Cyberpunk 2077, which should have made the worst start, becomes one of Steam's top sellers & most played games

'Cyberpunk 2077 ' was released in December 2020 as the latest title of CD Projekt Red , the developer of The Witcher series. Although it was released as a featured work by gamers all over the world, it got off to a terrible start with frequent bugs and crashes and official apologies and refunds, but steady corrections and 50 on Steam % Off sale has helped to regain popularity. It's finally the top-selling & most played game of 2021 on Steam.

2021 Steam Best Sales of the Year
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Despite Everything, Cyberpunk 2077 Was A Steam Top Seller & Most-Played Title In 2021
https://kotaku.com/despite-everything-cyberpunk-2077-was-a-steam-top-sell-1848274351

Cyberpunk 2077 released on December 10, 2020 has many problems such as 'some models have a resolution of only 720p and the frame rate drops' and 'a bug makes the game impossible to proceed'. Bug was reported. In response, CD Projekt Red announced that it will accept refunds for users who purchased the PlayStation 4 version and the Xbox One version. Furthermore, due to the situation full of bugs, Cyberpunk 2077 will be deleted from the PlayStation Store, which is the official online game store for PlayStation.

Cyberpunk 2077 has been revived on the PlayStation Store in June 2021, but the PlayStation Store sales page says 'Important Notice: For customers who continue to have performance issues with this game. On PS4. It is not recommended to use. Please play on PS4 Pro or PS5 to enjoy 'Cyberpunk 2077' to the fullest. ' increase.

'Cyberpunk 2077', which was deleted from the PlayStation Store due to a lot of bugs, is back, but the PS4 version clearly states 'There is a performance problem' --GIGAZINE

After that, it was reported in November 2021 that user reviews on Steam finally turned into a favorable reception, thanks to steady corrections and a 50% off sale on Steam.

The evaluation on Steam of 'Cyberpunk 2077', which was full of criticism due to frequent defects, turned to favorable reception --GIGAZINE

At the end of each year, Steam publishes a special feature on top-selling games and the most played games, called 'Best of the Year.' According to the 2021 Best of the Year, among the top 100 games of the year based on total revenue, Cyberpunk is ranked as Silver (25th-40th), but according to game media Kotaku, this is 'in-game.' Revenue including billing and DLC '. Kotaku says it's 'difficult' to compare the revenue of a game like Cyberpunk 2077, which has few in-game billing factors and no DLC, to the revenue of a game with a lot of billing factors. It is surprising that Cyberpunk 2077 is ranked high among many free-to-play games with many billing factors.

Also, according to Steam, one of the 10 titles with a peak of more than 200,000 simultaneous players is Cyberpunk 2077, which is a high level in terms of both sales and number of players. Kotaku points out that it keeps.

In addition, Cyberpunk 2077 is still holding a 50% off sale on Steam even at the time of writing the article. The regular selling price is 8778 yen, but if you get 50% off, you can buy it for 4389 yen.

50% off on Steam: Cyberpunk 2077
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