Cyberpunk 2077 – “Too Early” for Details on Multiplayer Monetization

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CD Projekt RED will release Cyberpunk 2077 next year and is promising to be a grand experience. However, along with story expansions, it’s also committed to a multiplayer mode post-launch. What shape that multiplayer will take remains to be seen but the studio is still working on how to monetize it.

In a recent investor call, CD Projekt CEO and president Adam Kiciński said that it was still “too early” to share details on the same. “As far as the monetization on the multiplayer for Cyberpunk is concerned, we believe right now it’s definitely too early to share any details on that. The project is in a relatively early stage. We keep experimenting – this is our first multiplayer game, and we check different options and possibilities, and it’s definitely not the time to point you to a certain specific direction on that.”

It’s worth noting that Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, the studio’s free to play card game, also has some monetization attached to it. However, its booster packs allow players to choose their Rare cards and even offers premium versions of cards with unique animations. In the case of Cyberpunk 2077, the developer is looking to maintain its policy of delivering value for money – how that will work with multiplayer remains to be seen.

Cyberpunk 2077 will be releasing on April 16th 2020 for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. It will be coming to Google Stadia after that and may also release for Xbox Scarlett and PlayStation 5.

Posted: Nov 28, 2019 10:09 am
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Source: https://gamingbolt.com/cyberpunk-2077-too-early-to-share-details-on-multiplayer-monetization

Comments

ZemaPosted: Fri. Nov 29, 2019

Non the less I cannot wait for this game to drop its gonna be epic

THQPosted: Thu. Nov 28, 2019

Maze It's sad that this game has taken so much time and won't release until the end of the generations life cycle. Even if it's on new consoles it won't have the same life since it's release game on this generation.
It makes it even worse than they fail to comment on one of the most important parts of gaming right now- microtransactions. At this point, we know they will be in the game. We just want to know how much you'll be screwing us after waiting, LITERALLY YEARS, for this game. They better hope it's not a let down like every game released in the past 7 years.

I've learned any game that builds hype such as this one you can more than likely just forget about it for a few months. Something in the game is going to be broken at launch, takes a while to fix it, and they are going to pull a GTA 5 where everyone buys the game, but the "enhanced version" with slightly better graphics, comes out the very beginning of the next gen era forcing everyone to rebuy the game to bump numbers massively.

MazePosted: Thu. Nov 28, 2019

It's sad that this game has taken so much time and won't release until the end of the generations life cycle. Even if it's on new consoles it won't have the same life since it's release game on this generation.
It makes it even worse than they fail to comment on one of the most important parts of gaming right now- microtransactions. At this point, we know they will be in the game. We just want to know how much you'll be screwing us after waiting, LITERALLY YEARS, for this game. They better hope it's not a let down like every game released in the past 7 years.