Cyberpunk 2077’s launch could have been a large number for CD Projekt Pink, however the recreation nonetheless managed to promote an unbelievable variety of units–and lots of these had been digital. In accordance with the analytics firm SuperData, the sport had the most important digital recreation launch of all time, even when factoring in refunded copies.
SuperData estimates that Cyberpunk 2077 offered 10.2 million digital models throughout its launch interval, making it the most important recreation launch primarily based on each digital income in addition to general models offered. This quantity doesn’t consider the refunded copies, however SuperData mentioned the distinction wouldn’t be important sufficient to overturn the file. SuperData has often had its data disputed, as was the case with Epic Video games in early 2020.
The report mentioned about 80% of the digital gross sales had been on PC, which may account for why the refund totals did not make a lot of an influence on this file. The sport’s worst issues had been predominantly on PS4 and Xbox One, the place crashing points and poor efficiency led CD Projekt to apologize and even supply its personal refunds in case retailers wouldn’t settle for them. The sport is just not at present that can be purchased digitally for PlayStation programs. Nevertheless, you possibly can nonetheless discover retail copies.
CD Projekt Pink has an extended street forward when it comes to including content material to Cyberpunk 2077 in addition to fixing its points. The sport’s first main patch simply arrived final week and seems to have introduced some new bugs
. The following-gen PS5 and Xbox Collection X|S variations additionally aren’t going to be prepared till late this yr on the earliest, and it seems to be just like the multiplayer part will not arrive till not less than 2022. It stays to be seen if curiosity for the franchise will nonetheless be there by that time, seeing because the launch hype has died down considerably.
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