After Sony banned the action RPG Cyberpunk 2077 (test) from the Polish development studio CD Projekt Red from the PlayStation Store shortly after its release due to major technical defects, the game is now celebrating its comeback . The developer announced this in a notification to its shareholders.
Comeback on June 21 in the PlayStation Store
On December 18, 2020, just a few days after the release of the dystopian action role-playing game, Sony responded to the numerous complaints from gamers and stopped selling Cyberpunk 2077 through its own PlayStation Store.
The current announcement states that the digital edition of the game will be available again on the PlayStation Store on June 21st.
In relation to Current Report no. 66/2020 of 18 December 2020, the Management Board of CD PROJEKT S.A. with a registered office in Warsaw hereby publicly being the decision by Sony Interactive Entertainment to reinstate the availability of the digital edition of Cyberpunk 2077 on PlayStation Store, effective on 21 June21.
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Numerous patches and hotfixes
Since the game was released on December 10, 2020, CD Projekt Red has worked on the quality and performance of Cyberpunk 2077 with numerous patches and hotfixes and most recently released hotfix 1.22.
According to the official Cyberpunk 2077 roadmap, the first free DLC should follow the hotfix 1.22 before the next-gen patch for all next-gen game consoles is due at the end of the year.
Update 17.06.2021 01:47 am
Sony recommends the PlayStation 4 Pro or PlayStation 5
As the website Polygon claims to have found out directly from Sony, the manufacturer recommends at least a PlayStation 4 Pro or even a PlayStation 5 (test) for the best experience in Cyberpunk 2077.
Users will continue to experience performance issues with the PS4 edition while CD Projekt Red continues to improve stability across all platforms. SIE recommends playing the title on PS4 Pro or PS5 for the best experience.
Sony via Polygon
The PlayStation 4 presented in November 2013 with its eight 1.6 GHz Jaguar cores is not powerful enough for the Action RGP from CD Projekt Red.
The editors would like to thank community member Hylou for pointing out this update.
Update 17.06.2021 13:19
CD Projekt Red publishes patch 1.23
In the meantime, CD Projekt Red has published patch 1.23 for PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Google Stadia, which is particularly useful for quests and to improve orders.
In addition, the game also receives further improvements in terms of graphics, gameplay and stability.
The official release notes for patch 1.23 provide more information.
The editorial team thanks community member “ChrissKrass” for pointing this out.