The president of CD Projekt talks about the Cyberpunk 2077 versions for PS5 and Xbox Series X, as well as its expansions and multiplayer mode.
One of the news of the week has been the new and unexpected delay of Cyberpunk 2077, which has once again seen its launch date postponed, this time from September 17 to November 19, 2020. Due to such delay, the President and executive director of CD Projekt RED, Adam Kicinski, wanted to show his face and calm the waters by answering some of the unknowns surrounding the game, such as those referring to its next gen versions. Kicinski has confirmed that thanks to the backward compatibility we will be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X as soon as they go on sale, but that the version that really takes advantage of the new platforms will not arrive until 2021.
“The game will look better on new generation consoles from day one,” Kicinski said, “but it will not be the final version. At some point we will release a major update for the new generation, which we will give free to anyone who has bought the PS4 and Xbox One versions. ” Cyberpunk 2077 was already confirmed as one of the first games to make use of Microsoft’s Smart Delivery, but these statements also confirm the date on which we can expect next gen improvements, as well as the existence of a similar option for game owners. on PlayStation 5. “To be honest, I don’t know when we will release that update, we haven’t decided yet, but we are sure it will be next year. In any case, you can play the title on the new consoles when they come out and it will be seen better on them from that very moment. ” One last sentence that seems to point in the line of what happens on Xbox One X and PS4 Pro, where there are already improvements at the level of resolution and framerate for some titles.
Cyberpunk 2077: expansions and multiplayer
Lastly, Kicinski has finished talking about the game’s DLC and the promised online mode, but he has only done it to confirm that everything has been postponed due to the delay. “We don’t have a specific number of DLCs in mind (we prefer to call them expansions as they are larger than regular DLCs), but the fact that Cyberpunk’s release has been delayed has changed our plans for its expansions in the same proportion. They are currently being developed, they are not things that we have kept in a drawer, so they still have to be done and will take longer. The same thing happens in multiplayer, but being further away in time, it is still something of the future “.
