Cyberpunk 2077 Received A Whopping 8 Million Pre-orders

It's been a long time coming, but Cyberpunk 2077 is now hither. Later the game was announced all the mode back in May 2022, eager players accept finally been able to snap up CD Projekt Red's latest RPG. Despite being out for less than a day, it's articulate that the game is going to be a major success, with Steam'due south concurrent player count already clocking in at over 1 meg.

I of the reasons the game managed to hit such massive numbers over on Steam may take at present been revealed by the CD Projekt Cherry-red investor relations Twitter business relationship. The game, which certainly had palpable levels of hype leading up to launch, managed to secure an incredibly impressive 8 million pre-orders.

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The eight meg pre-orders garnered by Cyberpunk 2077 is extremely significant. It at present ways that it is undoubtedly one of the most pre-ordered video game of all fourth dimension, surpassing the reported 7 one thousand thousand that Chiliad Theft Auto 5 received back in 2022. Cracking.

While the game certainly accomplished some impressive launch numbers, it's withal to be seen whether information technology will sustain this success. Since launch, and in the review builds of the game, players have been plagued with a huge range of bugs. While nothing game-breaking has particularly been reported, the sheer volume of issues may put players off, at least in the brusk term.

Alongside the bugs, Liana Ruppert from GameInformer suffered a major seizure whilst playing the game. This was due to calorie-free patterns similar to those used by neurologists to help induce seizures in patients. Information technology was also later noted that the game didn't have a clear epilepsy warning at the start of gameplay, something which has now been remedied.

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For those now playing the game, or plan to at some signal in the future, exist sure to keep your eyes open for a cameo from one of gaming'southward most notorious developers.

Cyberpunk 2077 is out now on Google Stadia, PC, PS4 and Xbox One, with both PS5 and Xbox Series S|X versions due out side by side year.

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