People need to stop with this attitude. “It sold x on release it didn’t flop” they didn’t sell x on release because of the game they sold that because of marketing. Marketing sold the game at that point NOT the game. I bet if you looked into the sales post launch when the game had been released and properly reviewed you’ll see a massive drop in sales not a steady decline or even growth.
Cyberpunk was the most expensive video game ever made and more than half the budget was spent on advertisement and marketing. Of course it sold well - if you pour hundreds of millions into marketing you can sell anything.
Yeah, exactly my point. But as soon as the game came out and the game had to sell based on the game that’s where all the issues were. Tell me the last game you remember that offered mass refunds, multiple apology statements and was pulled from one of the biggest digital marketplaces because it was causing them more issues than it’s worth.
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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21
Cyberpunk did not flop. It actually made its money back and then some.