According to the testimony of the developer in question, CD Projekt RED would have accelerated the development of Cyberpunk 2077 to avoid problems with shareholders, a move that paid off from the point from a commercial point of view (Cyberpunk 2077 sold 13 million copies at launch) but which ended up attracting a lot of controversy. The Polish studio has already organized a No Man's Sky-style relaunch, with the first two major patches arriving by March and not in January and February as initially stated.
The source then talks about problems during development, citing a quest rewritten many times to indulge an executive and then removed from the game, but which may return in the future via DLC. There is also talk of developers and artists hired without real merit but only to please certain figures (managers, presidents and shareholders) as well as various contents removed, including over 50,000 lines of dialogue. Many of the cut contents will be restored by June, when the game reaches part of the studio's initial vision.
Finally, it is highlighted that the morale of the Polish team is not at the highest level and many key figures are re-discussing their role with the ownership intending to resign, in particular the situation would have worsened after some meetings with Sony, with the Japanese company breaking with the Polish company due to the considerable amount of (unquantified) refund requests received from players.
CD Projekt RED is working on new patches and DLCs for Cyberpunk 2077, moreover the studio is also involved in the development of the next-gen upgrade for PS5 and</a> Xbox Series X / S, expected during the year . Executives have repeatedly reiterated that the game will not be abandoned and support will last long, while Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer will arrive in 2022 or 2023.