Inside Cyberpunk 2077's Disastrous Rollout

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  • Опубліковано 6 кві 2021
  • Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the most anticipated video games of all time. Its developer, Poland's CD Projekt Red, was beloved by fans and critics alike. But inside the company, employees depicted a process marred by poor planning, technical shortcomings and unrealistic timelines. When it came to building one of the most complex games ever conceived, a focus on marketing at the expense of development spelled disaster.
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  • @business
    @business  3 роки тому +264

    What did you think of Cyberpunk 2077? Could the disaster have been averted? Let us know in the comments.

    • @hansolowe19
      @hansolowe19 3 роки тому +18

      Baldurs Gate (2) is one of the best games ever.
      Also: I hope the game gets fixed, CD PR and the gamers deserve it.

    • @jaythesun333
      @jaythesun333 3 роки тому +23

      I am fortunate to play it on a pretty powerful Cybertron PC... I love it, have encountered minimal bugs although Im sorry for console folks that got the short end of the stick. I doubt CDPR will ever make this mistake again, if gamers are gracious enough to give them a chance to right the wrongs... (which I think they will)

    • @julianherbold7931
      @julianherbold7931 3 роки тому +16

      They should not have released it for the old systems. However let's see if the quarterly figures are as bad as the stock is indicating

    • @Mashburn007
      @Mashburn007 3 роки тому +1

      I can't possibly say anything about cyberpunk 2077 without being unethical,
      I apparently don't have any system to play the game on😞😤

    • @JS-bh3pz
      @JS-bh3pz 3 роки тому +3

      @@julianherbold7931 You are forgetting about other assets and reserves they had. They bought a new studio lately and renamed it to CDPR Vancouver. I think people forget that stock market price doesn't reflect the value of the company unless the company relies on fake created bubble, so they can cash in on selling stock. CDPR has not released much new stock lately. The stock price at the minute is only what you can buy and sell it for. It is not a gambling new tech company. They have lots of IP and Cyberpunk sold around 14 million by now, so no income on P&L but not loss and little taxes as they purchased more property. Shame the game is badly made though.

  • @gold9994
    @gold9994 3 роки тому +1958

    How about: Delayed, but rushed at the same time.

    • @gowthamt9420
      @gowthamt9420 3 роки тому +30

      There is a time they get death threads to their developers from some people on twitter to release the game and that's one of the thing , that made them even more stressed about the game

    • @rolandngom5080
      @rolandngom5080 3 роки тому +114

      @@gowthamt9420 no it wasn’t stfu. It was all management

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 роки тому +67

      @@gowthamt9420 CDPR themselves said on record death threats gave no effect on their decision making...

    • @muhammadfaizmohdnasiruddin9854
      @muhammadfaizmohdnasiruddin9854 3 роки тому +73

      @@gowthamt9420 Death threats don't effect multi-million dollar companies. Do you see Apple or Samsung release their products just cause they get haggled by investors or letters from lunatics? No, they release 'em when it's done and ready. Something CD Projekt Red has been telling everybody for years.

    • @mukamuka0
      @mukamuka0 3 роки тому +34

      @@gowthamt9420 Death threats only happen because CDPR missed the releases date that they set up themself. Why gave out the date at all? Before that, no gamers has pressured them especially when they told people "it's coming when it's ready". Is it greed? Ego? or dump pride? CDPR was beloved back then with so much hype, they could even delete the releases date. Just tell people "we adding more contents (whatever, it's true or not)". So, yes this was all management team who signed it off when it's not ready.

  • @anuragshukla4580
    @anuragshukla4580 3 роки тому +2369

    And that's why I stopped complaining about Rockstar not releasing GTA 6 even after 8 years of releasing GTA 5.

    • @shithead4767
      @shithead4767 3 роки тому +69

      GTA 6 LEAKED

    • @verlorenish
      @verlorenish 3 роки тому +257

      Yeah but come on now, at this point their actions just show they want to milk GTA V the most they can before even hinting a new entry. Take Two is just as money hungry as every other developers

    • @andriod8014
      @andriod8014 3 роки тому +113

      Pretty sure Rockstar started developing GTA 6 few years ago (last 1-2 years), so they spent 6-7 years on other projects. The reason why it took them long was not that reason but the hardware. They waited for new consoles, new hardware, and etc to release a bigger and better game.

    • @availablehage
      @availablehage 3 роки тому +11

      Lol I didn't complain after iv

    • @HoneyBunGod5
      @HoneyBunGod5 3 роки тому +79

      Lol stop using cyber punk as a excuse for rockstar to milk 8 year old game

  • @poopsie117
    @poopsie117 3 роки тому +2406

    LOL you know it was a bad launch when Bloomberg does a QuickTake piece on it.

