CDPR Delays Next-Gen Versions Of Cyberpunk 2077 And The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

If you had hopes of playing Cyberpunk 2077 as it was indicated to be played on your next-gen console right here soon, CDPR has some poor news for you. In an exceptionally brief and to the point update today, the Polish game developer announced that not just was 2077 s next-gen upgrade delayed, but likewise the upgrade pertaining to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

If you ll remember, Cyberpunk 2077 launched almost a year back now to somewhat tragic results for gamers as well as the designer alike. Broken console variations afflicted what was implied to be the workshop s greatest job, the outcome of nearly a decade of development, and also even after several delays the studio still launched substandard versions across the board. It was so poor that Sony even drew Cyberpunk 2077 from sale on their internal shop, returning greater than six months later on.

Therefore, work on the next-gen version of the Xbox Series consoles as well as PlayStation 5 was put on the backburner so as to get the current-gen versions approximately an appropriate level of playability. While the PC variation had issues for many players (myself consisted of), it was the least impacted of them overall. Earlier this year, CDPR released a roadmap showcasing what players can expect to see from the workshop this year, slating the next-gen upgrade on the video game to strike in the latter half of 2021.

Well, now we know that will not happen. The next-generation upgrade of Cyberpunk 2077 is currently being prepared for Q1 2022, implying it can hit at some time in between the beginning of January via completion of March. On the other hand, if you re looking forward to getting ray-tracing and more included in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , you ll be waiting a bit longer as in the very same announcement it was specified that the studio is holding that till at least Q2 2022.

We have an important upgrade pertaining to the future generation updates of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for consoles and also PC, the message on Twitter read this morning. Based on referrals provided by groups managing the growth of both games, we decided to delay their releases until 2022.

It ll remain to be seen whether CDPR can supply on these targets, or whether or not followers will be willing to wait that long, specifically those that bought Cyberpunk 2077 on their next-gen console purely for the enhancements the more powerful hardware was meant to bring. As of currently both consoles are playing Cyberpunk in backwards compatibility mode, which does supply some benefits yet doesn t contribute to the discussion in the form of upgraded graphics or even implementing ray-tracing.