The foul play is on CDPR's side. Suppressing anything that showed console footage while withholding review copies of the console versions, meanwhile promising that the day one patch would turn it into a whole different game. Did anyone try to boot it up without the day one pach?

Shoddy journalism for sure, simply believing that the day one patch will solve all the bugs for the PC version. 100! Many games have been slammed for far less on pre-release review code before a day one patch was available, games where those issues actually did get fixed in the day one patch.


Apr 9
https://screenrant.com/cyberpunk-2077-delay-release-date-coronavirus-cdpr/
CD Projekt Red assured fans that their remote work on Cyberpunk 2077 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will not cause further delays on the RPG.

Oct 29
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/cdpr-ceo-cypberpunk-2077-ready-pc-not-consoles
Was it really? It's not even ready for a lot of people on PC now.

They also said they are serious about not releasing it until they were ready to release it, unlike other studios. (Their words)

They promised no Crunch this time
https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/4/21575914/cyberpunk-2077-release-crunch-labor-delays-cd-projekt-red

“We are known for treating gamers with respect,” Iwiński told Kotaku last year. “And I actually would [like] for us to also be known for treating developers with respect.”

There is also crippling DRM in the PC version, blocking key remapping and other 3-rd party accessibility options

How the mighty have fallen, yet 8 million pre-orders, good job.

I mean, this is no No Man's Sky, but seeing the game being barely held together in terms of performance, stability etc. makes me realize its issues run deeper than anything from The Witcher III and even games like Fallout/ES or Mass Effect: Andromeda. It could be a full year or more of fixing issues and adding DLC until CPR's vision is more or less fully realized.

Thanks to pre orders the game became profitable on day one.

The game is playing far better than that. Barely held together maybe for the base console versions but it should have never been released on those consoles. On my pc the most annoying bug is the subtitles are disabled and yet at some point when someone talks the subtitle will come up on screen and get stuck from then on out. I hate subtitles so this is actually bothering me.

On PC they should be able to get it working in just another patch or two. Xbox series X seems to be running it great so that just leaves PS5 really.

Nope?

Things are floating, NPCs are naked or disappear out of nowhere, fluid and volumetric physics don't load sometimes, quest markers don't update properly etc.

I could screenshot all of it if I could get over my disgust to play again this pre-alpha build.

Maybe that's fine from where you come from but for me that ain't it chief.

They make these excuses that last gen alao had these low frame rates on ps3 and 360 when the new consoles were out. However this game was supposed to come out long before the new consoles launched... The blurry look is worse though. They say it is the same with TW3 on Switch (blurry TAA look), however that's mostly meant for a handheld experience on a small screen. It looks pretty bad on the big screen.

Here's hard mode, completing Cyberpunk on base ps4 / XOne is Souls game mode ;)

Yea not worth it. I gave my PS4 copy to a friend who has pro. I'll play it in the future on pc or next gen consoles. Got tons to play right now. 

Edit: For those that don't want to watch the video. Avoid on base ps4 and xbox one. Play it on pro and one x. 

It doesn't improve the look much though, but at least it's playable. Play it on ps5 and series X to get rid of the streaming issues as well, but to actually get it looking a bit more like intended, wait for the next-gen updates.

About seven hours in now, game is amazing. Can’t believe how much content and detail they packed into the world.