The simply introduced Cyberpunk 2077: Final Version will change into the primary Xbox Sequence X recreation to launch with three discs, CD Projekt Purple has confirmed.
Chatting with IGN, a spokesperson clarified precisely how the Final Version — which packages the bottom Cyberpunk 2077 with its Phantom Liberty growth — might be launched on every system.
“The Xbox Sequence X field incorporates three discs with the bottom recreation and growth,” the CD Projekt Purple spokesperson confirmed, which makes it the one bodily model of Phantom Liberty out there throughout any platform.
“The PlayStation 5 field features a recreation disc with Cyberpunk 2077 and a code for the growth to be redeemed within the PlayStation Retailer,” they added. “The PC model comes with a GOG code for each the bottom recreation and the growth. The rationale for the distinction in how the Phantom Liberty is included within the Final Version is because of technical necessities particular to every platform.”
Whereas fellow hit role-playing recreation Baldur’s Gate 3 was set to change into the primary triple disc Xbox Sequence X recreation when it arrives within the first quarter of 2024, Cyberpunk 2077: Final Version will beat it throughout the road by launching December 5, 2023. PS5 unique Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth can also be set to launch on two discs when it comes out in February.
John Linneman of tech evaluation web site Digital Foundry posted on X/Twitter to say why he believes the PS5 model of Cyberpunk 2077: Final Version will not include Phantom Liberty on disc. Placing it there, as an alternative of simply including a obtain code, would require CD Projekt Purple to resubmit their recreation to Sony, which might require additional money and time. The identical occurred with Closing Fantasy 7 Remake: Integrade, Mortal Kombat 11 Final, and extra.
The bodily version for consoles can even mark the primary time Cyberpunk 2077 comes packaged beneath present era banners, with solely a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One model of the sport out there bodily beforehand. The Final Version is not going to be launched for these consoles, nevertheless, as Phantom Liberty wasn’t both.
All of CD Projekt Purple’s earlier updates to the sport will after all be included too, primarily making the Final Version a one cease store for the whole Cyberpunk 2077 expertise. Although scathed at launch for its poor efficiency on consoles, the developer has since turned Cyberpunk 2077 round and the sport had offered 25 million copies as of October 2023.
Phantom Liberty arrived September 26, with Replace 2.0 laying its basis just a few days earlier. It fully revamped Cyberpunk 2077 with options corresponding to a brand new perk system and improved AI and likewise introduced closure to an Elon Musk fan concept, a reference to the late racing legend Ken Block, and weird additions to the sport’s greatest thriller.
In our 9/10 overview of the growth, IGN stated: “Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty completes an immense turnaround for CD Projekt Purple’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.
