I'm assuming whoever wrote that derpy CDPR apology, or okayed the "refunds" is not in a happy place right now.
Why in the absolute fuck would you promise refunds without prior consultation and okay from your business partners? Scummy as shit.
so true. these t poses, floating cigs and flying cars are nothing to me.
on job interviews when asked what i'm most proud of i say that i beat gothic 3 without patches
hr bitches immediately wet. men scared
usually they stare at me with astonishment dont even know what to ask next
so i just leave and on my way out i say
and vtmb too
I'm assuming whoever wrote that derpy CDPR apology, or okayed the "refunds" is not in a happy place right now.
Why in the absolute fuck would you promise refunds without prior consultation and okay from your business partners? Scummy as shit.
CDPR made official statement that what Sony did was due to them talking to Sony. Sony didn't want to refund games so they talked with them. Sony officially changed their policy due to this and provided one time refund version different from normal refunds:
Some of the exploits shown in this video may be patched later in the future, but the idiotic item/crafting/perk/combat design will most likely remain. Judging by how these sort of issues are usually handled by incompetent developers, things might even get worse. I believe nothing else needs to be said about this an utterly retarded game at this point.
So it was not Sony/MS kicking CDPR down (and now MS) but CDPR doing this on their own forcing Sony/MS to change refund policy for them.
Some of the exploits shown in this video may be patched later in the future, but the idiotic item/crafting/perk/combat design will most likely remain. Judging by how these sort of issues are usually handled by incompetent developers, things might even get worse. I believe nothing else needs to be said about this an utterly retarded game at this point.
If they patch them out they need to completely rethink crafting from the ground up. Getting crafting to level 18 with the exploit is already a tedious chore (the main exploit being the one where you repeatedly "dismantle" the MK2 to get the XP, but as long as you have them equipped, they won't dismantle, so you can do it infinitely). I cannot imagine how you would be able to do it legitimately. It would take over a hundred hours of doing nothing but craft useless weapons for tiny XP gains.
No one ever sees themself as the villain. I'm sure they sold themselves on the idea that they're different from other companies for a variety of reasons, like giving developers bonuses, giving customers free DLC, telling a story that will "wake people up" or whatever else. No one wakes up in the morning going "I think I'll deceive a bunch of PS4 owners and take their money today." It's not how the human brain functions, you justify every action you do and say tell yourself you're not like those OTHER people who are actually assholes. Even Hitler and Stalin thought they were the heroes of their own story.
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/...aker-faces-hostile-staff-after-failed-launch?
Cyberpunk Game Maker Faces Hostile Staff After Failed Launch
Rebellion is in the air at Polish video game publisher CD Projekt SA after the company’s highly anticipated, and thrice-delayed, latest title was released to scathing reviews about glitches.
Frustrated and angry staff fired questions at the board during an internal video meeting Thursday that opened with management apologizing for Cyberpunk 2077’s disastrous launch, according to two people who were present. It was a fitting atmosphere for a company whose slogan, plastered on posters all around its Warsaw office, is “We are rebels.”
Developers asked blunt questions about the company’s reputation, the game’s unrealistic deadlines and the relentless overtime in the months and years leading up to the game’s Dec. 10 release.
The meeting took place before Sony Corp.’s shocking announcement that it was pulling Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store and will offer full refunds to any customer who requests one. During the staff meeting, CD Projekt’s directors said they had come to an arrangement with Sony but didn’t offer specifics. In a Twitter post on Friday, the company said that “following our discussion with PlayStation, a decision was made to temporarily suspend digital distribution” of the game.
A CD Projekt spokeswoman said the company wouldn’t comment on internal meeting discussions.
Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the biggest games of the year and has been a financial success, selling more than 8 million pre-orders and notching sales records for PC games. But players have found the game full of bugs, particularly on the last-generation PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, sending CD Projekt shares plummeting and leading fans and critics to describe Cyberpunk 2077 as unfinished. CD Projekt’s stock fell 12% in Warsaw Friday, punctuating a steady decline this month that has wiped out gains for the year.
During Cyberpunk 2077’s development, staff endured multiple periods of extensive overtime including mandatory six-day weeks to finish the game, Bloomberg has reported. When asked about this crunch time in the Q&A, the directors said they had plans to improve production practices in the future but didn’t elaborate, according to one person who was there.
One employee asked the board why it had said in January that the game was “complete and playable” when that wasn’t true, to which the board answered that it would take responsibility. Another developer asked whether CD Projekt’s directors felt it was hypocritical to make a game about corporate exploitation while expecting that their employees work overtime. The response was vague and noncommital.
Many industry observers have wondered why Cyberpunk 2077, which was first announced in 2012 and was delayed three times in 2020, still appears to be unfinished. Several current and former staff who worked on Cyberpunk 2077 have all said the same thing: The game’s deadlines, set by the board of directors, were always unrealistic. It was clear to many of the developers that they needed more time.
— With assistance by Konrad Krasuski
Well, I wouldn't bother with crafting at all, except I'm an achievement whore and one of the achievements requires a level 18 in crafting. It's the only one that requires any sort of level in any of the skills, so if you want to 100% the game, you basically have to 100% the most useless skill in the entire game.
I've gotten much further into the game, though, and have been completely overwhelmed by sidequests. There really is quite a bit to do in the open world, even if it most of it comes from sidequests, rather than player interaction with things. Honestly, if CDPR would just fix the idiotic AI of NPCs and Cars, and implement some sort of warrant system where police actually chase you in cars, I think the open world would be fine. Anything they add beyond that would just be bonus.
I am more interested in the statement that says who made the decision to let the game on the marketplace for PS4.I'm assuming whoever wrote that derpy CDPR apology, or okayed the "refunds" is not in a happy place right now.
Why in the absolute fuck would you promise refunds without prior consultation and okay from your business partners? Scummy as shit.
CDPR made official statement that what Sony did was due to them talking to Sony. Sony didn't want to refund games so they talked with them. Sony officially changed their policy due to this and provided one time refund version different from normal refunds:
I have no idea what happened behind closed doors, but the entire dumpster fire made it seem like the refund apology came as an absolute surprise to both Microsoft and Sony, who then had to scramble their PR teams.
This message is like when you get dumped and you say it's mutual.
PSA: According to internet rumor, having your save file over a certain size will corrupt it and render it unusable.
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/ar...d-cannot-be-loaded-?product=gog&as=1649904300
https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/kfpwt5/psa_steampc_crossing_about_6_mb_in_your_save/
From what I've read both Sony and MS waived away the usual certification process because CDPR promised them the game was going to be patched into a playable state by launch day.Was it leniency on Sony's part and "let's see if it works" on CDPR's part? Or was it something else?
Man, not being able to get side quests by interacting with NPCs really sucks.I've gotten much further into the game, though, and have been completely overwhelmed by sidequests. There really is quite a bit to do in the open world, even if it most of it comes from sidequests, rather than player interaction with things. Honestly, if CDPR would just fix the idiotic AI of NPCs and Cars, and implement some sort of warrant system where police actually chase you in cars, I think the open world would be fine. Anything they add beyond that would just be bonus.
What the conference call says - I don't know if we have any other primary source - is that he (Michał Nowakowski) "can only assume that they [Sony and MS] trusted that we’re going to fix things upon release" Sony expected that the problems would be fixed by launch.From what I've read both Sony and MS waived away the usual certification process because CDPR promised them the game was going to be patched into a playable state by launch day.Was it leniency on Sony's part and "let's see if it works" on CDPR's part? Or was it something else?
CDPR lied to them about this, and then also tried to shift the brunt of the refund process onto them, after which Sony simply decided to show them who has the bigger dick.