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 роки тому +55

      I mean, it was Bloomberg that published an expose piece written by Jason Schrier about how terribly mismanaged the game's development was...

    • @D0P1C3
      @D0P1C3 3 роки тому +71

      they should make one about star citizen and how its still in "development" after 9 years and 300+ mils in crowdfunded revenue and how scammer oh i mean director Chris Roberts is living of people money and not delivering :D

    • @Unazaki
      @Unazaki 3 роки тому +3

      @@D0P1C3 LMAO WHAT XD

    • @vinesauceobscurities
      @vinesauceobscurities 3 роки тому

      I honestly didn't expect actual coverage from them lol.

    • @eastindies2937
      @eastindies2937 3 роки тому +5

      @@D0P1C3 It's still not finished. I remember hearing about it in 2012, thinking that "Oh yeah it's pretty neat" and it's not done yet? Worse than Yandere Simulator.

  • @OJGLOVE
    @OJGLOVE 3 роки тому +1312

    Reviewers dropped the ball too. Up until people started playing the game they were giving it high scores.

    • @seanpaulluke
      @seanpaulluke 3 роки тому +200

      They were paid off.

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban 3 роки тому +127

      Reviewers are bought.

    • @johnulcer
      @johnulcer 3 роки тому +141

      Most reviewers probably play PC versions of games. The majority of issues with Cyberpunk was for consoles, so that's probably why they didn't notice the issues.

    • @cheporestrepo
      @cheporestrepo 3 роки тому +9

      Bought..🥱

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 роки тому +94

      @@johnulcer CDPR forbid reviewers (even on PC) to use their own footage of the game, only those provided by CDPR. That, and the fact that CDPR did a carrot-on-a-stick approach on skewing reviews (by tacking salary bonuses for ever 5 star rating review made) render the early reviews... Unreliable...

  • @FinancialShinanigan
    @FinancialShinanigan 3 роки тому +311

    Every companies' nightmare, a dedicated Bloomberg video going over all the ways you messed up

    • @theMiaow
      @theMiaow 3 роки тому +15

      Also the fact that it's so bad it literally revived crowbcat

    • @cosettapessa6417
      @cosettapessa6417 3 роки тому +2

      @@theMiaow lol

  • @nadyrsalahmadi2901
    @nadyrsalahmadi2901 3 роки тому +273

    What is YongYea doing here? He said in his review that the game ''lived up to the expectations''

  • @nithinravi4401
    @nithinravi4401 3 роки тому +474

    This game has become a case study for various reasons 😂

    • @behroopiya8086
      @behroopiya8086 3 роки тому +47

      A case study of hubris, greed, exploitation & the failure that it brings along.

    • @johnmc6155
      @johnmc6155 3 роки тому +10

      More due to internal politics which we will never know about. Libel laws protecting the guilty.

    • @johnmc6155
      @johnmc6155 3 роки тому +7

      @@behroopiya8086 that's a little simplistic how does that apply to cdpr. I think once customers realised the 2018 'gameplay' video was fake, it was then they threw money at Keanu Reeves to fill in. Whose decision was that? Why did so many devs resign after Adam Badowski was put in charge ??

    • @johnmc6155
      @johnmc6155 3 роки тому +7

      True, also that CDPR management wanted their Christmas bonuses.

    • @1vaultdweller
      @1vaultdweller 3 роки тому +2

      Management, developers, reviewers, journalists.. even gamers who pressured CDPR into rushing the release all part of the blame

  • @kamrankazemi-far6420
    @kamrankazemi-far6420 3 роки тому +216

    This game honestly needed atleast another 2 years before it was ready, they cut so many features and it was still unplayable

    • @Shoegazebasedgenre0.
      @Shoegazebasedgenre0. 3 роки тому +8

      3 years

    • @louisvuitton56
      @louisvuitton56 3 роки тому +9

      4 years

    • @simulify8726
      @simulify8726 3 роки тому +22

      TBH, the AI system, cop system, and navigation system were broken from the start and they are core issues

    • @fankdaggot8961
      @fankdaggot8961 3 роки тому +9

      Nah, like the dude above me said, this game has so many problems in it’s core, it was doomed from the start

    • @rachel6301
      @rachel6301 3 роки тому +2

      2027

  • @VvV-kp3xw
    @VvV-kp3xw 3 роки тому +673

    Schrödingers Release: delayed but also rushed

    • @shazmosushi
      @shazmosushi 3 роки тому +42

      CD Projekt Red is based in Poland so it's ironic they made something without polish

    • @ChickenKitten
      @ChickenKitten 3 роки тому +22

      @@shazmosushi that is a dad level pun and as a polish person I want to die

    • @kylevernon
      @kylevernon 3 роки тому +1

      The whole “delay” thing had to have been a lie. In no way did they ever plan to release the game 8 months earlier.

