CD Projekt’s Cyberenaissance continues today with word from the studio that Cyberpunk 2077 has now sold over 20 million copies.
According to CD Projekt, “More than 20 million cyberpunks roam the streets of Night City. Playing and listening to Kelly’s songs,” he tweeted. “Thank you. I look forward to seeing you in the afterlife!”
Over 20 million cyberpunks roam the streets of Night City. Partying with Jackie, getting to know Johnny, driving with Panam, diving with Judy, playing with River, and hearing Kelly sing. In the other world! pic.twitter.com/ifFLhg6npOSeptember 28, 2022
By the way, Afterlife is a Cyberpunk 2077 nightclub aimed primarily at mercenaries and muscles.
Selling 20 million units is an amazing achievement for a game in a very impressive company that included CD Projekt’s predecessor The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. (opens in new tab), Minecraft (238 million), Grand Theft Auto 5 (170 million), and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (75 million) are still far from true giants. that it has been achieved.It took Stardew Valley (opens in new tab) For example, it took 6 years to sell 20 million copies, but The Witcher 3 took 4. Cyberpunk 2077 took him less than two.
CD Projekt’s Official Investor Relations account, which is typically a rigorous source of financial and regulatory information for investors, analysts, and other industries, enjoyed a wealth of information.
Cyberpunk’s sales were certainly ahead of schedule: more than half were up within weeks (opens in new tab) This is thanks to a very successful pre-launch campaign, which received nearly 8 million pre-orders. Still, it’s a sneeze that in the year and a half that followed, he’s sold over six million copies, especially considering the game’s well-known problems and complete absence from the PlayStation Store. not as much. (opens in new tab) for most of that time.
CD Projekt is continuing to work on Cyberpunk 2077, rather than take a loss and walk away after the release of Car Crash. (opens in new tab), delaying plans for new content and expansion to focus on fixes and performance improvements. Those efforts have definitely paid off, but the game also got a big hit from his Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, an anime that debuted on Netflix earlier this month.Convinced Wes to try the game again (opens in new tab) (Or at least think about it) and many others felt the same way.Average and maximum concurrent players on Steam skyrocketed (opens in new tab)and it also bounced right in the middle of the top 10 games by player count on Steam.
