I'm a bit gutted to wait longer. As they did mention that "Witcher 3 delay would not effect Cyberpunk 2077". I'd love a playable demo, as most game companies stop doing them these days. But it would be a great way to get a feel for the world.
I suppose it's possible we get something more around E3 and Gamescom, if we're very lucky. But I suspect we'll have to wait til the next Game Awards at the end of the year, or some time 2016 for substantial new information on Cyberpunk.
Well - again - the last thing they said on the subject is that they won't talk about it until after W3 DLC is all out. I think the link is on the FAQ some fabulously handsomely and insanely intelligent fellow drew up.
We'll have to wait and see though.
Well, since that statement was made before the delay, it may no longer be true. Suppose they had something planned for E3, I don't think they'd just scrap that because some DLC is still coming out at that point, due to the delay. We'll have to wait and see though.
I'm agreeing with you on this. I think that E3 would be a good time to give a buzz on BOTH games. There'll be little new to show on TW3 as they'll presumably already be in final promoting by then. And I don't see why the DLC should be an issue.
It's a funny call. They made it clear the focus was to be on W3 until all the DLC was out. Focus on Witcher 3 release, then get the DLC out, promote all that, THEN move onto Cyberpunk 2077 promotion.
I get that. Seems smart. Don't diffuse your current product with your next one. Argument for combining promtoions or using one to entice people into the other, but hey, not my department.
Now, though, W3 is delayed for further smoothing. Do they have a PR agenda for 2077 in terms of promotion? Is it on a schedule or is it events-related? If the former, yeah, E3 would make sense. If the latter, they would be looking at the original plan of all eyes on Witcher 3.
And remember, CDPR is still working on CP2077 - this is an issue of promotion, not development. If they wait, they might have a lot more to show. Likewise, if they are holding up people working on Witcher 3 bug clearing, that could well delay the full court press originally planned for Cyberpunk 2077 starting sometime around now.
I would bet....I think they will show something at E3 IF they are still hoping/planning to release in 2016. If they aren't, then either they will show little or nothing until they have something amazing, maybe at GDC.
Can you imagine if they dropped an awesome playable demo of 2077 on the press later this year? HUge surge of attention - but only useful if they can steadily up the hype for a year or so.
How much faster?
Your guess is as good as mine.
Well. Maybe not as good. Weren't you a coder?
"Coder" is actually a term that encompass a huuuuuuuge amount of jobs.
It's usually fairly easy to explain why something can't be done they way someone wants for technical reasons.
Harder to explain the cost-benefit reasons why it shouldn't be done the way they want.
And really fun to diplomatically explain that they what want or how they want it is stupid.
So your entire job, then, is ruining other people's hopes and plans.
This totally figures.