Gamers expected a lot from Polish CD Projekt Red because of The Witcher trilogy, which is exactly why everyone was shocked when the sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077, after four years of development, finally launched in December 2020, but in a disgustingly poor state. The glitches and bugs were less annoying on Xbox One and especially on PC, but at the same time the video game was doing so poorly on PlayStation 4 that Sony had to remove it from the PlayStation Store so the developers put it in a more bearable case. Producer.
Cyberpunk 2077 has now been so refined that the new generation versions released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S are already working fine. There was no problem with the story, Night City, and the character V, who imagines Keanu Reeves with robotic hands. It is true that the novelty of CD Projekt Red was not as revolutionary as it was advertised, but the audience was finally able to enjoy a completely correct and futuristic GTA version reminiscent of Winged Bounty Hunter. Already, who later continued and waited for updates.
On September 13, Netflix introduced the new 10-part animated series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, set in the video game world, which is already considered one of the best games of the year due to its beautiful design, immersive world, and lovable characters. The main character is a street kid who, having lost everything in a shooting from a car, descends into the underworld.
“Wake up, samurai!”
When the third season of The Witcher was introduced, we wrote that interest in the video game increased. Now something similar has happened with Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. In August, a maximum of 16,000 people simultaneously pressed Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam, but in recent days
Based on SteamDB’s measurements, it so happened that more than 85 thousand people were immersed in the filth of Night City. Cyberpunk 2077 has never been more popular since its release. This samurai really woke up.
With this result, Cyberpunk 2077 was significantly ahead of, say, Elden Ring, the biggest sensation of 2022 on the video game front. In addition to the Netflix series, the latest release of CD Projekt Red for the 1.6 update, which in addition to new side quests related to Edgerunners, has also improved gameplay, and may have contributed to the great interest.
It’s good news for fans that big DLC Phantom Liberty is coming to Cyberpunk 2077 next year, which, in addition to the new Night City sequel, will bring new and old characters, including the return of Johnny Silverhand from the powerful Keanu Reeves. on the stage.
