Did you even read the statement where they said it was standalone? They literally refer to it as a separate edition. It does not require purchase of the CP2077 game, it is not loaded as a patch, upgrade, add on, dlc, etc. to the base game. In fact, it has and continues to be commonly referred to in the ceo's statements and multiple financial investor reports as a separate project, edition, and disconnected from the game launching on Nov 19th. Same universe, different game. The argument about other products and other companies has as much logical connection as saying just because warcraft games are in the same universe that they are the same game as world of warcraft the multiplayer. Go read the financials for this company, CD Projekt Red, the references to other game companies and their projects has no logical application to this conversation.