Cyberpunk 2077 caused the “father” to lose billions of dollars

Initially when it was released, Cyberpunk 2077 The game was warmly received by the gaming community, and critics also gave the game a towering rating. However, the wind direction quickly changed when the game encountered numerous errors when running on systems like PS4 and Xbox One. Even IGN site rated this console version as a completely different game from the PC version.​

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Problems on consoles are so serious that CD Projekt Red refunds to gamers. Not only that, this also caused the company’s stock to drop by a third in the past 6 days. Bloomberg reports that a technical glitch in Cyberpunk 2077 has cost the founders of CD Projekt Red $1 billion (VND 23 trillion).

The success of CD Projekt Red has made three executives Marcin Iwinski, Adam Kicinski, Piotr Nielubowicz and co-founder Michal Kicinski among the wealthiest people in Poland. But now in addition to losing money, they also have to face the reputation of the company is affected. The glitch of Cyberpunk 2077 has more or less caused the image of CD Projekt Red’s leading studio in the public’s mind to decline. Tomasz Rodak, analyst at BOS Bank, said: “This is a huge scar to the reputation of both the studio and its management.​

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Analysts believe that by December, sales of Cyberpunk 2077 will drop to 25.6 million copies (compared to the expected 30 million copies). While the stock has stopped freefall for now, if CD Projekt Red doesn’t quickly fix the bug for Cyberpunk 2077, we’re not sure if it will happen again.​