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[MrS]

Cyberpunk 2077 Was Supposed to Be the Biggest Video Game of the Year. What Happened? (Published 2020)

Nearly a decade of hype led to a troubled release riddled with glitches, a livid fan base, refunds for potentially millions of players and a possible class-action lawsuit.

www.nytimes.com

Refund requests are pouring in by the thousands. Lawyers and investors in Warsaw are circling the situation, contemplating a class-action lawsuit against the company for potential criminal “misrepresentation in order to receive financial benefits,” according to a regulatory filing. Many gamers are swearing off playing Cyberpunk entirely until the company fixes all of the problems.

Thoughts on this? Deserved?

Also, this is a translation of the filing:

In connection with the recent events - and in particular the suspension of the sale of the CYBERPUNK 2077 product, we are currently analyzing, together with the law firm's team, the grounds for bringing a class action together with the notification of the possibility of committing a crime under Art. 286 of the Penal Code. - misrepresentation in order to obtain financial benefits.

bUt tHeRe'S nOtHiNg wRoNg wItH tHe gAmE

 

[INC]

 

[Abriael_GN]

Funny to see the dirty vultures of mainstream press covering video games only when there's drama to have.

Also funny to see investor scum wanting CD Projekt's blood when satisfying them is basically the main reason why the whole thing happened.

Not that this is going anywhere, because for such a lawsuit to have any merit, they need to prove that the "misrepresentation" has brought financial benefits, which it obviously has not. These shitty law firms do this every time there's a problematic launch and it never goes anywhere, but hey, it makes for attractive headlines for yellow journalists.

Incidentally, some of you folks with the hate boner against CDP make me wonder if I didn't accidentally click on the purple forum (which I may very well have, since this OP was copied straight from there).

 

[Rean no Kiseki]

The gift that keeps on giving.....

 

[BlueXImpulse]

Deserved.

 

[MasterCornholio]

 

[diablos991]

They aren’t the first company to put out a buggy game.

But they pissed off just the right people to suddenly face worse backlash than we have ever seen for an AAA title

 

[Spukc]

Deserved sorry get fucked.
Next stop.

MTX CHOO CHOO FUCKHEADS

 

[Bartski]

 

[diffusionx]

I don't know anything about the law in Poland, but here in the US they would be in deep doo-doo for what they said to shareholders before release.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

i can't imagine this would go anywhere. they did not show footage and claim it was PS4/XBO gameplay.

they did not misrepresent anything to a criminal degree because they did not show any last gen console footage which was fake. case closed imo.

from what i can tell, the most they did was make statements that the game "ran well". which, it is a game that makes high end PCs struggle. they could easily argue that it ran as well as you could expect given the hardware limitations. obviously even to get it running smoother at a faster framerate, the visuals will have to take a hit. this is a game made with modern generation and PCs in mind.

at no point did they claim that last gen consoles ran as well as this gen. which seems to be the giant leap this lawsuit is claiming they are responsible for. this has no legal standing, correct? are they going to be legally punished for not making all 7 ports perform the same? that's stupid.

if they lied to investors that is another thing. but they didn't show doctored footage to the public and claim it was running on PS4. otherwise this case would have grounds. as is, it seems to be based on misasumptions and people jumping to conclusions based on hype.

 

[Tesseract]

execute 286

 

[Oppoi]

They'd rather throw themselves under the bus than have their investors going bust. Guess we should stop with the special treatment for CDPR huh?

 

[MangalaX]

I've been playing this on PC and even though the game has great ideas it falls short of its vision, many features that have been removed, and the AI....omg its horrible, I don't even know how is possible in this time and age, I mean look at games like HALO, Half Life, damn even FALLOUT AI is better than in this game....I just feel disappointed, because I love the asthetics, but in the end is just very shallow...

 

[thuGG_pl]

Yeah, catchy title, but nothing will happen.

 

[MrS]

Yeah, catchy title, but nothing will happen.

I try

 

[Abriael_GN]

I try

You removed the only relevant word "potentially" when copying from resetera.

 

[Yoboman]

I think they probably saw this coming and have done enough to cover themselves with the refunds

 

[BlueXImpulse]

Only a few minutes until the usual suspects flood in and protect their darling CDPR.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Imagine suing CDPR for a botched launch when Waluigi still isn't in Smash Bros. Nintendo can't keep getting away with this.

 

[wipeout364]

What doesn’t have a class action filed in the US? Typical lawyers looking for a lead.

 

[phil_t98]

I think the gaming press need to be called out on this as much as possible to, lots of really high scoring reviews for it when clearly the game wasn’t ready

 

[thuGG_pl]

Only a few minutes until the usual suspects flood in and protect their darling CDPR.

And the doom and gloom guys arlready here

 

[Bartski]

(...) in the event of such a glaring, fact inconsistent attitude of the management board: providing false information that the game is ready, after taking onto account several delays, as well as statements, in which the aforementioned management board admitted that they did not exercise due diligence in developing the game for the PS4 platform.

 

[Jon Neu]

This is what happens when you try catering to incel gamers

You mean catering to SJW.

 

[ChickenSandwichlover69]

Considering how cocky cd Projekt red got. I'm fine with this. This is what happens when you try catering to incel gamers but don't deliver .

