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CyberPunk 2077 team is over 400 devs & growing (Witcher 3 peak was 250 devs) - development is on track after Creative Director departure
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It should be noted that staffing levels may not be indicative of when the game is going to launch. It could launch later this year, but the staff are needed to work on DLC like Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine for Witcher 3 (Both of which were large enough to be considered full games themselves). Just a note.
I don't think Cyberpunk 2077 will be released before May 2020, at the absolute soonest (and that might be overly optimistic).
Probably Fall 2020.
Probably Fall 2020.
Wonder if those are just CDPR employees or also accounting for contractors and the like. Nice to hear it's going smoothly. I'm gonna venture a guess that q1/q2 2020 is when it hits.
I find that highly unlikely. Isn't Ubisoft Montreal by itself like a 3000 person studio? Or did they specifically say "x amount of people worked on this"?
I am absolutely disgusted at the prospect of this game having to run on an original Xbox One in ~2020
We saw what happened when Anthem went from Xbox One X for its reveal to base consoles for the demos
I hope they give 0 effs about Xbox One and PS4 base consoles and let it run at 30fps 720p it's so demanding. I want this to be gorgeous on next gen.
I thought this when they talked about the density in place. I don't think i can wait if it releases on current consoles first. Even if only by a few months.
No, the developers are based in Poland witb polish salaries. The marketing will push the cost eveb higher but i dont thik they will reach RDR 2 budget or your average AAA western open world title.
When was the last time a major AAA blockbuster released in summer? Highly doubt that
His book does give a good sense of the structures in place for a game development team in terms of teams/hierarchy, though I don't remember if it directly address the point.
actually it was AC4 black flag , 1000 people :D
https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/10/guess-how-many-people-worked-on-new-ac
Well, they have lots of foreign developers, so salaries has to be somewhat comparable to the rest of the European studios.
This game will be the basis for next-gen open world games. So yeah games will be expensive.
Witcher 3 released in May, which is basically the start of the summer blockbuster season.
BioShock also came out in the dead of summer. It happens. Not often, but it does.
I honestly welcome it, no reason for everyone to dump their shit in November-December. Especially one of this size.
That was my point though, it doesn't happen very often. May is still spring. I would prefer more summer releases as there usually isn't much going on during the summer, but I wouldn't mind another spring release.
Seriously. Games aren't movies, I'm not done in 2.5 hours tops....30-40-100 hour games all dropping in fall when that WHOLE summer is available kills me. Wallet is one thing, but time is something completely different.
I honestly think it'll be out sooner rather than later. The demo they showed looked outstanding, it's been years, it's fully playable. I could see them dropping it quickly, like announcing a release 2-3 months before it drops instead of a year of hype like R*
Given their innate ability to patch games that go two steps forward and one and a half step back, purchasing it on one of the next gen systems after a year or so post launch would be the most ideal way to go (aside from the PC folks).
Lol, ok, but I don't think they would be planning their release because the date matches the name of the game :p
For sure. I think the competition with big summer blockbusters is one part of the reason why, but you also have to think about summer being a time when people tend to spend more time outdoors or vacation and stuff. Usually during fall/winter temps starts dropping and people tend to go out less. Also, devs want that christmas money, lol
Exactly. In terms of huge releases, they'll have Summer all to themselves.
And to people vacationing, and to huge summer blockbuster movies, and to people spending more time outside cause its warmer, etc, etc, etc. Not saying it would be a bad thing, but there's a reason why games don't typically release during the summer. I would love for more summer AAA games, but I don't see it happening
My guess is May 2020 or Fall 2020 when the new consoles launch depending on if they're porting the game over to next gen. Personally, I would prefer CDPR to skip this generation and release the game exclusively for Xbox 4 and PlayStation 5 at launch because not only would that guarantee that im buying a new console day one but also because any limitations that they have this gen should hopefully be gone with next gen even if it's a launch title since the majority of games are developed on PC's and then ported over to consoles.
Perhaps, but Cyberpunk isn't just another AAA release like an Assassin's Creed that wouldn't generate huge buzz.
Hey man, I'd be all about it. But I'd rather Cyberpunk release in spring, its earlier than summer 2020 :P