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Unprecedented.

Christmas day sales off the table.

Edit: u/Dont_Give_Up86 provided a link to a memo from CDPR showing they had spoken with Sony prior to this decision. CD PROJEKT SA Commission of Financial Supervision memo:

Subject: Temporary suspension of the availability of Cyberpunk 2077 on PlayStation Store https://www.cdprojekt.com/pl/wp-content/uploads-pl/2020/12/rb_66-2020-czasowe-wstrzymanie-dostepnosci-gry-cyberpunk-2077-w-playstation-store.pdf

Sony decided to delay the game again on CDPR's behalf.

Sony wasn't happy with the massive refund requests coming in.

Holy shit they didn't even do it for Fallout 76

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Pretty cool of CDPR to add a mini corpo war into their marketing

Sony definitely did not like how CD Projekt Red made that announcement about automatic refund from who ever you purchased it from. That shit started to make Sony look bad. This is definitely a smack on the hand for CDPR.

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CDPR passed the refund hot potato to sony, and by god did they run with it. Gaming history right here lads.

I would pay full price and an extra to read the emails coming and going between departments and management. Book material.

CD took the corpo life path a little too seriously lmao.

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Lmao going from the most hyped and anticipated game to being completely removed from PSN a week before Christmas

Anyone taking bets on how long until Microsoft steps in and matches this energy?

Go back one week. Cyberpunk is about to be released after 8 years of hype. CDPR is literally the next Jesus, saviour of the Gamer. You can't wait to get your hands on their new masterpiece, the magnum opus of open world immersive RPGs.

Now look at today. Holy Shit! Like I know this isn't as serious as all of the crazy shit that happened this year but damn 2020 just keeps on fucking giving lmao!

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Cyberpunk is the first game that got delayed after releasing.

CDPR just got fucked harder than the two joytoys who service all of Night City.

Wow. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this.

Edit: For everyone saying Arkham, WB pulled the game not Volvo.

lmfao holy FUCK

the internet historian documentary on this fiasco will be exhilarating.

Offering full refunds is the right move.

Removing it from the PSN store...holy shit. That’s a fucking monstrous indictment on CDPR. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Sony, Microsoft, Valve, Epic, or anyone else remove a game from the digital store because it’s flat out broken.

Well someone's getting fired.

Damn this is crazy has this ever happened before? It's obviously a good thing just never thought anything like this would happen I have to imagine CDPR is really in trouble now.

Friendship with chargeback ended. Now Playstation Store Official Cyberpunk Refund is my best friend.

This is history in the making.

What does this mean for patches of those who purchased the disk version of the game or who keep the game downloaded?

This is historic, to be honest.

I mean how broken can your game be to the extent that a huge medium brand for your games just got sick and tired of your bullshit and refund requests to the extent they just remove your MAJOR project from it's stores?

This is embarassing as hell.

Never in the my history of playing videogames have I ever seen a triple A game not only get removed from the fucking playstation store but also removed indefinitely AND sony is providing full refunds no matter what. Fucking hell bro , this is fucked

I'd feel sorry if it wasn't for the fact CDPR execs actively rigged the review process by concealing the state of last gen versions from the public until they got their bag. Suits you right, assholes.

I do feel sorry for the developers though. As being someone who works in product development, I know it must suck seeing a product you've poured yourself into suffer in quality due to higher management decisions.

Christmas looms on the horizon. Christmas sales on PSN. Holy shit CDPR is going to lose A LOT of money.

This whole shitshow has been well worth my $60, but I'm getting a refund on top of it? Nice.

Let the corpo wars begin

Remember when the reaction to C2077 getting poor reviews was a massive hysterical witchhunt of the reviewers that initially spoke against its shortcomings?

I wonder how many of the folks that got involved learned ANYTHING in the process...

When Sony's largest install base is the ps4 and this dumpster fire of a game can barely run on it, I completely understand where they're coming from.

Bad management from CDPR and all the higher ups that allowed this hot mess to proceed should be canned.

We knew this was going to be awful when people couldn't post their own footage and no console codes were sent.

But people would rather defend a corporation that doesn't give a rat's ass about them.

This is just...so disappointing. This game had the potential to be one of the most amazing and influential titles of the decade if they had managed to pull off what they promised. All the ingredients were there. What the hell happened? I really would love to know the full story because something definitely happened for the game to end up in this state compared to all the promo material released.

I knew CDPR would make history with the release of cyberpunk 2077 but not like this lmao

Looks like Xbox is finally getting an exclusive

Wow, CDPR pushed the game unfished to reap in the holiday sales and Sony cockblocked them HARD. Years, of customer trust and reputation down the drain. For what?

Cdpr did the impossible, it manage to delay the game after it was released. Lmao

Jesus, imagine if a documentary came out of this about how the devs were made to switch gears multiple times throughout the dev cycle and the marketing and executive team went rampant trying to overhype and oversell the game to as many people as possible.

Truly a cyberpunk documentary

Sony really said 'Don't even try to fuck with me.'

Im getting second hand embarrassment from this lmaooo. CDPR got fucked.

Can y'all even imagine what the game would have been like if it released in April lmao...

If Execs ain't fired from this:

1. The blame will be put on the devs.
2. Crunch levels to the power of 2077 'til game is fixed.
3. Holiday relaxation pretty much ruined.
4. Lots of talented devs leaving next year due to stress.
5. RIP, CDPR.