Justice will always be served thanks to our hero's

By far the funniest streamer i've seen all year.

"IT'S OVER!!!!" *makes some strange noises*

 

[MrS]

You removed the only relevant word "potentially" when copying from resetera.

There's a thread on Era about this? That's news to me!

Only a few minutes until the usual suspects flood in and protect their darling CDPR.

They're awful aren't they

 

[Abriael_GN]

And the doom and gloom guys arlready here

They clicked on the wrong forum while trying to go circlejerk on the purple forum. I guess the fact that this OP was copied straight from there misled them.

 

[Thaedolus]

Well, the hysteria surrounding the game has certainly delivered

 

[MasterCornholio]

Imagine suing CDPR for a botched launch when Waluigi still isn't in Smash Bros. Nintendo can't keep getting away with this.

Barely anyone likes him. He's weird and his feet smell funny.

 

[cireza]

CDPR next game will be : a linear, cinematic, story-driven (but with no choice of course) third person game.

Can't wait for the death of the last ambitious Western games !

 

[Abriael_GN]

There's a thread on Era about this? That's news to me!

Sure. You copied exactly the same quotes from a 3000-word article just randomly and then edited them to hide behind a finger.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Barely anyone likes him. He's weird and his feet smell funny.

Representation matters.

 

[Neo Blaster]

Only a few minutes until the usual suspects flood in and protect their darling CDPR.

Looks like anything can have loyal fans nowadays.

 

[MrS]

Sure. You copied exactly the same quotes from a 3000-word article just randomly.

Please stay on topic.

 

[LOLCats]

I think they probably saw this coming and have done enough to cover themselves with the refunds

this is partly about shareholders and CDPRs fiducial responsibilities.

 

[Abriael_GN]

Please stay on topic.

Translation of the above:

"damn I got caught!"

 

[kretos]

Considering how cocky cd Projekt red got. I'm fine with this. This is what happens when you try catering to incel gamers but don't deliver .

Justice will always be served thanks to our hero's

who the hell are those?

 

[bender]

 

[MrS]

Translation of the above:

"damn I got caught!"

Sir this is about CDPRs wrongdoing. I am not the one on trial here.

 

[Abriael_GN]

Sir this is about CDPRs wrongdoing. I am not the one on trial here.

"wrongdoing"

You literally sound like the purple forum crowd. Guess that's a natural consequence of having a hate boner for a game

 

[BigLee74]

Folk are dicks. The game is buggy, so what? Every game is released with many bugs. Given the scope of this one, more are expected.

The piss poor performance on base consoles? Well that sucks, but reviews have picked up on it, so buyers are informed. If you choose to preorder a game without finding out such basic stuff, then that's on you.

Christ, I grew up with the spectrum and C16/64. Now those had buggy, poor running and unbelievably shit games. But I still had fun with them, just like a lot of people are having fun with Cyberpunk right now.

We are a bunch of entitled fuckers. It's a 50 quid purchase, that we make of our own free will, with every opportunity to research into it beforehand.

 

[MrS]

"wrongdoing"

You literally sound like the purple forum crowd. Guess that's a natural consequence

How would you know unless you're over there browsing and communicating with them

 

[Abriael_GN]

Folk are dicks. The game is buggy, so what? Every game is released with many bugs. Given the scope of this one, more are expected.

The piss poor performance on base consoles? Well that sucks, but reviews have picked up on it, so buyers are informed. If you choose to preorder a game without finding out such basic stuff, then that's on you.

Christ, I grew up with the spectrum and C16/64. Now those had buggy, poor running and unbelievably shit games. But I still had fun with them, just like a lot of people are having fun with Cyberpunk right now.

We are a bunch of entitled fuckers. It's a 50 quid purchase, that we make of our own free will, with every opportunity to research into it beforehand.

Nowadays some react like a flawed release of a game should warrant the firing squad. It has become sad and hilarious at the same time.

How would you know unless you're over there browsing and communicating with them

Communicating? No. Laughing at. Yes. They're a source of endless amusement.

 

[Closer]

Imagine suing CDPR for a botched launch when Waluigi still isn't in Smash Bros. Nintendo can't keep getting away with this.

Waluigi is in Smash Bros.






As an Assist Trophy.

 

[Edgelord79]

Only a few minutes until the usual suspects flood in and protect their darling CDPR.

As well as the usual suspects who will moral grandstand with every fiber of their being.

 

[Oppoi]

"wrongdoing"

You literally sound like the purple forum crowd. Guess that's a natural consequence of having a hate boner for a game

The context of this post is just what you'd find "on that purple forum"...

 

[bxrz]

CDPR next game will be : a linear, cinematic, story-driven (but with no choice of course) third person game.

Can't wait for the death of the last ambitious Western games !

Only Bethesda and Obsidian can save it now

 

[MrS]

Folk are dicks. The game is buggy, so what? Every game is released with many bugs. Given the scope of this one, more are expected.

Two questions for you and I won't press you any further

Does every game get pulled by Sony for being a piece of shit?
Does every game hide PS4/Xbox versions because of how poorly they run?

These are what make this case different.

 

[Abriael_GN]

Only Bethesda [...] can save it now