrades" on the newer systems.

CDPR wrote: As gamers, we nowadays have to hold on tight to our wallets, as surprisingly right after release, lots of tiny pieces of tempting content materialize with a steep price tag attached. Haven’t we just paid a lot of cash for a brand new game? As CD PROJEKT RED, we strongly believe this is not the way it should work and, with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, we have decided to do it differently. Cutting to the chase, everyone who buys Wild Hunt will receive 16 specially prepared DLCs absolutely for free, regardless of platform. You don’t have to pre-order, you don’t have to buy any special edition to get them — if you own a copy of Wild Hunt, they’re yours. This is our way of saying thank you for buying our game.”

jawa4 wrote:Oh boy... don't set me off about that "all dlc is free" episode for Witcher 3 . "Free" as in two paid expansions .

*Some* dlc was free .

Jenuall wrote:...Both of the expansions "Blood and Wine" and "Hearts of Stone" were absolutely packed full of incredible quality content for a really good price...

Jenuall wrote:...CDPR don't deserve anything but praise for their approach to DLC compared to the rest of the industry.