Cyberpunk 2077
After several postponements and with great expectations, the role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077 was launched on December 10, 2020 for the PC and consoles. There were some problems and negative headlines around the launch. However, a great sales success was already apparent at that time. There was no concrete information about the numbers - until now.CD Projekt RED has published a current annual report in which, logically, Cyberpunk 2077 (buy now € 43.95) is a big topic. According to the developer studio, the role-playing game sold almost 13.7 million times in 2020 alone. This is not only a considerable number in itself, but is also very impressive due to the short time span. After all, Cyberpunk 2077 only needed three weeks to reach this mark.
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The distribution of the copies sold on the individual platforms is also interesting. According to CD Projekt RED, the PC and Stadia made up the largest share with 56 percent. Far behind in second place is the PS4 version with a share of 28 percent. The version for the Xbox One only comes to 17 percent. The report also shows that 73 percent of all copies of Cyberpunk 2077 sold - more than two thirds - were sold digitally. This in turn benefited the online shop GOG.com, which had by far its best quarter to date. Concrete figures are not yet known in this regard.
Source: CD Projekt RED
Cyberpunk 2077 is CD Projekt Red’s biggest game ever, despite its disastrous launch
© Image: CD Projekt Red A screenshot from Cyberpunk 2077.Despite Cyberpunk 2077’s disastrous and bug-filled December 10th launch, the title was “the largest game in CD Projekt Red’s history,” the studio said on Thursday (PDF). The game sold 13.7 million copies in 2020, according to CD Projekt Red.
We already had a pretty good idea that Cyberpunk 2077 has been a major financial success for the studio. On December 9th, one day before the game’s launch, CD Projekt Red announced that Cyberpunk 2077 had accrued 8 million preorders. One day after the game’s release, CD Projekt Red said digital preorders had recouped all of the game’s development and marketing costs. And the studio said that the game had sold more than 13 million copies as of December 20th in a memo shared on December 22nd.
Cyberpunk 2077 drove massive sales even though its launch was a huge mess. The game had bugs and issues on many platforms and ran particularly poorly on older consoles, forcing CD Projekt Red to quickly release numerous hotfixes. The game’s performance and fan outcry were so bad that Sony yanked the game from the PlayStation Store just one week after launch, and months later, it still hasn’t returned.
CD Projekt Red also said on Thursday that its hit RPG The Witcher 3 sold more than 30 million copies, making 2020 “the second best year in [the game’s] history with regard to the number of copies sold.” In addition, the studio committed to releasing PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S-optimized versions of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 in the second half of 2021.