For years in video games the most important ‘redemption arc’ story was thought-about to be No Man’s Sky, a sport which went from a fully abysmal launch to one of many largest video games round in half a decade.
Now nonetheless that crown might arguably go to Cyberpunk 2077, which in three years time has been in a position to flip issues round, a lot that its solely DLC growth Phantom Liberty has offered greater than 5 million models in 2023.
Fairly the feat, contemplating the growth solely launched in September 2023, so it made all these gross sales within the final three months of the 12 months. After all although it additionally helps that the vacation season was on deck by the point Phantom Liberty launched.
CD Projekt RED introduced the information on Twitter, thanking gamers for diving into Phantom Liberty’s setting, Dogtown, and what many followers take into account to be the perfect narrative journey obtainable throughout Cyberpunk 2077.
On the finish of November 2023, CD Projekt RED revealed that Phantom Liberty had already hit 4.3 million in gross sales, in order that it almost offered one other million in only one extra month virtually exhibits simply how far alongside Cyberpunk 2077 has come within the eyes of gamers.
It’s additionally value noting that Cyberpunk 2077’s huge, game-changing 2.0 replace performed an enormous function in an inflow of recent and returning gamers all discovering extra causes to choose up the controller and leap again into Night time Metropolis and Dogtown.
Even when it took CD Projekt RED three years after the unique launch date of Cyberpunk 2077, it’s nice to see a sport that gamers waited years for has lastly delivered the expertise gamers wished from the beginning.
It will be greatest although to not need to see redemption tales like this, and video games arriving full and never in such a state like Cyberpunk 2077 was when it launched, although that’s maybe a bit optimistic.
Supply – [CD Projekt RED]
