Cyberpunk 2077 is 'even more ambitious than we planned' - CD Projekt Red

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HoloDust said:

JEMC said:

HoloDust said:

Yeah, talking big talk about sales from them worries me as well...but, it's not like they don't have sort of a history of reckless statements.

But, as much as I love the 2077 setting, good luck to them with hoping for Bethesda commercial level of success with cyberpunk themed game.

I do think they can have Bethesda kind of success. After all, The Witcher 3 is their first game launched on PC and both Sony and MSoft consoles and it has managed to sell at least 6 million copies. Not bad for the third part of a series that never before launched on a Sony console.

With Cyberpunk they won't have that problem, plus they are now more known and with the game set in the future, it's completely different than The Witcher 3.

Hm, Bethesda level of comercial success...Bethesda deliberately dumbed down their IPs to get there...their fall (in RPG terms) from Morrowind to Skyrim is pretty much the same as their rise in popularity with mainstream audience - not so sure CDPR are willing to do that to the same degree.

But even if they go that way (hopefuly that will never happen, the last thing c/W/RPG fans need is another dev going full retard), 2077 setting alone is a big obstacle for Bethesda level of comercial success - cyberpunk is quite niche genre after all.

But if they use Witcher 3 engine and make another Sword & Sorcery setting that is bit less story oriented and bit more 'make your own hero', I can completely see that game getting the sales they aim for.

From their words, it's obvious that they want Bethesda levels of success or more, but that doesn't mean that they have to make the same mistakes of Bethesda. Just because that was the only way Bethesda found to reach success, it doesn't mean that they can't find another way to get there.

And while cyberpunk is a niche genre, that has nothing to do with the game sales. Sword & Sorcery settings aren't popular either and that hasn't stopped the Elder Scrolls or The Witcher games to sell well. It's how you tell the story or, in this case, how you make the game, that will decide the future of it.

But despite all that, the reason I'm curious and excited for Cyberpunk 2077 is because CD Projekt can't reskin The Witcher 3, but have to make a completely new game with new gameplay (because guns vs swords), and I want to see how they manage to do that.