CD Projekt Red’s history with Cyberpunk 2077 is worth studying. To quickly recap, since the studio that created the Witcher saga announced that it was working on this title, expectations were through the roof, and even if there were reasons not to believe what the Polish studio was selling us, the sales volume at its launch was spectacular, a complete success. .. except that the state it arrived in was somewhere between mediocre to bad (on the PC version), bad to disastrous for current gen consoles, and catastrophic leading to total failure for the previous gen.

There were three big mistakes. The first, of course, wanted to bring it to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the second, probably due to pressure from investors, to launch it when it was not ready, and the third did, and this is quite common with us. industry, they promise more than they can deliver. The first one was supplemented with returns by buyers and of course with the launch of the 1.5 update, which finally marked the jump to the current generation.

The same can be said about the second problem, which obviously It was more than fixed with a few updates released by CD Projekt Red and which not only polished off the vast majority of the problems that the initial version presented, but also raised its technical level, turning it from an example of bad optimization to an example of perfection. And when it comes to unfulfilled promises, it’s true that the promised vertical life (inside buildings) never became what they sold us, but other promises like the subway system finally arrived in Cyberpunk 2077.

In this context of a title that managed to redeem itself from its mistakes and become an excellent proposal, came Phantom Liberty, the only paid DLC in the game, which was met with an extraordinary reception by the community. So much so that, according to CD Projekt Red, he himself passed your Twitter account, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty closes 2023 with more than five million units sold. An exceptional number, especially considering the precedents I mentioned earlier, because it clearly shows us the extent to which the studio has succeeded (by doing a good job) in reversing its image.

Let’s remember that Regardless of the return that occurred, Cyberpunk 2077 sold over 13 million copies in less than a month since its launch. Of course, compared to five million for Phantom Liberty, it may not seem like much, but in reality we are talking about a big success, since we are talking about DLC.