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Will Cyberpunk 2077 Get Delayed (again)?
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I suspect that the developers asked for a bit more time but CDPR was intent on releasing holiday 2020 for financial reasons. I'm not aware of any western AAA games that have released much later than November 19 so this was probably where CDPR drew the line. I expect another delay in a few months when/if it becomes obvious that the game cannot make November 19 and meet CDPR's quality standards.
I believe part of the reason for setting unachievable deadlines is to encourage more crunch and increase productivity (at least in theory). There is no better motivator to slave away than the sight of posters of your game plastered everywhere with a release date just 12 weeks away written in massive text.
I believe part of the reason for setting unachievable deadlines is to encourage more crunch and increase productivity (at least in theory). There is no better motivator to slave away than the sight of posters of your game plastered everywhere with a release date just 12 weeks away written in massive text.
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I could totally see it becoming a 2021 title. Especially if the rumours are true and the game is really struggling on current-gen consoles.
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Interesting! Well you never know, but that would be a pretty costly 1-2 week delay missing Black Friday. I suspect they would find a way to get it done 1-2 weeks faster at any cost rather than missing Black Friday by such a small amount. But time will tell.
November "feels" right to me. I've called pretty much every delay this game has had, and September just always seemed like such a bizArre time. But November feels right. It's peak shopping season, and can act as a de facto next gen launch title, even if it isn't fully next gen upgraded yet. It's easy to see Xbox and Sony marketing it alongside the PS5/Series X.
I could be wrong, but I think November will be the date
I could be wrong, but I think November will be the date
Not a chance. This game will be the biggest selling game of the holiday season and biggest selling launch game for PS5 and XBOX SX. There is no way they are going to risk missing out on that.
Always assume a delay even if there have been plenty. Only when you are downloading it is it sensible to assume it's not getting another one. Unless it's like Batman Arkham Knight on PC where they shit the bed with that one.
I guess it depends on the amount of bugs... but I'd imagine that they'll REALLY want to launch in November.
I'm gonna be optimistic and vote no but my head says yes. They delay it one more time and release in Q2 2021 for PS5, XSX and PC only.
Tell that to publishers who put a "pre order now!" on concept art and cgi trailers years in advance.
There is always people who pre-order at the first sight of something. :P
I'm not saying it doesn't sell at all. But there's data proving release date announcements boost pre orders a lot
They might well delay it to 2021, but there's no way they're cancelling the current gen versions. It'd make no financial sense whatsoever.
I've been saying since the beginning i doubt itll even launch this year. I hope I'm wrong but with every delay we get closer and closer to me being correct
Nah. Two months isn't really a substantial delay, it just screams bug fixing and next-gen launch. Besides, if it was really in a bad shape then we wouldn't be getting previews next week.
Yeah, they're starting the pre-launch marketing beats for it in earnest, with press previews and the Night City Wire thing.
Other than it being the previously announced date, there really was no reason why they had to launch in September. But there is a massive commercial reason why they wouldn't want to miss the holiday.
They want to give the game as much time as is practical. It's sort of like how we can already pretty much guarantee that Starfield or Elder Scrolls VI will release in November of whatever year it releases in.
They must be struggling to make the game playable on ps4 and xbox. I don't think it will be pushed to 2021, but I could see them only releasing on PC and next-gen consoles.
It will probably need another delay to be fully polished, but will be forced out the door to make the holiday season and receive a chunky post launch patch a few months down the road.
Or a pandemic happened while they were supposed to be at the office for 18 hours a day during their polishing/bug fixing/final crunch.
It's possible a delay would have happened anyways but I am sure it didn't help.
Remember when TLOU2 was delayed indefinitely, and tons of people here were saying it was going to "obviously" be a PS5 launch title, and some people were even posting wild stuff about how they were going to cancel the PS4 version? And then "indefinitely" ended up being four weeks?
That's what some of these posts remind me of.
That's what some of these posts remind me of.
Last night in investor call they underlined firmly that COVID and working from home have nothing to do with the delay. Last stretch of development just turned out to be more demanding than they had initially estimated in January.
Investor call if any is venue to say "COVID and WFM are to blame!" if that is the case.
Witcher 3 came out over a year after its original date. We're only sitting at +7 months since the original date for Cyberpunk. There's more delay left in the tank!
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