They probably didn't know it would be to this extent. Ideally if they dropped this on PC and next gen first and then dropped the last gen consoles after I think it wouldn't have tanked their stock. The public perception would just be the game is too ambitious for old hardware. Reviews would have been great if it were optimized and had less bugs and better in some of the other aspects. A staggered release could have at the very least bought them time to optimize it and helped the next gen versions. The high end PC version looks great, I think next gen enhanced versions will too. It's really mainly the base consoles holding back the game

Lol this is f***ing sad

Been saying there are way more fundamental issues at hand here than just bugs

This game is not finished, or even close

I don’t think they had a choice tbh. Launching only on pc and next gen would have been suicide and i don’t think shareholders would be down for that. Not releasing on last gen consoles would be like losing 40% of profit or something. Pulling these numbers out of my ass but i think it’s realistically somewhere around there. I think they should have delayed the game and made the last gen versions as playable as possible. It is what it is tho

"I think for me the most exciting part of the game is driving your car through Night City, with your music blasting, exploring all the different districts and seeing this really advanced crowd UI system and people reacting to you… the exploration for me alone is amazing."

Cyberpunk Dev in August 2019

what a joke

people reacting

hes not wrong u drive ur car just a bit too recklessly and they will surely react

Yeah I think I’m just gonna wait till I get the Series X to cop this

"Ironically, I think the graphics and optimization issues are keeping a lot of people from realizing just how much of this game is poorly designed and shallow."

saw this post on reddit and yeah this about sums it up very well

people think fixing the bugs is gonna fix the game

but the core of the game isn't there, it's unfinished in almost every way

Man f*** sony and scalpers, how the f*** am i supposed to get a ps5 s*** is borderline impossible.

this whole post had me like

reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/kb22xs/compiled_list_of_missing_features_quality_of_life

mfs focussed more on the in-game commercials than on gameplay crine

sometimes the dialogue triggers don’t work

A lot of this is little QOL stuff that they probably can add to the game

The major stuff is what's concerning me

Combat being pure ass
AI being nonexistent
Low NPC density/Dead world
Being able to interact with almost nothing
Cops spawning next to you out of nowhere

It's like they didn't think or take their time with this game at all

How it has a 90 on Metacritic baffles me

They should have made The Witcher 4 than this. Imagine if Bestehsda reclaims the Fantasy RPG thrones with Elder Scrolls 6 and CDPR f***s up The Witcher 4

i hope cdpr doesnt focus on making witcher for atleast 3 years

exactly. but those QOL stuff feel like such no-brainers it baffles me how it wasnt in this game after 5-8 years of dev

when should I get this? when do y'all think it'll be rid of most bugs?

do cdpr even playtest? lmao

it feels like these things are the first things people would give as feedback if theyd let someone playtest

When the next gen upgrade arrives

I hope they start development like rn but actually take time with it

they really wanted to release this in april

For 8 years of work this game feels like they were so f***ing lazy with every in-game system

Is this what crunch does?

Like how the f*** do you tout "deep skill trees that fundamentally change gameplay" and all they do is increase numerical values on your gun?

I have a feeling TES 6 is going to be insane despite all the misses bethesda has been having recently.

so they basically just say f***it to cyberpunk?

We need a refreshing good new IP breh f***

I thought this would be it

It’s pretty unsalvageable rn, best they can do is fix bugs and glitches but can they really change ai and combat etc? Feel like it’s too late to improve core gameplay mechanics