CD Project Red could easily make Cyberpunk 2077 a game that goes on forever through dlc's, map expansions, and main/side story mission expansions.
There's no reason to start a sequel when open world games can be forever expanded on. The game already is set up to accept large expansions on a regular basis. Night City is mentioned to be one of the, if not the last major global metropolis surrounded by thousands of 'ghost towns' throughout the country, probably globally. The expansions could connect Night City with the ghost towns leading up to another metropolis on the other side of the country.
Updates can focus on everything from map expansions, mission expansions, item expansions, and graphic enhancements. Focusing heavily on graphic enhancements when new consoles and/or graphic cards are in development.
This development practice would prevent CD Project Red from going through launch delays, bugs, and financial loss due to high demands for refunds.
Rather than having a multi-game series franchise. Make a single, continued game into a franchise through dlc's.
There's no reason to start a sequel when open world games can be forever expanded on. The game already is set up to accept large expansions on a regular basis. Night City is mentioned to be one of the, if not the last major global metropolis surrounded by thousands of 'ghost towns' throughout the country, probably globally. The expansions could connect Night City with the ghost towns leading up to another metropolis on the other side of the country.
Updates can focus on everything from map expansions, mission expansions, item expansions, and graphic enhancements. Focusing heavily on graphic enhancements when new consoles and/or graphic cards are in development.
This development practice would prevent CD Project Red from going through launch delays, bugs, and financial loss due to high demands for refunds.
Rather than having a multi-game series franchise. Make a single, continued game into a franchise through dlc's.