Thank you CDPR for making an amazing game. On my 4th playthrough. Have yet to play as Male V. Hopefully I can trick myself out with quick hacks and cyberware on future playthroughs. My game has crashed twice when I get on the cyberware screen outside of Vic’s. Anyways, I love seeing Female V in third person with all of the other characters
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I assume we get one around Edgerunners 2
Happy Anniversary 2077. Thank you for the story, the escape and friends we made along the way.
: Night City 
2077
Congratulations on the 5th anniversary. Cyberpunk 2077's journey in time is one of a kind indeed.
First point. If you opened Pandora's box, what would you try to change, great things can be said about the game, especially in present state, but they have to wait in line to more important things that plagued and some still plague the Cyberpunk 2077 game and your company.
Second point. Start with making amends and taking more responsibility for screwing customers with that buggy, disastrous launch.
For example, to those who pre-ordered your game, and Phantom Liberty after, offer them together as Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition. They already paid for the same content just to be screwed again when you launched Ultimate Edition only for the new buyers, but not for them. So the new buyers of Ultimate Edition get the base game and Phantom Liberty with much of the bugs patched and better hardware support, and previous buyers who pre-ordered the game and got a buggy, almost unplayable game, and still put faith in you, gave you a second chance and pre-ordered Phantom Liberty, or just ordered it after, they did not get the Ultimate Edition into their account as free update. Why screw them again?
Third point. Start treating fair and with respect gamers who chose to buy your game, regardless of the hardware they play, regardless if they have an Nvidia, AMD, Intel videocard or a console. Most gamers do not care about or play hardware favorites; they care about the game being in good quality and entertaining them. Stop playing favorites or sabotaging gamers with AMD hardware with pointless and endless excuses or delays. Provide full support for FSR 3 and FSR 4, and better console support.
You proved yourself quite skillful and were very prompt and fast to release numerous updates for Nvidia hardware, or new CP2077 version releases for Apple and Nintendo, but when comparing updates and support, somehow you became too slow or "incompetent" regarding AMD PC hardware, including Sony and Xbox consoles.
Fourth point. Keep your creative process independent of incompetent-bad external influences as much as you can.
[...]
Otherwise, I can assure you that many gamers will never pre-order any new game from you, or will not buy them at full price.
Until then, for more and more gamers, if they will buy your games, will do it after 1-2 years, when it will be in a better playable state or at least with fewer bugs, or if they are heavily discounted, and only IF they prove that they are really good.
Wish you good luck. Until now you proved that you did many baby steps in the right direction, but there are more things to improve.
And if you still struggle, take the No Man's Sky game approach as a successful model. They made mistakes like you, learned the lesson, and after they constantly and tremendously improved their game, and also they did not screw previous buyers or those who pre-ordered the game by releasing new content (for which they paid) only for new buyers, nor did they blatantly play hardware favorites.
First point. If you opened Pandora's box, what would you try to change, great things can be said about the game, especially in present state, but they have to wait in line to more important things that plagued and some still plague the Cyberpunk 2077 game and your company.
Second point. Start with making amends and taking more responsibility for screwing customers with that buggy, disastrous launch.
For example, to those who pre-ordered your game, and Phantom Liberty after, offer them together as Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition. They already paid for the same content just to be screwed again when you launched Ultimate Edition only for the new buyers, but not for them. So the new buyers of Ultimate Edition get the base game and Phantom Liberty with much of the bugs patched and better hardware support, and previous buyers who pre-ordered the game and got a buggy, almost unplayable game, and still put faith in you, gave you a second chance and pre-ordered Phantom Liberty, or just ordered it after, they did not get the Ultimate Edition into their account as free update. Why screw them again?
Third point. Start treating fair and with respect gamers who chose to buy your game, regardless of the hardware they play, regardless if they have an Nvidia, AMD, Intel videocard or a console. Most gamers do not care about or play hardware favorites; they care about the game being in good quality and entertaining them. Stop playing favorites or sabotaging gamers with AMD hardware with pointless and endless excuses or delays. Provide full support for FSR 3 and FSR 4, and better console support.
You proved yourself quite skillful and were very prompt and fast to release numerous updates for Nvidia hardware, or new CP2077 version releases for Apple and Nintendo, but when comparing updates and support, somehow you became too slow or "incompetent" regarding AMD PC hardware, including Sony and Xbox consoles.
Fourth point. Keep your creative process independent of incompetent-bad external influences as much as you can.
[...]
Otherwise, I can assure you that many gamers will never pre-order any new game from you, or will not buy them at full price.
Until then, for more and more gamers, if they will buy your games, will do it after 1-2 years, when it will be in a better playable state or at least with fewer bugs, or if they are heavily discounted, and only IF they prove that they are really good.
Wish you good luck. Until now you proved that you did many baby steps in the right direction, but there are more things to improve.
And if you still struggle, take the No Man's Sky game approach as a successful model. They made mistakes like you, learned the lesson, and after they constantly and tremendously improved their game, and also they did not screw previous buyers or those who pre-ordered the game by releasing new content (for which they paid) only for new buyers, nor did they blatantly play hardware favorites.
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Not sure why would they?
Why you would be "screwed" if you already have the game and the expansion?
