The CD Project promises to gradually add -apkrig multiplayer to its games

With the upcoming anniversary of Cyberpunk 2077, the developers from the RED Project CD are alive again. Over the past weekend, the game has been included in Steam discounts, which has also increased the supply of new reviews, according to which Cyberpunk 2077 is doing very well. Out of a total of 25,000 reviews in the last month, 83 percent of players rated the controversial title positively, to which screenwriter Paweł Saxony also responded with great thanks. In addition to his words and comments on the current situation not only around Cyberpunk 2077 comes the financial results of the CD Project and the subsequent discussion with investors, which talked about the future of both major brands, as well as the Game Pass or GOG, which also belongs to the company.

Multiplayer in The Sorcerer and Cyberpunk

The first interesting thing that the CD Project management dealt with was multiplayer. The Polish company has returned to this topic repeatedly in the past, as it was thought that the next big AAA title would be multiplayer. version Cyberpunk 2077. As of March this year, however, we know that plans for a stand-alone game of this size have been canceled, and developers instead want to focus from the beginning of next year on double track development of the two main series in a direction they have not yet presented. That’s why players have been asking in recent months if multiplayer for Cyberpunk 2077 is planned at all, and the developers have answered in the affirmative. However, they added that the time had not yet come, which is understandable given the upcoming patches and next-gen upgrades. According to the latest statements, the position of the CD Project does not change significantly when the company’s CEO Adam Kiciński confirmed that they will add multiplayer functions to both of their series gradually.

“We will not reveal which series will get multiplayer first, but it will be something from which we will draw more experience, and then we will add more and more things. We want to open the doors of multiplayer gradually and add activities smoothly, “said Kiciński in a discussion with investors. What he definitely doesn’t want is the loss of the studio’s identity, which became famous for the story RPG The Sorcerer, which was also followed by the single-player experience Cyberpunk. Therefore, CD Projekt intends to take well-thought-out steps and establish a platform that will be possible seamlessly integrate into future titles.

When will Cyberpunk be in Game Pass?

Another topic that the developers were asked by investors is the inclusion of Cyberpunk 2077 in the Game Pass. These considerations were unleashed by the official advertisement of the service, in which footage from the game from the CD Project flashed, which made the players feel that to something is coming. However, the developers have denied the report and now claim that the right time has not yet come to include the game in the Game Pass library. “We always consider any business opportunity, but this kind of subscription model is good at some point in the product life cycle, which is usually not too early,” says Adam Kiciński. Although many studies may disagree with him, this is an opinion that will obviously not change soon. “Sorcerer 3 has been subscribed for some time [Game Pass i PS Now], but each time we had to weigh the benefits and costs, which we compared with the sales numbers. In other words, it is always a data-based decision and it is still too early for Cyberpunk, ”adds the CEO of the CD Project. He explains that the company’s sales are still satisfactory from the company’s point of view and it is likely that they may increase when the next-gen upgrade arrives.

Next-gen upgrady

There was nothing new about the Spell 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 enhancements for the new consoles. It is still true that both upgrades have been postponed to next year, with Cyberpunk coming first, and then the Sorcerer. The developers explained this last week by the need to intervene much more in the older title, which slows down work and takes time. At the same time, it is also important to remember that the improved version of The Sorcerer 3 is not created in the RED Project CD, but in the Saber Interactive studio, which signed under the Switch port and is well acquainted with the operation of the game. On the other hand, the next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077 is being worked on internally, and according to statements from investors, both projects are underway and successful according to their ideas – ie with the planned release during the first, resp. second quarter of 2022.

GOG returns to its roots

The last topic worth mentioning concerns the GOG digital business. The financial results revealed that, unlike last year’s profit of approximately $ 1.37 million, the platform had a loss of $ 2.21 million. For this reason, CFO Piotr Nielubowicz comes up with a plan to reorganize the current operation of the store and make GOG more attached to the original model of selling carefully selected older games without DRM. It also means ending the connection with Gwent, which brings together several divisions within an internal consortium. This could potentially separate GOG from the financial failures of other departments and function as it did years ago. “In addition to all these changes, which we initiated through the operational management of GOG, we believe that in 2022 the company will focus more on its core business and improve financial efficiency.