The first of the patch kits for the game “Cyberpunk 2077”, the so-called patch, collects mixed feedback from players and commentators. They note a small number of changes, but also point to a slight improvement in game performance. The average ratings for “CP 2077” after the release of the patch did not change, and the game did not return to the Sony digital store.
On Reddit, in the group dedicated to “Cyberpunk 2077” which is followed by 873 thousand. people, the opinions about the amendments are mostly negative – the accusations mainly concern a small number of changes. However, as some commentators point out, the size of the patch may be due to the fact that it was created around Christmas, when some of CD Projekt’s employees were on vacation. This is in line with CD Projekt’s announcements – the company previously announced that more patches are to appear in the second patch, scheduled for February.
Users of PCs and consoles (mainly PlayStation) point to Reddit on improving the smoothness of the game (higher number of frames per second), but – as some people add – this effect was achieved at the cost of a slightly smaller number of animations or a slightly reduced quality of graphics.
In the most popular YouTube patch video (almost 0.5 million views), JuiceHead user notices a slight improvement in liquidity on the PC and the next-generation Xbox. In addition, according to JuiceHead, the game crashes less frequently on PlayStation consoles after the update. At the same time, the author points to several errors that he encountered during the review.
“This is not a big leap forward, all these fixes are minor. The biggest problems of the game are still visible” – he assessed.
“This patch is actually rather a hotfix (a smaller set of patches for the game – PAP Biznes)” – he added.
The Tom’s Guide portal in the patch review estimates that the reception of patches by PC and PlayStation 4 users is positive, adding that the game works similarly to the update on the Xbox One console.
“Perhaps the PlayStation version was a priority for CD Projekt Red this time in order to get Sony to bring the game back to the PlayStation Store. Or maybe the PlayStation version was just easier to optimize. In any case, first impressions indicate that the Xbox One version was not has been improved as much as the fans hoped, “it was written.
In the comments on Reddit, some people also indicated that a new bug appeared in the main storyline of the game after the update.
On Saturday, despite the patch’s release, the number of people playing “Cyberpunk 2077” on Steam was lower than a week earlier. The SteamDB portal reported that at its peak on Saturday, about 79,000 were playing the game. people, while a week ago the number of players was 103 thousand.
SteamDB also announced on Sunday that in the week ended January 24, “Cyberpunk” had dropped to fifth place on the list of best-selling games on Steam. A week earlier, the game was placed third in the ranking.
After the patch was released, the average ratings for the game did not change – on Steam, the PC version is still positive by 78%. players, while on Metacritic, the ratings for the PlayStation and Xbox versions remained at 3.5 / 10 points and 4.8 / 10 points, respectively.
From the release of the patch to the publication of the message, there was no information about returning the game to the PlayStation Store digital store.
In mid-December, Sony, the producer of PlayStation, removed “Cyberpunk 2077” from the store due to numerous bugs and allowed dissatisfied players a refund.
Trigon analyst DM Kacper Koproń in an interview with PAP Biznes on Friday estimated that the game will probably return to the Sony store only after a larger set of amendments in February.
The premiere of the new CD Projekt game took place on December 10. The problem of the game turned out to be a large number of errors and problems with proper operation, mainly on older consoles: PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Sony, the producer of PlayStation, removed the game from its store, and Microsoft, the owner of Xbox, offered a refund to dissatisfied players. In addition, class actions in connection with the unsuccessful premiere of the game on consoles were filed by law firms from the US, representing holders of American securities related to CD Projekt shares.
According to the information provided by CD Projekt, by December 20, the game’s sales reached 13 million copies.
According to the data from SuperData, published on Friday, players bought 10.2 million digital copies of “Cyberpunk 2077” by the end of December. This number takes into account the copies of the game returned, however, according to the authors of the report, they did not significantly affect total sales. SuperData estimates that “CP 2077” was the most successful game launch ever in terms of digital sales. According to estimates, 80 percent. December sales of the game in the digital version could concern PCs.
CD Projekt’s share price has fallen by approx. 37 percent since its premiere. (PAP Biznes)
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