If you bought the base game and the expansion, you have exactly the same content as the Ultimate Edition...
The better question is WHY NOT?
Your post targeted the essential point of this, indeed.
Citing you, if "you have exactly the same content as the Ultimate Edition" why is not called Ultimate Edition for them too?
It is a rhetorical question, no need for an answer if we are not willing to take common sense and logic into consideration.
Your post targeted the essential point of this, indeed.
Citing you, if "you have exactly the same content as the Ultimate Edition" why is not called Ultimate Edition for them too?
It is a rhetorical question, no need for an answer if we are not willing to take common sense and logic into consideration.
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SiriusFun, I just want to point out a few things here in regards to your suggestion with the Ultimate Edition and the notion of "screwing players over".
We'll first get out of the way the fact that CDPR handed out vouchers to people who did not refund their launch games (on console specifically) for the next gen console versions at 0% charge. This means they'd have a copy that is properly updated and capable of not only running Phantom Liberty, but also access to all of the latest patches leading up to the most recent patch 2.31. Essentially, the Ultimate Edition. Freebies included btw.
Anyone who wanted their money back, got their money back - no questions asked. This was a step in the right direction.
On PC however, you had the choice as a responsible consumer to either get your refund in full or hold on to the game in good faith and wait for CDPR to deliver patch fixes which eventually led to the successful Edgerunners update, patch 2.0 and the release of the Phantom Liberty expansion. (which everyone had to buy separately, whether on PC or console)
How CDPR handled this situation, is actually above and beyond expectations from the norm.
You're not actually suggesting they give away free copies of the Ultimate Edition to those who bought the launch version on PC (with all the proper patches made for it) as well as Phantom Liberty, are you? I don't see the logic here.
I got the game separately before I purchased Phantom Liberty (at full price mind you).
I hardly feel screwed over, nor do I wish to own the arbitrarily named "Ultimate Edition", since I essentially have the exact same core files on my computer today. Comes with the same exact freebies too.
The only difference being the title "Ultimate Edition". haha.
On Steam, I can easily edit my game library splash and library thumbnail to say "Ultimate Edition".
If we dive into it further, I think we can also understand why CD eventually chose to create a package deal for both games and title it as "Ultimate Edition". It's marketing 101 for new players and it is attractive, especially when the set goes on sale. One click for buy it now, gets you everything, rather than two separate clicks.
Do you own Phantom Liberty along your base game copy?
I'm really trying to understand what you're suggesting here. No hostility towards you, I assure.
As far as the deal with AMD technology, it would be nice if support was improved upon and it is slowly rolling out. But I understand that the reality is that CDPR and Nvidia have been collaborating closely for some time now and I can only assume this is what's stifling any AMD related support from coming at a rapid pace.
I agree with keeping their focus independent. That's why CDPR shines the way they do. They have a wonderful style and they seem to like being independant style creators. My faith in them remains strong.
We'll first get out of the way the fact that CDPR handed out vouchers to people who did not refund their launch games (on console specifically) for the next gen console versions at 0% charge. This means they'd have a copy that is properly updated and capable of not only running Phantom Liberty, but also access to all of the latest patches leading up to the most recent patch 2.31. Essentially, the Ultimate Edition. Freebies included btw.
Anyone who wanted their money back, got their money back - no questions asked. This was a step in the right direction.
On PC however, you had the choice as a responsible consumer to either get your refund in full or hold on to the game in good faith and wait for CDPR to deliver patch fixes which eventually led to the successful Edgerunners update, patch 2.0 and the release of the Phantom Liberty expansion. (which everyone had to buy separately, whether on PC or console)
How CDPR handled this situation, is actually above and beyond expectations from the norm.
You're not actually suggesting they give away free copies of the Ultimate Edition to those who bought the launch version on PC (with all the proper patches made for it) as well as Phantom Liberty, are you? I don't see the logic here.
I got the game separately before I purchased Phantom Liberty (at full price mind you).
I hardly feel screwed over, nor do I wish to own the arbitrarily named "Ultimate Edition", since I essentially have the exact same core files on my computer today. Comes with the same exact freebies too.
The only difference being the title "Ultimate Edition". haha.
On Steam, I can easily edit my game library splash and library thumbnail to say "Ultimate Edition".
If we dive into it further, I think we can also understand why CD eventually chose to create a package deal for both games and title it as "Ultimate Edition". It's marketing 101 for new players and it is attractive, especially when the set goes on sale. One click for buy it now, gets you everything, rather than two separate clicks.
Do you own Phantom Liberty along your base game copy?
I'm really trying to understand what you're suggesting here. No hostility towards you, I assure.
As far as the deal with AMD technology, it would be nice if support was improved upon and it is slowly rolling out. But I understand that the reality is that CDPR and Nvidia have been collaborating closely for some time now and I can only assume this is what's stifling any AMD related support from coming at a rapid pace.
I agree with keeping their focus independent. That's why CDPR shines the way they do. They have a wonderful style and they seem to like being independant style creators. My faith in them remains strong.
For a second there with the way the video started, I thought CDPR had decided to toss us a NG+ as an anniversary present: "If you could go back, what would you do differently ...".
Oh well. It was a cool video.
Oh well. It was a cool video.
Yes, it's the same for GOTY Edition or any kinda "all included" edition