What a time it’s been – the sheer scale of the mess around Cyberpunk’s release means that we had to look at it all in its own episode, so that’s what we did! We run through the timeline of events leading to the garbage fire of year, and what it might all mean for the industry going forward.
Timeline used for this episode:
- October 2012:
- Game announced. Source: Cyberpunk 2077 Is the Official Title of CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk RPG, Will Be a Sandbox Game
- May 2015:
- CD Project Red – to Focus on Witcher This and Next Year; No Cyberpunk 2077 until 2017. Source: Witcher 3 Developer CD Projekt Red to Focus on Witcher This and Next Year; No Cyberpunk 2077 until 2017
- June 2018:
- First E3 trailer shown during Microsoft Conference. Source: Cyberpunk 2077 Finally Unveiled by CD Projekt with Cinematic Trailer
- August 2018:
- First public showing of gameplay released. Source: First Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Finally Revealed; it Looks Gorgeous and Brutal
- June 2019:
- First release date (April 16 2020) revealed and involvement of Keanu Reeves as a main character. Source: Cyberpunk 2077 Release Date Revealed Along With New Trailer
- January 2020:
- First delay to September 17 2020. Source: Cyberpunk 2077 Has Been Pushed Back to September.
- Delay will lead to some crunch. Source: Cyberpunk 2077 Developers Will Crunch “To Some Degree”
- Cyberpunk 2077 Dev clarifies the need to delay for ‘optimisation’. Source: Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Clarifies Details About the Delay
- June 2020:
- Second delay to November 19 2020. Source:Cyberpunk 2077 Has Been Delayed to November
- First episode of Night City Wire (Cyberpunk 2077 June 11 Event Teased for Summer Game Fest) airs on YouTube.
- Media get hands on with game. Source: 5 Incredible Hours With Cyberpunk 2077
- August 2020:
- CD Project SA, stock price hits high of 446 Polish Złoty (around 165 AUD). Source: CD PROJEKT SA 0LX1 Market Stock | London Stock Exchange
- September 2020:
- More crunch reported: Report: Cyberpunk 2077 Developers Will Be Crunching, Despite Promises They Wouldn’t
- October 2020:
- 3rd and final delay to December 10th 2020.
- December 2020:
- Monday 7th: Scenes within game can cause epilepsy seizures: Cyberpunk 2077 Epileptic PSA – Game Informer
- Tuesday 8th: Review embargo lifts
- Thursday 10th: Game is out, let the shitstorm commence!
- Thursday 10th/ Friday 11th: reports grow relating to performance of base PS4 and XBX:
- Friday 11th:
- Saturday 12th:
- Monday 14th:
- Tuesday 15th:
- Investor call with CD Project Red, reveals some pretty big news/comments etc…
https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/wp-content/uploads-en/2020/12/call-transcript_en.pdf- Opening Statement: ‘we ignored the signals about the need for additional time to refine the game on the base last-gen consoles’
- Pg3: ‘In terms of the certification process and the third parties – this is definitely on our side. I can only assume that they trusted that we’re going to fix things upon release, and that obviously did not come together exactly as we had planned.’
Rami Ismail twitter thread on Cert:
https://twitter.com/tha_rami/status/1338978911678590984?s=21 - Pg4: Refund statement (no specific arrangements with MS/Sony):
Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Says It Has No Special Agreement With Sony Or Microsoft For Refunds – GameSpot
- Investor call with CD Project Red, reveals some pretty big news/comments etc…
- Wednesday 16th:
- Thursday 17th:
- Friday 18th:
- Friday 18th/Saturday 19th:
- Sunday 20th: Stock price is roughly the same as it was this time last year:
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