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The Witcher 3’s success is making Cyberpunk 2077 better, bigger and more revolutionary

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The Witcher 3 has been incredibly successful – not just financially, but in terms of setting a new standard for video games. With the franchise wrapped up, people are now even more excited for Cyberpunk 2077, the next major project from CD Projekt Red. But it will be a long time before we see it, mainly because the bar has been set way higher.

CD Project Red resident Adam Kici?ski and Studio Head Adam Badowski talked about Cyberpunk 2077 during their financial results conference. Badowski explained that the studio wants to make better games; since The Witcher 3 set the bar of success so high, Cyberpunk 2077 has to be “even better, even bigger, even more revolutionary than originally planned. As a result, we’re still “a long ways away from the premiere” as the studio still has “a lot of work to do”.

Cyberpunk 2077 is a “huge game,” with a magnitude “much greater” than The Witcher, and the studio has “amazingly large ambitions” for it.

The studio plans to at least double in size in terms of developers, going from 400 to 800 people working on their games. These developers will be split into four teams, but not all will be working on Cyberpunk 2077 – some will be working on penetrating new gaming segments. Unfortunately, that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’ll be seeing the game any sooner.

Kici?ski also talked about the studio’s long development cycles, mentioning that between 2017 and 2021 they have two major games (one of which is Cyberpunk 2017 (sic), and the other is an unannounced AAA RPG) in the plans, plus other projects about which they can’t talk at all for the moment.

I am excited for Cyberpunk 2077 and wish we could hear more about it, but I’m also willing to give CD Projekt Red as much time as they need. They have proven that they don’t disappoint with their games, and I trust that they will do the same with another franchise. Plus, they already said that they don’t want to attend so many E3s or other expos with the same game, so they will probably wait until Cyberpunk 2077 is quite close to completion before letting us see more or go hands on for previews. I suppose we’ll just have to find some way to be patient until they are ready to blow us away. No pressure guys, no pressure.

Last Updated: March 10, 2016

10 Comments

  1. For the Emperor!

    March 10, 2016 at 19:15

    That is good news indeed!

    Reply

  2. Krabby Paddy

    March 10, 2016 at 20:03

    I know somebody who will be saving lots of money and having lots of free time on their hands due to this, not supporting DRM and all. On that note, support great developers and be patient for excellent games. Cyberpunk 2077 and another unannounced AAA RPG are eventually coming.

    Reply

  3. Pieter Kruger

    March 11, 2016 at 07:42

    What other game are they talking about that’s coming this year still…..?

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  4. miaau

    March 11, 2016 at 07:49

    I hope they handle the expansion very well.

    Doubling a team rarely doubles the team output, at least at the start. I know of companies that only hire people after their psych team has declared this person a fit for the proposed position, in some attempt to create better work teamwork. Not sure if this works are not.

    But good luck to them, from everything we see from outside the company, they should know far better than I how to expand.

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  5. Alien Emperor Trevor

    March 11, 2016 at 08:18

    So long to wait. 🙁

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    • miaau

      March 11, 2016 at 08:28

      As I get older, that gets easier. And Deus Ex, later this year.

      Also, our consumerist society has taught us that waiting is for FOOLS, we MUST have it NOW.

      NOW!, I tell you. Now. Please.

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        March 11, 2016 at 08:45

        That’s the truth. All your friends will be playing it/watching it/etc – so you must too! Don’t want to be left out do you? Buy the latest thing before anyone gets a chance to see if it’s worth your money now!

        Quite a few games out right now that I’d like, but I’m happy to wait to buy.

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  6. Spy Master Tokashi

    March 11, 2016 at 09:11

    SPIDER-MAN !

    Reply

  7. Sageville

    March 11, 2016 at 09:39

    I know so little about this game… it’s appears as tangible as Star Citizen….

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  8. HvR

    March 11, 2016 at 16:34

    Don’t support DRM
    Ryanza is cumming

    Reply

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