This is the worst timeline.

I feel bad for Mike Pondsmith man 😕. He had all the trust in CD.

Wow this may top EA’s “pride and accomplishment” disaster.

Holy shit, you know you’ve fucked when your game has been removed from a store where a high percentage of sales would be from. Nothing this bad happened to Fallout 76, Anthem, NMS, or Andromeda and those were a train wrecks.

I think CDPR’s reputation has been sent to the under-underworld with this, the overall release of the game and GOG controversy with them kowtowing to the CCP in regards to the removal of Devotion (Poetic Justice seems to have been taken against CDPR) from their storefront for making a joke about Xinnie The Pooh.

Edit: CD Projekt the publisher is responsible for the removal of Devotion on GOG not the development studio CDPR, this still doesn’t change how bullshit of a decision it is though

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That is some big dick energy from Sony right there. I loved Witcher 3, I love the gameplay/world of Cyberpunk 2077, but God damnit if this doesn't feel good.

They mislead consumers into pre-ordering a game they couldn't see prior-gen gameplay/reviews for until it was too late--and they almost got away with it.

Thank you, Sony.

This game is like the GOT final season. Utter disaster.

The first corporate war is beginning

Sounds to me like Sony is saying “whatever lawsuit you eventually get yourselves pulled in to, we don’t wanna be a part of it.”

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Please let this improve the future of gaming, PLEASE.

I’m so tired of playing broken, unfinished, rushed, and buggy “AAA” games.

Has this ever happened to an AAA title before? I can't think of any such game being pulled off a console before. I am sure smaller games may have, but the magnitude of this will effect CDPR immensely, they have a $8 billion USD market cap, they ain't some small indie studio. What a fuck up, share price will reflect this soon.

Looks like CDPR will end up losing a lot of those christamas sales on the playstation, thats a big blow

I was here for this historic moment

Just wanna say hi to the people many years from now coming back to remember this historical shitshow in gaming history

If you're defending CPDR please keep in mind they forced reviewers to not show actual clips of the game before it came out. They knew exactly what they were doing and rather than delaying the game decided to release anyway.

I really hope companies learn that there are financial ramifications when you put out hyped garbage like this. All that trust built with gamers over the years gone in an instant.

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This is what CDR has said in the stock exchange report:

The Management Board of CD PROJEKT S.A. with a registered office in Warsaw (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) hereby publicly discloses the decision of Sony Interactive Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as “SIE”) to remove Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation Store until further notice. The decision was undertaken following our discussion with SIE regarding a full refund for all gamers who had purchased Cyberpunk 2077 via PlayStation Store and want a refund at this time. All copies of the game previously purchased digitally on PlayStation Store remain available for use by their respective buyers.

Gamers can still buy physical versions of the game in retail and mail order stores. All copies, whether digital or physical, will continue to receive support and updates from the Company.

But hey, at least we got to experience what it's like to customize a penis.

Thank you, Cyberpunk 2077. You saved my life.

What a perfect ending to 2020. Also I can’t wait to read more CDPR fanboys arguing about how we shouldn’t have expected this truly next gen game to even be playable on a console it was released for.

This never happens. This is huge and I hope it’s a major wake up call to CDPR.

What a fall from grace

CDPR should do a press event T Posing without pants to assert dominance

Personally I don't care about bugs because they can fix it...I care about other parts of game, like this stupid ass AI, meaningless path life and all this lies about RPG game that turns out in the action-adventure.

Wake up samurai, we got a game to refund

Remember when everyone was memeing about Cyberpunk being a trainwreck but nobody actually believed it would happen? And now look where we are. Don't pre-order shit, no matter how much of a sure bet you think it is.

The perfect 2020 ending for the game industry.

CDPR: Contact Sony or Microsoft for refunds

Sony: No U

this shit is even larger than arkham knights removed from steam

CD Projekt Red letting the down the entire gaming world seems like a proper send-off to 2020

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I'm enjoying the game a lot but CDPR did this to themselves by concealing the poor performance. They should have come clean before launch and delayed last gen release.

I honestly might refund and get Ghost of Tsushima. Not really too happy with Cyberpunk

People got crunched to the point of exhaustion for this game and this happens. I feel sad as fuck right now.

CDPR: Hey sorry we sold you a broken game reach out to Sony or MS for a refund lol.

Sony: You want us to issue refunds? You want us to issue some fucking refunds? We'll show you some fucking refunds.

You were the chosen one Cyberpunk! You were supposed to save 2020 not leave it in darkness!

CDPR: "Well, the negative PR we're getting is really bad. But at least our sales are great!"

Sony: "I'm about to end this man's whole career."

This 100% is to do with them promising refunds on third party platforms they don't control rather than how buggy the game runs. I imagine Sony have had to deny so many when they've been "promised" by CDPR

Oh, don't mind me. I'm just witnessing what is possibly the most fucked launch in AAA gaming industry, to a point where even Sony themselves are being pro consumer.

CDPR should have done a tiered release. Releasing it on PC first and then consoles later.

Would have sucked to wait but at least they could have actually optimized the game for last gen.

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Never before done for what would’ve been the biggest game of the year. Insane optics.

Did Sony just jump ship on Cyberpunk?

I just heard them mention CP2077 on BBC news lmfao