CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.0 + Phantom Liberty Expansion Thread

[WhiskeyWolf]

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

2013 pre-alpha gameplay

that's really interesting. yeah it looks bad because it's pre alpha but it also looks much more like an rpg than the eurojank far cry we ended up with. dare i say it, i think it look like it had much more of a soul before the retard badowski took over and ruined everything.

It matches the rumors about the dev teams. The 2013-2016 version was supposed to be non-linear and be about branching storylines, then the executives had the brilliant idea to make two dev teams compete against each other to provide the better pitch and they trashed the work of the Witcher 3 devs.

The bigger concern I'd have if I gave a shit about CDPR (I don't) is whether they any longer have the capability to deliver on their plans. It's looking more and more like a Bioware/Andromeda situation where poor management has led to enough staff attrition that they no longer have the important engine staff who know how to do the grand stuff the executives dream about doing.

Ironically, they apparently hired a bunch of Andromeda devs to work on Cyberpunk...

Them replacing the devs with losers from BioWare is the most alarming thing.

 

[Wunderbar]

According to Cyberpunk 2077's leaked source code, China-related censorship flags are named "Winnie the Pooh"

 

[Justicar]

https://www.gog.com/games?page=1&sort=popularity&as=1649904300

https://af.gog.com/game/cyberpunk_2077?as=1649904300

Sure thing they unlisted their own game

 

[Bad Sector]

You need coffee.

 

[Wunderbar]

https://www.gog.com/games?page=1&sort=popularity&as=1649904300

https://af.gog.com/game/cyberpunk_2077?as=1649904300

Sure thing they unlisted their own game

it's a joke you dumbfuck.
CDPR sucked Xi Jinping's cock by refusing to sell Devotion on their platform.

 

[racofer]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ds-to-roll-after-6-2-billion-cyberpunk-fiasco

Activist Investor Wants Heads to Roll After $6.2 Billion Cyberpunk Fiasco
By
Maciej Martewicz
June 7, 2021, 1:00 AM GMT-3 Updated on June 7, 2021, 7:55 AM GMT-3

An activist investor in CD Projekt SA wants to oust the top executives of Poland’s largest gaming studio for the botched release of the Cyberpunk 2077 title that wiped out more than half of the company’s value.

U.K.-based Abri Advisors, which didn’t specify how big a stake it holds in CD Projekt, wrote to the studio’s board expressing “utter dismay and disbelief with developments at the company over the last 12 months” on behalf of all shareholders.

CD Projekt hyped Cyberpunk as the next global blockbuster and one of the most sophisticated role-playing games ever. Keanu Reeves starred in and advertised the futuristic dystopia while Elon Musk tweeted about it.

But the game’s complexity appears to have overwhelmed the studio. Its release was postponed three times and when it finally came out in December, it was so riddled with glitches that Sony Group Corp. was forced to remove it from its online PlayStation store and offer clients a refund.

Nearly half a year later, after repeated fixes and apologies by CD Projekt, as well as a hacking incident which delayed work, the game still hasn’t been reinstated by Sony. Since Cyberpunk’s debut, the studio’s stock has lost 57%, erasing 22.6 billion zloty ($6.2 billion) in value.

Keanu Reeves voiced character Johnny Silverhands in Cyberpunk 2077.

Source: CD Projekt SA

“I don’t think you could have intentionally tried to make so many mistakes as these guys have made,” Abri’s Chief Executive Office Jeffrey Tirman said in an interview. “It’s really shocking.”


He said he’d solicit other shareholders to replace the supervisory board unless CEO Adam Kicinski and his deputy, Marcin Iwinski, are recalled immediately. Abri, which doesn’t disclose its shareholdings to Bloomberg or any other data providers, is “adding” to its CD Projekt position and isn’t shorting the stock, according to Tirman.

Pushing through changes at CD Projekt is set to be a difficult task. The company’s bylaws specify that a three-fifth majority among shareholders is required to remove supervisory board members.

Furthermore, the current executives -- along the CEO’s brother and co-founder Michal Kicinski -- jointly own at least 34% of CD Projekt and therefore play a large role in selecting the supervisory board. The biggest financial investor is NN Group NV’s Polish pension fund, with a 4.2% stake at end of last year, according to Bloomberg data.

The Warsaw-based studio, known for its Witcher medieval fantasy games, said it’s aware of the correspondence and will coordinate its response with Supervisory Board Chair Katarzyna Szwarc. It said that none of the issues raised in the letter were mentioned during its annual shareholder meeting on May 25, for which Abri didn’t register.

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Tirman said Abri didn’t take part because he hoped the board would take actions to “correct the ship, instead of just hitting the replay button.” The last straws for him were the company’s first-quarter results and the board’s reinstating of the management team.

After reporting record profit of 1.15 billion zloty for 2020, fueled by Cyberpunk pre-orders and early sales, the company’s first-quarter net income missed the average analyst estimate by 62%, highlighting the company’s troubles with attracting gamers.

