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Cyberpunk 2077 Bugs Hit CD Projekt
- Polish studio sold 8 million copies of new game before launch
- Analysts see early data as supportive once glitches are fixed
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Numerous glitches reported by players as the long-awaited Cyberpunk 2077 game went live robbed creator CD Projekt SA of a stock surge on the back of encouraging advance-order sales figures.
Poland’s biggest computer-games studio sold more than eight million copies of the futuristic title prior to its official release, mainly using higher-margin digital distribution. Excitement around Wednesday’s launch saw player numbers peak at more than one million, the most ever for a premier night on the Steam platform, and an industry record for a single-player production. Less positively, in excess of 17,000 Steam users gave Cyberpunk a rating of just 71%, with their complaints of bugs in the game pushing CD Projekt’s shares as much as 7.5% lower.