pretty sure the issue is just harware limitations
night city is massive and some places have huge crowds
complex npc ai would never work on that scale on console hardware
they had to cut corners where they could
i think redengine is pretty impressive
try spawning that many npcs on bethesta´s creation engine on a moderatly sized map, turn on their ai packages and see what happens.
I forgot why any of that is our problem?
Who made CD Projekt Red big? Ah yes the PC Gamers. Who came in later? Ah yes the console gamers. Who has the bad Hardware? Ah yes the console gamers. Who has the bigger market share? Ah yes the PC Gamers.
This isn't about PC Master Race or the Console Peasants as some
[...] call these arguments but simple logic.
If my main Audience is PC Gamers who can run alot more and have the way better Hardware i should at least make sure they can play to the extend that was promised.
But if you decide to also include the much lower hardware that is alread outdated for almost a decade and you have to cut stuff out for it to work which ends up not working on either plattforms, well you are in for all kinds of trouble.
It does not work or look good on PC with max settings. (And many people who claim that have fangirl glasses on)
It does most of the time not even work in general on console.
So by trying to include everyone which was a bad idea from the start (Either console only or only next gen consoles only or PC only etc. until i get it to work as intended) you tried to get everything but ended up only with a little bit of something that seems to kinda work but not really.
Thats like making a car that you claim can be SUV, Race, Limousine etc. at the same time but end up making a car that does a bit of everything but nothing 100% which makes the car fail at literally everything.
I hate to compare it to other games but
GTA 5 does literally everything better.
Fallout 4 does many things better.
Skyrim has the better melee system.
Even Final Fantasy XV has a flying car but in Cyberpunk you can only see or use them in cutscenes.........
And i do not see how CDPR can fix any of that because console hardware is limited so the downgrade will stay for those versions. Meanwhile the PC Versions could be upgraded to alot but the quests, voice overs, missing features etc? That wont be happening