First impressions matter, and Cyberpunk 2077 players haven’t fared well: When CD Projekt Red’s latest open-world game released in late 2020, players were put off by a long list of bugs, leading to a wave of negative reviews. publicity both in the press and in the gaming community. Since then, the developer has done a lot of work on Cyberpunk 2077, but the release of Cyberpunk Edgerunners on Netflix finally got players back into the game.
Following the debut of Edgerunners on September 13 CD Project Red says, one million players visited Night City every day for the following week. According to Steam’s Cyberpunk 2077 player data, that number continues to trend upwards, peaking at over 80,000 players in the past three days, and that’s not counting everyone playing the GOG version or on consoles.
Of course, it’s not a million. simultaneous Cyberpunk 2077 players have seen only on steam in the first few days after launch, but that’s a lot more than it’s been since: concurrent players were in the 15,000 range for most of the summer after a brief spike in late February after patch 1.5.
Edgerunners coincided with another major update for Cyberpunk 2077, patch 1.6, which added additional content from the anime series, as well as the much-requested costume transmogrification system. We also learned a bit more about the first DLC expansion, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, which will involve V in a “spy thriller” set in an entirely new area of Night City when it launches in early 2023.
The initial low impact of Cyberpunk 2077 set the game’s narrative for the next year, and I say publicly that I think things could have been a lot different. Edgerunners may be the catalyst for a major change in how this exciting game is viewed and discussed in the future.
Source : PC Gamesn
