I did not really intend to write this. What's the point ultimately? You will do what you will do, CDPR. But on the off-chance you actually take a look at the feedback on this thread, I have a bone to pick;
Everyone was with you, from the start. But I have been browsing the web for quite some time now and I see video after video discrediting you, and reddit thread after reddit thread, fan community post after fan community post. I do believe the backlash this time is a lot greater than it was in prior instances, because people were still willing to give you leeway. There are theories floating around that you are postponing the launch for the sake of the next gen console releases, I have no idea if that is true but on the off-chance it is; DO NOT. You still have a chance to salvage this, I can only imagine the absolute PR nightmare you are going through, but you have people who have sat on pre-orders for a very long time and kept up with development loyally only to get screwed over by the impending next gen. I think deep down everyone knows the game is ready, and if it is not, then, that raises entirely different concerns. But believe me, CDPR, those laurels you have gathered over the years are rapidly being erased.
If you are smart about this, you would release the game to the current gen owners and let them help you collect data and bug reports for the next gen if indeed that is what you are up to. If not, well, as I said that raises whole other concerns. I hope that all the feedback makes you reconsider your current stance on the game's release, not because players are greedy and they WANT IT NOW, no this is entirely based on the hype you have built over the past few months only to let everyone down again, it isn't cool. And I do not think that even if Cyberpunk 2077 lives up to all the expectations you have placed on us out there, people are going to trust your game development processes ever again and I can see pre-orders for your products dwindling in the future. I am not a business savvy person, far from, but I spend enough time on the internet that I know when things are getting bad by now and this is reaching... No Man's Sky levels of apocalyptic. At the very least, I think you owe everyone an explanation on what is going on.
Thank you if you took the time to read this, CDPR
- A Concerned Client and Customer