The developer of Cyberpunk 2077 says frustrated players may seek a refund


Cyberpunk 2077 Developer CD Project Red has acknowledged the bhela performance issues on the game’s base last-gen console, and apologized for not showing the game on the original PS4 and Xbox One, before its release. “We should pay more attention to it playing better on PlayStation and Xbox One,” he said in A Notice published on Twitter. The developer said it hopes to fix the “most important issues” with the series of patches in the coming months, but added that anyone who doesn’t want to wait will return a copy of the game.

This statement follows different ports on how poor the game is on older machines. Players have reported quadruple frame rate, odd physics, textured pop-ins and screen tearing. Its display has quickly become a me online meme, Polygon There have been reports and videos and screenshots of the issues Going viral on Twitter.

CD Project Red gave most of the reviewers a PC version of the game, and most did not provide a console version of the game, meaning that performance issues only received widespread attention after the game’s release. Adam Kasiski, joint-CEO of CD Project Red, also said in an investor call last month that the game runs “surprisingly well” on last-generation base hardware. We reviewed the game on PC, and although we felt it was corrupted, we didn’t see any of the more serious issues reported by players on the PS4 and Xbox One base. CD Project Red apologized for not showing the game on the Base Last-Gen console before its release “and as a result, will not allow you to make a more informed decision about your purchase.”

The developer promises that starting with the second round of updates that will be released in the next seven days, a lot of fixes are coming to fix performance issues. In January and February, the CD project Red plans to release a pair of large patches, which read, “Players on the last console should overcome a very important problem.” However he warns that “they won’t make the game last-normal look, like it runs on a high-spec PC or next-gen console, but it will be closer than that experience.

He says the PC version of the game will also receive regular updates and fixes. There is one too Upgraded the next-gen console version of the game Along the way, though, there’s no word on when it’s coming.

Although the fix is ​​ongoing, the developer says players are free to request a refund if they don’t want to wait. Digital purchases can be redeemed through Sony and Microsoft’s respective refund systems (IGN Note that many buyers have already reported successfully claiming refunds through these methods, which is usually not possible in cases like this), and he says players should try to return paid versions of the game wherever they purchase it. . A dedicated email address has been set up to contact players in the coming weeks if they have difficulty returning their copies.