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[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 101 points 10 months ago

Honestly after the Cyberpunk debacle I can easily see why, the decisions that led to that were almost certainly made by marketing and C-Suite and not the devs. Someone correct me if that’s wrong. If they actually learn from those mistakes I have no doubt they’ll reclaim the rep they had after the Witcher 3

[-] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 82 points 10 months ago

Honestly they've already reclaimed a lot of rep fixing cyberpunk, especially after the 2.0 update.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

I think they’ve done a great job with that and I really enjoyed Cyberpunk, I mean more with the vast majority of the public there’s still gonna be a stigma whether it’s fair or not. That debacle was really damn visible, undoing that damage in totality is gonna take a new release without those major issues imo

[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I'm hoping the stigma we see, towards cdpr and literally every other game dev studio, is people stop preordering shit. Problem solved, devs get money when we get a good game.

[-] troydowling@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I picked it up on the Steam winter sale. Been waiting to play this one for so long and can't wait!

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I'm currently enjoying it and yeah it's pretty fucking good :)

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I haven't really played cyberpunk at all even though I own the game

Is it even worth playing ?

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 23 points 10 months ago

It's what a Bethesda game would be if they gave a shit.

So yeah, especially if you already own it.

[-] MajesticSloth@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

I think it absolutely is. I played it a bit at launch and didn't find it near as bad as others but still set it aside. Started it fresh again with the expansion, and I had such a blast with it. You own it, so I see no reason not to a least give it a try.

[-] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Oh, absolutely, it's a completely different experience now than on launch. It's a properly good RPG nowadays, although your choices don't matter much in the storyline.

[-] _Lory98_@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago

Yea it's worth playing now. It's not a masterpiece, but it's fun enough.

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[-] Kraivo@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

They will not. What happened with Cyberpunk happened with Gwent before and nobody gave a single fuck.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 10 months ago

The side game they slapped together in three days because people liked a mini game a lot?

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago
[-] kwozyman@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

The top level management: CEO, CFO, CTO etc. Basically, the big bosses.

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[-] wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social 47 points 10 months ago

i think that's a smart move on their part.

the CP2077 launch was rocky, but most of their previous games haven't had that level of hype. The Witcher 3 taking off like it did, gave them the confidence to go bigger. CP2077 is in a great place now, even if it didn't start that way.

[-] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Honestly, maybe they're just playing hard to get in order to raise the offer?

"Sure maybe we're worth about that... but think about what we might be worth in a few years."

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

I'm still sad about Gwent, though. The only reasonably priced CCG I've played, with beautiful artwork and fun decks.

As soon as Marvel Snap dropped, it sucked out whatever remaining air the game had left and even the smaller streamers dropped out of sight.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 33 points 10 months ago

They're almost certainly right.

Cyberpunk wasn't received well, but they seem to have No Man's Sky'd it into some sort of shape since.

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[-] 0xtero@beehaw.org 29 points 10 months ago

It would be nice if the entire world didn't consolidate into two mega corps. Good on CDR for having their own vision.
CP2077 + Phantom Liberty are excellent. I just started a new playthrough. I wish it had released in this shape.

[-] Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social 24 points 10 months ago

Good. Not every studio needs to be snatched up by a massive corporation. Embracer's yearlong meltdown is a great example of how that can end badly.

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago

Every company that gets bought by another corporation either cranks out a few good games and then dies, or cranks out an okay game and then dies. The eventual outcome is always death.

Bullfrog, Raven, Westwood Studios, Bioware, Origin, Maxis, Viceral Games, all of them.

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[-] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

I doubt it. They laid off 9 percent of the staff this July. That's far away from the 2077 launch. I would guess it's after the majority of Phantom Liberty's development is done.

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 18 points 10 months ago

Layoffs are only a bad sign for workers. For the owners and investors, it's the standard strategy for growth.

[-] demonsword@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Layoffs are only a bad sign for workers. For the ~~owners and investors~~ parasites, it’s the standard strategy for growth.

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[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Excellent. I'm eager to see the doings.

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

they need to fire their whole ai department and theyll be flying lmfao

[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I believe it. Lessons learned and all

[-] gnubyte@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

oh I thought MSFT already owned them. I guess not.

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[-] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Please correct me if I *have the wrong impression here but how much does a sentiment like this matter if some big bethesda shaped behemoth makes the moves to acquire? Wouldnt business sense dictate that you sell if the offer is juicy enough?

[-] dexa_scantron@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Maybe the owners care more about running a sustainable company that makes good games than they do about getting a bunch of money.

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[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

The videogame world is weird. Say you are a small buisness in a miner town making cast and hardened steel parts for mining equipment. If a big manufacturer comes around and offers to buy you out, your alternative to saying "yes" is them, opening up their own buisness and driving your sales into the ground with cheaper offers. But if Bethesda says to CD Project RED "Either you accept the acquisition or we are going to make better games." CDPR can just say "Haha, good luck."

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[-] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Fucking Based

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