Despite a budget of 1.2 billion zloty, Cyberpunk lost its allure after players complained about glitches, especially in console versions. The company didn’t report the game’s sales figures for the first quarter, saying no milestones were reached after it sold 13.7 million copes last year -- compared with 28 million of its latest edition of Witcher.

Tirman, who is also the CEO of Slovenian sports gear manufacturer Elan d.o.o., wants to know how the studio plans to recover.


“I would like the company to put forward a public plan as to how it intends to address all of the shortcomings and how it plans, from a strategic perspective, to repair its brand and trust that’s been lost among its client base and its shareholder base,” he said.

 

[Gerrard]

They don't disclose the amount because they have fuck all.

 

[Gargaune]

"Activist Investor"

Eh? What's this? How many legs does it have?

 

[racofer]

"Activist Investor"

Eh? What's this? How many legs does it have?

Who said anything about legs?

 

[Tarkleigh]

"Activist Investor"

Eh? What's this? How many legs does it have?

Basically, dudes that invest in companies and try to excert influence over the managers unlike the vast majority of smaller investors which are content with just getting money either by rising share prices or via dividends. Activist investors are trouble and most companies hope they do not attract the attention of these guys. As they most likely only own a few percent of CDPR stock (if that), they can't force anyone to do anything but they can be loud and annoying.

 

[Rean]

"Activist Investor"

Eh? What's this? How many legs does it have?

Basically, dudes that invest in companies and try to excerpt influence over the managers unlike the vast majority of smaller investors which are content with just getting money either by rising share prices or via dividends. Activist investors are trouble and most companies hope they do not attract the attention of these guys. As they most likely only own a few percent of CDPR stock (if that), they can't force anyone to do something but they can be loud and annoying.

And here I thought they were SJW whales.
Doesn't sound all too different, though.

 

[Mikeal]

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

Fuck the hatorz

The game has a superb atmosphere, and even good characters and writing for moments. Butis a clusterfuck in every single other department. And the recent comments from the devs about it makes you think if the reason this shit failed it's not just from the upper heads, but also from the devs themselves being pure incompetent.

 

[Zer0wing]

It matches the rumors about the dev teams. The 2013-2016 version was supposed to be non-linear and be about branching storylines, then the executives had the brilliant idea to make two dev teams compete against each other to provide the better pitch and they trashed the work of the Witcher 3 devs.

Sounds like higher ups just drank from the same kool-aid bottle as Warren Spector during Deus Ex production. He also had two teams competing against each other.

 

[Caim]

Fuck the hatorz

The game has a superb atmosphere, and even good characters and writing for moments. Butis a clusterfuck in every single other department. And the recent comments from the devs about it makes you think if the reason this shit failed it's not just from the upper heads, but also from the devs themselves being pure incompetent.

Major atmosphere does not automatically make something nice, no. Case in point: Venus.

 

[Orud]

And here I thought they were SJW whales.
Doesn't sound all too different, though.

People of privilege are ripe for SJW ideology. Wealth causes people to be even more out of touch with reality and can allow them to stay there for their entire life, never having to face real hardship.

 

[Justicar]

 

[agris]

According to Cyberpunk 2077's leaked source code, China-related censorship flags are named "Winnie the Pooh"

I’m not a programmer by any stretch, but does this code snippet indicate that CDPR reserved 2^32 values in memory (uint32) to store an enumerated list of… 8 values?

 

[agris]

Zer0wing isn't that incredibly poor programming?

 

[Twiglard]

Zer0wing isn't that incredibly poor programming?

No.

 

[Zer0wing]

Zer0wing isn't that incredibly poor programming?

That was a joke-button. Hell if I know, I'm not one so I don't even know if it's eight variable or the entire layout that also contains everything that each censor_-variable does.

Have the whole package already leaked or not?

 

[Twiglard]

Zer0wing isn't that incredibly poor programming?

That was a joke-button. Hell if I know, I'm not one so I don't even know if it's eight variable or the entire layout that also contains everything that each censor_-variable does.

Have the whole package already leaked or not?

Why would the bitmask be anything but process-global?

 

[racofer]

According to Cyberpunk 2077's leaked source code, China-related censorship flags are named "Winnie the Pooh"

I’m not a programmer by any stretch, but does this code snippet indicate that CDPR reserved 2^32 values in memory (uint32) to store an enumerated list of… 8 values?

Imagine what else they have done with that code. And one wonders why Cyberpunk likes to burn even the strongest CPUs.

 

[Sykar]

"Activist Investor"

Eh? What's this? How many legs does it have?

Basically, dudes that invest in companies and try to excerpt influence over the managers unlike the vast majority of smaller investors which are content with just getting money either by rising share prices or via dividends. Activist investors are trouble and most companies hope they do not attract the attention of these guys. As they most likely only own a few percent of CDPR stock (if that), they can't force anyone to do something but they can be loud and annoying.

And here I thought they were SJW whales.
Doesn't sound all too different, though.

Sounds like they are odious repugnant pieces of shite all right.