Sony’s unparalleled move for video game was as high-profile as “Cyberpunk 2077.”
Sony, the company that owns the PlayStation video game console, announced on Friday that it would remove the recently released “Cyberpunk 2077” from its online store and offer a full refund. back to customers amid ongoing complaints about the game’s poor performance and bugs.
Sony’s unparalleled move for a video game was as high-profile as “Cyberpunk 2077,” which was released on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles Dec. 10. The game, said Polish developer CD Projekt Red who acquired it 8 million pre-orders across all platforms, they have received controversy due to a number of bugs and performance issues, most notably on the last generation PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles. Microsoft, which operates Xbox consoles, announced on Friday that it would refund customers who purchased the digital version of the game on the Microsoft Store.
“(Sony Interactive Entertainment) is trying to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction, so we will start offering a full refund for all gamers who purchased ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ through PlayStation Store. SIE will also be removing ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ from the PlayStation Store pending further notice, “the company said in a statement.
“Cyberpunk 2077” was announced in 2012. The game was due to be released in April 2020 but was delayed three times before being released in December. While pre-order numbers of the game prompted industry analysts to predict that “Cyberpunk 2077” would be one of the best-selling video games ever, controversy sparked the game after the launch of Projekt Red ‘s stock CD fell 33 percent about a week after the game’ s launch, according to a recent report from Bloomberg.
“Cyberpunk 2077” is an open-world role-playing game set in a dystopian night city where players take control of V, a fully-fledged mercenary, and participate in a variety of activities and quests. . The game’s marketing materials did not show a movie of “Cyberpunk 2077” running on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One; an apologize developer for not showing the game on last generation consoles before it was launched and promised to fix bugs and crashes in a series of paddles that will be released over the coming months ahead.
“We’d love for you to give us a chance, but if you’re not happy with the game on your console and don’t want to wait for updates, you can choose to pay back your copy,” CD Projekt Red said in a statement on December 13th.
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