Cyberpunk 2077 Sold 13.7 Million Copies Despite a Disastrous Launch

Apr. 24, 2021

After hyping it forquite a long time, CD Projekt Red, followingmultiple delays, finally launched the much-awaited futuristic, sci-fi RPG game Cyberpunk 2077 late last year. However, due to the numerous in-game bugs and issues after launch, the developers faced a generous amount of backlash from the community. Nonetheless, as perthe developers, Cyberpunk 2077 was stillone of the biggest games for CDPR, selling over 13.7 million copies worldwide.

Now, for the uninitiated, after Cyberpunk 2077 released, the title was filled with hard-to-miss in-game bugs and major compatibility issues with older consoles, including the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The situation was so bad for players thatSony removed the game from its PlayStation Storeand had to offer refunds. Following such controversies,the CEO of CDPR even apologizedfor the botched-up launch and promised to deliver necessary updates to fix the bugs.

The company reports that it had to issue around 30,000 refunds for Cyberpunk 2077 asplayers were not able to play iton older consoles. As per reports, the company spent around $2.23 million on its “Help Me Refund Program”. The said program launched right after the launch of the RPG title.

Meanwhile,CD Projekt Red also suffered a massive ransomware attackrecently. As per our reporting, the attacker gained access to the source codes of games like Cyberpunk 2077, the Witcher 3, and Gwent.

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