Recently Microsoft released an official statement through theXbox Support Twitteraccount that it would beexpanding its normal refundpolicy to those who digitally purchasedCyberpunk 2077from the Microsoft Store. However, now the Microsoft Storehas even put up a warningon theCyberpunk 2077store page itself:
The warning states: “Users may experience performance issues when playing this game on Xbox One consoles until this game is updated.” One of those issues is the reveal thatCyberpunk 2077save files will corruptand become unrecoverable if they reach 8MB in size, which comes fromthe GOG.com Support Centeritself.
The launch ofCyberpunk 2077has been riddled withcontroversy and bugs, with the first update being introduced last week and fixed some issues. Now CD Projekt Red has pushed out the latest update,Update 1.05, for PlayStation and Xbox systems. PC players will be getting the update sometime soon.
Alongside the bugs that plagued its launch, Liana Ruppert from GameInformer suffered a major seizurewhile playing the game. This was due to light patterns similar to those used by neurologists to help induce seizures in patients. It was also later noted that the game didn’t have a clear epilepsy warning at the start of gameplay, something which has now been remedied.
This same RPG has seen its share of other controversies even before launch withreportsoftransphobia, andcrunch culture, as well as the studio also refusing to share information about the game’s accessibility. Read up on why we think CD Projekt Redshould have confirmedCyberpunk 2077’s accessibility options sooner.
According to a new report from theBloomberg, executives at CD Projekt took responsibility for the buggy release of Cyberpunk 2077 and told staff thatthey will receive their full bonusesno matter how the game is reviewed. Previously, the developers were told they would receive extra pay based on the game’s aggregated critical performance represented by Metacritic.
AlthoughCyberpunk 2077has more thanmade up its costsalready, it seems that the founders of developer CD Projekt Red are still managing to lose money. Areport released by Bloombergyesterday found that the game’s glitches and rocky launch have cost the founders of CD Projekt Redover $1 billion. Over the course of the past week, the company’s stock has plummeted, although not to record lows.
Cyberpunk 2077is currently available for PC, Xbox One, and Google Stadia. As for PS4, retail copies are still around butSony has removed the gamefrom the PSN Store. The game is also playable on theXbox Series X|SandPS5thanks to backward compatibility. You can read our review of the gamehere: “Cyberpunk 2077is a deeply conflicting game, one that you’ll end up loving but will also hate and feel profoundly disappointed by.”
