Looks like CDPR could cut its losses on “ Cyberpunk2077 ”

For a long time now, I’ve been supporting a theory that Cyberpunk 2077 was “too big to fail” for CDPR, and that their ultimate goal was to keep investing in the game in order to someday create their multiplayer spin-off intended to emulate printing money GTA Online.

But after last week, it looks like the winds have shifted, and CDPR may actually cut their losses on Cyberpunk 2077 and move on, whether it’s to a new Witcher game or another less disastrous version of Cyberpunk in the future.

First of all, this Night City standalone multiplayer game is canceled. Here is what the CDPR said about it last week:

“Previously, we had hinted that our next triple-A would be a multiplayer Cyberpunk game, but we decided to reconsider this plan. Given our new, more systematic and agile approach, instead of focusing primarily on a great experience or an online game, we’re focusing on bringing all of our franchises online someday. We’re building online technology that can be seamlessly integrated into the development of our future games. “

CDPR recently selected a studio specializing in online games, and the above statement indicates online integration for to come up games, not the current games, which means not Cyberpunk 2077, where it’s probably not possible to connect to it online at this point, because that’s something that should have been built in from the start.

So that doesn’t happen, and for Cyberpunk to go online, it would take an entirely new game. But beyond that, even in a 25-minute video on their future strategies, the CDPR refused to talk about it. any plans for Cyberpunk 2077 exceed what has already been announced for the rest of 2021: more fixes, a small-scale free DLC, and the next-gen version of the game, likely to be released this fall.

It was speculated that Cyberpunk would get the kind of meaty DLC additions we’ve seen from The Witcher 3 with Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, but now that seems like far from a guarantee.

While Cyberpunk has sold well, it’s possible that CDPR may find that it doesn’t want to invest too much time, money, and effort in a game where it may be impossible to reverse public perception. They’re going to fix it, and get it to a place where it’s not actively broken as much as it has been (they really, really need to come back to the PlayStation Store), and they’ll add some free DLC that is. probably things like new cyberware, clothes, cars, and a few side missions. But past that? Why spend so much time creating huge DLC when they could be working on their next project instead?

I don’t think CDPR is ditching Cyberpunk as an IP, but I think they might end up ditching Cyberpunk 2077 as a game after this year in favor of putting their weight behind a new Witcher, a future new Cyberpunk, or both, as the company says, it will work on franchises simultaneously in the future. But no, I don’t expect a big No Man’s Sky style turnaround for the game anymore now that the online dream is dead and CDPR is extremely reluctant to talk about the future in 6-8 months. It looks like they’re just going to move on.

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