Friday, June 9th 2023
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty DLC Pricing Revealed on GOG
Fans of CD Projekt Red's action role-playing Cyberpunk 2077 are looking forward to the release of extra content—the Polish gaming company has not set a firm launch date for its upcoming Phantom Liberty DLC campaign, but their own digital distribution platform - GOG.com - has aready spilled a few beans this week. Keen-eyed gamers noticed that a German language listing for the expansion had appeared (likely by mistake—it no longer exists) on GOG with a "BALD" tag—meaning that the DLC is due "soon." This information was captured in screenshots and quickly uploaded to the Cyberpunk subreddit.
Industry insiders are expecting CD Projekt Red to make a Phantom Liberty-related announcement at this year's (currently ongoing) Summer Game Fest, but media attention has already focused on the apparent pricing set for this piece of DLC. According to the screenshots Phantom Liberty will be available for a €29.99 pre-order price in Western Europe territories, which suggests a possible charge of around $30-35 for North American customers. Comparisons to The Witcher 3's post-release experience will inevitably crop up, and gamers will be questioning whether this expansion will offer good value for money—CD Projekt Red has indicated that this is their most expensive DLC undertaking in terms of development costs, but that has no bearing on how much content will exist within the final retail release. Recent company earnings calls have demonstrated that sales of their existing titles are slowing down, so CDP leadership will be looking forward to new product hitting the market soon-ish.
Sources:
Forbes / Paul Tassi, Cyberpunk Game Reddit
Industry insiders are expecting CD Projekt Red to make a Phantom Liberty-related announcement at this year's (currently ongoing) Summer Game Fest, but media attention has already focused on the apparent pricing set for this piece of DLC. According to the screenshots Phantom Liberty will be available for a €29.99 pre-order price in Western Europe territories, which suggests a possible charge of around $30-35 for North American customers. Comparisons to The Witcher 3's post-release experience will inevitably crop up, and gamers will be questioning whether this expansion will offer good value for money—CD Projekt Red has indicated that this is their most expensive DLC undertaking in terms of development costs, but that has no bearing on how much content will exist within the final retail release. Recent company earnings calls have demonstrated that sales of their existing titles are slowing down, so CDP leadership will be looking forward to new product hitting the market soon-ish.
46 Comments on Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty DLC Pricing Revealed on GOG
I know it was a total shit-show of a release, but CDPR has put the effort in to correct that and I didn't personally suffer because I don't pre-order games. Pre-ordering is so rarely worth the risk...
pirating the crap of that DLC will feel right to me
Just an FYI there Mr Bomby569, the only good reason to use "pirate" copies of something is if you have been denied access to something you legit purchased and you are using the iffy copy so you can use what you paid for. There are a few other uses that fall under what can be acceptable fair use. Otherwise, it's just blatant stealing.
In case your grandpa memory fails you i can link the quotes and trailers, videos, interviews were they lie about the game.
I have this car to sell you, it does 400kms/h, it was 20 seats and doesn't pollute. Then it only does 50kms/h, seats only 1 and it's a dieselgate. You'd have to give your money back and probably a law suit.
But that is not what you're saying. You're trying to tell everyone that you're going to steal it because you "think" it "might" be buggy. All you're really saying is: "Hi, I'm a thief! I'm going to steal this DLC because I want to and I'm going to make up lame reasons to justify my thievery."
Seriously, what is with all the whiners and nay-sayers?
Just checked earlier on GoG and yea its 30 euro here but thats actually okay with me and I will most likely pick it up on the launch day or so. 'if its anything like Blood&Wine/Hearts of stone was for Witcher 3 then its all good imo'
That much money I can save up for this since I've enjoyed my time playing Cyberpunk and I only had very minimal issues with the game in overall. 'nothing game breaking, a few collision related bugs and thats it'
www.gog.com/game/cyberpunk_2077_phantom_liberty_bundle
So yeah, the letter of the law says that piracy is still illegal - But I'd imagine most people's moral code says you've already paid them the extra $30 they're asking for the DLC, and done them an additional solid by not refunding back in December 2022.
The vast majority of people had zero problems running it from day one. And that's a fact!
And I really do hope that DLC will address the lack of activities aside of quests, be them main or not. More random in bystanders, more phrases, some reactions to shooting birds in addition to outright panick or shooting in return will be much appreciated...
But the most bugging me part is vehicles. They are slower than snails and their ability to lose control upon anything cannot be overestimated. Physics need a complete rehaul, too. To be added, actually. What the game sports is not physics, it's schizics.
And don't tell me about mods addressing the aforementioned problems. They have nothing to do with the fact the game itself has a lot of issues.