CD Projekt spent $125 million on Cyberpunk 2077 post-launch, repairing the sport’s repute with the Edgerunners and Replace 2.0 patches alongside the well-received Phantom Liberty growth.
CD Projekt introduced on October 5 that the growth starring Idris Elba value a hefty 275 million Polish Zloty (round $62.7 million) to develop and roughly 95 million Polish Zloty (round $21.6 million) to market.
Chief monetary officer Piotr Nielubowicz additionally mentioned throughout the CD Projekt Investor Day presentation that bringing Cyberpunk as much as next-gen console requirements, presumably together with the game-changing Replace 2.0, value 178 million Polish Zloty (round $40.9 million).
The three figures collectively, combining the price of Phantom Liberty with the quantity spent bringing Cyberpunk 2077 again from its poor state at launch, complete 546 million Polish Zloty, so round $125.9 million.
Cyberpunk 2077 itself value 1.2 billion Polish Zloty, or round $316 million on the time. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt comparatively value 306 million Polish Zloty, round $81 million on the time, although with inflation comes nearer to $105 million.
Comparisons from past CD Projekt come from the Xbox versus Federal Commerce Fee trial in June 2023, the place poorly redacted paperwork revealed The Final of Us Half 2 value $200 million to make whereas Horizon: Forbidden West value $212.
Regardless of the hefty value of turning issues round, CD Projekt has arguably pulled off one of many greatest turnaround tales in online game historical past with Cyberpunk 2077. Launching in such a poor state the sport was delisted from the PlayStation Retailer, Cyberpunk now has a “Very Optimistic” score on PC platform Steam with 87% of customers recommending it.
CD Projekt’s Investor Day additionally noticed the announcement of a stay motion Cyberpunk challenge, Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty gross sales figures, and a administration shake-up on the firm.
Phantom Liberty arrived on September 26, with Replace 2.0 laying its basis just a few days earlier. It utterly revamped Cyberpunk 2077 with options resembling a brand new perk system and improved AI and in addition introduced closure to an Elon Musk fan idea, a reference to the late racing legend Ken Block, and weird additions to the sport’s greatest thriller.
Bizarrely, CD Projekt even included a manner for gamers to show down the occasions of the paid growth altogether, with sure dialogue choices locking the missions away for good.
In our 9/10 overview, IGN mentioned: “Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty completes an immense turnaround for CD Projekt Crimson’s future RPG kickstarted with the anime spin-off, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and its newest 2.0 Replace.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
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