The CD Projekt will start working on the next big game in a year -apkrig
The developers from the CD Project closed the next quarter of the current financial year and, in addition to the results, also shared information about the plans for the coming months. The fact that the company bet all the cards on Cyberpunk 2077, which did not become the hit that the developers had hoped for, due to many discussed circumstances, is of course reflected in the year-on-year income and profit result. However, this is not the only thing that determines the current state of the CD project Projekt RED – the unhappy state of the last released game forces the company to reconsider the prepared steps and as a result means that it will not start the next big title until 2022.
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The financial information mainly reflects the fact that the Cyberpunk 2077 is no longer sold on the PlayStation Store. CFO Piotr Nielubowicz pointed out that it is one of the leading digital distribution platforms, from which not only CD Projekt draws most of its income. Therefore, it is not surprising that, contrary to the company’s expectations, there was a dramatic year-on-year decline in profits, by almost 65 percent to the level of 32.5 million zlotys. Just for context, the CD Projekt originally expected the profit to be at the level of 80 million zlotys, but the real number is not even close to it. One of the reasons for the still high costs is the need to employ a large number of people even when it would not be necessary under normal circumstances, given that the pre-production phase of the next big game can take place without so many testers who are necessary in the final stages. development.
However, developers do not have to worry that the game could not be described as a financial success – as is well known, it was able to earn on itself in just one day.
According to the CEO of the CD Project, Adam Kiciński, almost half of all employees are still fully dedicated to Cyberpunk 2077, whether it is preparing the next-gen version or repairing the current version. In this regard, players are expected to see another major update in a matter of weeks, and developers continue to believe that the Cyberpunk 2077 will be a successful affair in the long run. However, they don’t have to worry about the game not being called a financial success – as is well known, it was able to make money in just one day before the wheels of controversy were in full swing and not all the steps we took you to do at the end of last year. regularly informed.
As for the development of other games, CD Projekt has previously explained that it is changing its strategy and always wants to work on two projects in parallel in the future. However, the management of the Polish company these days openly admits that this will not happen until next year, which would mean that the next big game from the CD Project RED can arrive around 2026-2027, if the development takes about so long as in previous cases. In any case, according to Kiciński, smaller teams have already been formed, which have started the pre-production phases of the new titles, and the rest of the studio will join them next year so that they can start working full time. Until then, however, Cyberpunk 2077 must be fixed to meet expectations and the company can formally close this chapter, or at least turn the page and address the planned expansion. At the same time, we remind you that although the previous statements or their understanding were a bit unclear, the CD Projekt canceled a separate multiplayer game from the Cyberpunk environment, which does not mean that the mentioned title of multiplayer will not be achieved. It’s just a change of approach and the fact that multiplayer for last year’s game will most likely arrive as a big update or expansion, but we don’t know anything specific about it at the moment.
