Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Admits Poor Performance On PS4 And Xbox One, Offers Refunds And Future Patches

Games are delayed for a myriad of reasons (I am sure I don't know them all) but when a game is delayed 4-6 weeks before launch it is usually because the testers found a bug that breaks the game. Well, got news for you nitpicky reviewers who have been just short of criminal here, this happened a few times for this game. It's not as though CDPR or anyone ever tried to make a game this dense (many games may be larger but none are even close to the population density of cyberpunk not even remotely). This game is fallout but the world didn't end yet it's just missing a few mechanics (settlement building, more weapon modifying etc). Newsflash, those games are all buggy as hell and those people have been making those kind of games for decades. All those games but one (the garbage they named Fallout 76) got 9s and 10s/10 buggy as they were...but not this one for whatever reason...

I'd say this is good for a first try and given their previous games and the way they supported them, this game will only get more and more polished in the next couple months. The negative attention this game is getting astounds me. Also this sort of negative attention causes good developers to stop trying to push the envelope and what results is what we have now...a few good games and A MILLION STUPID DAMN BATTLE ROYAL TEAM SHOOTERS THAT ARE ALL THE FREAKIN SAME. Review bomb those turkeys. Not this.

Bait and switch.

CDPR are cons.

Simple question please: I am more interested in the performance over graphics. How does the game "perform" on a One X at 1080p? Thanks in advance

re: "Base" systems

Does this mean Xbox One, One S, AND One X? Or "base" One's (Original and Slim)?

Thanks in advance

I gotta say, I'm 30-40 hrs in on PC. Lots of glitches... LOTS. It's still a fun game though and I can't put it down. Says something about the core experience.

If you haven't bought it yet, maybe wait until February when all the kinks get worked out. It might be your favorite game at that point.

a couple things I noticed now that I've played it more...

For the record, I am playing it on PS4 Pro

The release version of the game was godawful. The graphics were terrible, and the bugs and glitches were almost akin to WWE 2K20. It was virtually unplayable in certain spots.

Then we got the newest patch. It fixed the graphics significantly, and the game seems to run much better than before, however there are still some game breaking glitches, pop-in textures, frame rate issues and delay.

One thing I mistook for a glitch however was the fact that I couldn't run anymore. I was slowed down to a mere slow walk. I thought it was unresponsiveness from the controller due to a glitch, but I realized I had too much inventory. Once I offloaded some excess guns, I was able to run and sprint again.

Another thing I noticed, which is obvious when you think about it, Whenever you get into the badlands surrounding the city, the game runs flawlessly. Extremely responsive, no glitches, smooth frame rate, etc...Obviously there's not much to render in the badlands since it's virtually empty lol.

Despite the bugs, I am having fun with the game, and I do hope to have a PS5 soon where I know it'll run even better. Hopefully soon they'll release a true next gen version.

It’s an amazing game, I hope they pull a no mans out the bag and get it sorted, I’m not getting a huge amount of bugs on ps5 but it does crash... a lot... which is annoying as ****, I think I’ll shelve it till new year and get fynx spidey and Valhalla finished

Besides the Miyamoto rule stated below, another important rule CDPR should've followed was: "don't listen to the graphic whores".

First, you should release a game that is stable and runs at an acceptable frame rate on current gen consoles and PC's. Which A GREAT VAST majority of people own... 60 FPS and 1080p. Not 4K, which is only owned by very a few lucky / elitist / privileged / rich people. AND THEN, if the said people (graphic whores) start complaining (it won't be loud, since they're very few), ONLY THEN you release some graphic patches that will pop their eyes out... CDPR did the exact opposite (the elitist way) , and pissed off the vast majority of consumers.

"Damn CDPR... Your ass used to be beautiful".

too many platforms..

"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad" -Shigeru Miyamoto

The big change since Miyamoto said those words in 1996 is, of course, the fact that devs can now patch games post-release, meaning a rushed game can be "eventually good." What sticks around "forever" these days and can't be so easily turned around is the damage done to a dev's reputation when a much-hyped game is released in a half-baked state on a format that over 100 million people own.

Pfft. Easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

Lucky enough to have a PC that can run it (modders are already making performance fixes) but i feel for console pea... i mean players, this is a completely unacceptable console release and the execs should be ashamed for rushing it just for the quick holiday cash. Hope this 8 year dev/Hype cycle was worth the PR hit.

Well at least they are offering a no hassle(minus boxed) refunds and not pulling a Bethesda...yet anyways.

this is such a disaster, and the perfect example of why the better late than never saying goes. This one of the most hyped games ever and if only they didnt announce release dates to begin with they wouldnt have had this mess, and maybe would have even broken sales records. I will most likely buy it once the next gen versions come out, but for others i dont think it will ever be appealing again.

LMAO I read that as "so we're fucking off on holiday now to spend our Xmas bonus which we decided is not going to be based on review scores - thank God!"

You can upgrade your system, wait for a patch or get a refund. We frankly don't care anymore as we're shagged out from the work we've already put into getting this game to run on 9 different platforms* during COVID. Seasons greetings!

*Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS4, PS4 Pro, PS5, PC (incl Stadia).

They surely saw this coming, no? Even though it had been delayed multiple times, launching a game for the sake of launching it partly broken doesn't really help either... Even though there's a huge install base, skipping 'current' gen sounds like a more sensible idea.

How does it run so badly on a generation of consoles it was initially designed for 8 years ago? What have they been doing for the past 8 years and 3 delays!

Runs fine on NVIDIA PC and Stadia though...I smell a backhander....;-)

Knock on wood, but I'm just running an i7 8700k with a 1080ti hybrid and at pretty high settings and I'm not really experiencing any problems. Sure, there's the occasionally clipping or draw-in, and some items appear to be stuck in the floor or stairs and won't let me pick them up etc., but no crashing or whatever. I feel for the console crowd though...the game, IMHO, has been amazing so far (though I'm not too far in), especially a certain scene in a penthouse hehe

Where are all my cross-gen handicap deniers?!?!

This is the issue with having to cater to different sets of hardware. The game was too ambitious for the base PS4/Xbox. But instead of holding back new-gen, CD projekt red decided to cut off ties with last gen.

This is the same reason Halo looked like a 360 title on the Series X. The reason games like ratchet and clank and their use of the SSD for core game mechanics are not possible on last-gen.

Aside from the countless list of developers explaining this phenomenon, take this Cyberpunk issue as even more proof. And get excited for what next gen will look like once we release games for only the PS5 and series X

The updates will come " when they're ready"? That's what they said about the game too. After the misleading statements and such, I'm no longer a fan of the company. I'll be very hesitant about any and all of their future titles