Tuesday, June 1st 2021
CD Projekt RED Profits Go Downhill Amid Cyberpunk 2077 Delisting from PlayStation Store
CD Projekt RED (CDPR), the maker of popular games like Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, has just published company's quarterly earnings report. The video game maker is responsible for the development of the most anticipated game in the year 2020—Cyberpunk 2077. Featuring Hollywood star Keanu Reeves, the game was teased multiple times with an amazing delay that happened three times. A bug-ridden debut happened and the overall gaming experience was very unpleasant, leading to an unprecedented move from PlayStation maker Sony. The Japanese company has delisted Cyberpunk 2077 from its PlayStation store, which caused a big impact to CDPR's sales figures.
Today, we got the exact details. The Q1 numbers are down, with net profits down by 67% to 32.5 million zlotys (Polish national currency), revenue down 2% to 197.6 million zlotys, and selling costs that soared 79.6% to 62.1 million zlotys. The company shares have tumbled down by around 10% since the Q1 report, closely following the outlook of the quarter. What remains for CDPR is to re-engage the Cyberpunk 2077 community and repair the game so it can reach its full potential, and give players a chance to finally enjoy the whole experience the game has to offer. This will hopefully get the company's financials back on track.
Source:
Reuters
Today, we got the exact details. The Q1 numbers are down, with net profits down by 67% to 32.5 million zlotys (Polish national currency), revenue down 2% to 197.6 million zlotys, and selling costs that soared 79.6% to 62.1 million zlotys. The company shares have tumbled down by around 10% since the Q1 report, closely following the outlook of the quarter. What remains for CDPR is to re-engage the Cyberpunk 2077 community and repair the game so it can reach its full potential, and give players a chance to finally enjoy the whole experience the game has to offer. This will hopefully get the company's financials back on track.
96 Comments on CD Projekt RED Profits Go Downhill Amid Cyberpunk 2077 Delisting from PlayStation Store
A functional police would bring nothing to the table, beside having a laugh when you are bored and decide to murder a bystander, you have nothing to gain by becoming a mass murderer, it doesn't unlock a new story path, nothing.
Actually the simple fact of being able to harm a pnj, is a liability, because you can sometimes hurt someone by accident, and the police will come after you for that, there's no need for "involuntary man slaughter" in video games :D.
Cyberpunk is a bad open world, simulation, sandbox game, but it's a good linear story driven game. Too bad the management tried to market it as the former.
movement\Combat was the most brutally broken thing, there was literally no challenge, enemy AI was stupid as hell, story not that great but not bad either the best was the late midgame story tbh which had a shining moment but a few bugs here and there.
it's not the worst ever, but you need a rtx2070/2060s or 5700xt+, 3600\10400, sata ssd before I'd even tell anyone to fire it up tbh.
graphics doesn't scale down at all imho.
The reality is that a lot of people over-reacted to the problems encountered by the original release of CP2077. The fixes that came later had no meaning to them.
I commented on this line from the article: "What remains for CDPR is to re-engage the Cyberpunk 2077 community and repair the game so it can reach its full potential, and give players a chance to finally enjoy the whole experience the game has to offer." - From my point of view, the game in its current state (v1.22) is totally playable on PC. Performance is alright, and the bugs and glitches I encounter every now and then aren't big enough to throw me off the game. There's still some work to do for CDPR, I agree, but the term "repairing the game" implies that the game is still broken, when it's not. I mean, the examples like Jackie walking through the elevator door are laughable, but if you fail to see what else the game has for you, then I guess you never really cared in the first place. As for cops spawning too close, I wouldn't know, as I'm not playing the game like a total retard. This is not GTA after all. There were also comments about the city feeling empty and lifeless somewhere in this forum. For me, Night City feels just as lifeless as any modern city. If you walk the streets of your state's/country's capital, do you see colourful people full of life all around you? I don't know, I see only faceless random bodies going from A to B doing random sh** on their phones while at it. In my opinion, CDPR did an excellent job at capturing what it feels like to be alone among a million people, which sets the atmosphere for the storyline nicely. If this "feeling alone" is a dealbreaker for someone... ugh, I don't know... I could recommend playing something else, I guess?
Edit: Let's also not forget the fact that CP77 is set in a dystopian world. You're not meant to feel joyful and glamorous while walking the streets, interacting with all kinds of interesting people. If you don't read Orwell, and you feel perfectly happy and at home in the 21st century, then I guess this is not the game for you.
The negatives I have against the game in its current state are: 1. minor bugs, 2. uninteresting side missions, 3. mostly useless crafting/levelling system.
And again: I am not commenting on the launch version as I never played it. I understand why some people were upset back then, but I can't share that sentiment. I will watch the video out of pure interest, but as a currently active player of the game, it won't change my opinion about it. That is something I can agree with.
Overworking its employees, publicly traded, runs a store.
What was it? "We leave greed to others"?
I am sick to death of all the CDPR bashing(especially from journalists who should know better).
Seriously, the game is perfect now and is a blast to play.
Hopefully they will get the PC much better than it is now which i am sure they will but i think they dropped the ball on this and took way to much on.
What realistic expectations, this shit was hyped to the moon.
I guess Sony are haters too, for taking it off the store.
As for the game been perfect now, no comment is needed, an emoji would suffice :laugh:.
I haven't touched this shit since release day, maybe i'll give it a try in 2-3 years when the development is finished, if the company is still around that is.
GTA5 was a pathetic mess when it was first released. Within 3 months they had most of the issues sorted out. However, there are STILL day-one bugs and glitches that have yet to be fixed.
I could keep going like that but stating the logical and reasonable is generally lost on people who have little better to do than to "shitpost" about things... That's a good point. Or at the very least delay the console release until the latest consoles hit the market.
Even when PC version is the best, it has so many bugs that continue to exist 6 months after launch, why? because CDPR is only focusing on fixing the broken console ports. DLC? yeah right, maybe never at this point.
This is like a guy trying to do 10 tasks at the same time and fail all of them, and CDPR still hasn't learned their lesson.
the pc version is not the problematic one anymore.
The game runs just fine on any pc that greatly exceeds the recommended pc spec. I don’t however think it’s ”a blast to play”, due to it’s repetitive nature and boring combat, but I’m under the assumption that some may think that.
Edit: How is the combat system in CP77 boring in a world dominated by a million iterations of Call of Duty and Battlefield? :wtf:
Yes it does run well on a PC. I think it is engaging and looks nice. Some bugs are still there but the game is OK in my eyes. I'm sure you will find a game that's less repetitive for your liking. As for me, the game's combat is not repetitive. You can engage any battle in a different way stealth and open battle for instance and more depending on your character skills. I'm sure a lot of games have that option.
the very beginning of the game was interesting, but you simply get too powerful compared to even any of the bosses later on. Also the ai is shit and never tries to outplay the protagonist in any clever way. They just stand somewhere, take cover and shoot you from time to time, very 90’s if you ask me.