    • @Thor.Jorgensen
      @Thor.Jorgensen 3 роки тому

      ​@@kylevernon It wasn't. The game was already many years in the makings by the time that they announced the game. And even more years in the making by the time they were first supposed to release the game. But absolutely everything went horribly wrong. Basically, the whole game had to be rewritten, funding was misplaced, the way the game was being worked on was not being made in tandem, but rather as though they were separate teams who at the end had to come together to put the jigsaw puzzle together, only to find out that the pieces didn't fit together. That's why much of the work had to be done all over from scratch, which led to a lot of the content being extremely rushed, with many employees being overworked, almost EA-style.

    • @kylevernon
      @kylevernon 3 роки тому +1

      @@Thor.Jorgensen Ughh. No. I should remind you the game was announced in 2012 not the 2018 Keanu E3. They had nothing up until 2016. Plus that whole rewrite thing is not 100% confirmed. I believe it is but either it doesn’t matter. What matter is that they were ineffective at communicating with one another which heavily delayed every little single process. What happens is that once a certain hour limit is achieved in a work week, productivity drops significantly. So much in fact that Crunch time may have actually delayed the game.

  • @gamzaify
    @gamzaify 3 роки тому +464

    Yong Yea hyped the game on his review before it was released to the public though..He only backtracked after the negative experiences from the public started coming in

    • @benwallace3058
      @benwallace3058 3 роки тому +161

      Yuppp, he shilled it hard. Yong should NOT be in this doc, he was part of the misinformation

    • @boaconstrictor4302
      @boaconstrictor4302 3 роки тому +38

      Tbh most game reviewers were praising the game before it actually came out. He wasn’t the only one.

    • @benwallace3058
      @benwallace3058 3 роки тому +39

      @@boaconstrictor4302 not skillup, not acg. they refused to even release their material until after the embargo to show their own footage

    • @Ainik-zp6fz
      @Ainik-zp6fz 3 роки тому +27

      @@boaconstrictor4302 he hyped the game even after it released though

    • @Ssm19494
      @Ssm19494 3 роки тому +24

      The truth is, if you've got a high end PC, which 99% of reviewers do, the game is literally breathtaking. For me, running it on a 3080 and i9 cpu, it ran excellent with raytracing on and was easily the best game i've played in the last few years.

  • @MKwadratPodcast
    @MKwadratPodcast 3 роки тому +71

    24:55 You misquoted Miyamoto. The last part is: "A rushed game is forever bad"

    • @its_mz
      @its_mz 3 роки тому +8

      Thank you! I almost fell down my chair when he misquoted....

  • @cuma212
    @cuma212 3 роки тому +318

    Yong Yea is one of the biggest shills for cyberpunk, his review is still up and you can see how he lied about it. It wasn't until everyone else would start pointing the big problems that he had to make a video jumping in the bandwagon too

    • @Ccccc-mi3tr
      @Ccccc-mi3tr 3 роки тому +60

      Yeah I unsubscribed because of that. Love how he pretends it didn’t happen

    • @momchilgradinarov6428
      @momchilgradinarov6428 3 роки тому +16

      Indeed, the difference between reality and his review was spectacular.

    • @jonissesmarchadesch7025
      @jonissesmarchadesch7025 3 роки тому +17

      True. But Skill Up was worse. Didn’t even made a follow up video

    • @skyacaniadev2229
      @skyacaniadev2229 3 роки тому

      I can only guess how big the money is behind that. Probably enough for him to enjoy the rest of his life without other income.

    • @SweetSilverPrincess
      @SweetSilverPrincess 3 роки тому +2

      Exactly. I unsubscribed.

  • @nrc1965gm
    @nrc1965gm 3 роки тому +165

    I feel like it's a little misleading to include Yong Yea in this video without mentioning his own pre-release positive review of Cyberpunk 2077 that just fed into the problem with misleading reviews.

    • @mejrikais6002
      @mejrikais6002 3 роки тому +3

      Yong yea Sushi men is a influencere scamer

    • @GFox789
      @GFox789 3 роки тому

      Came here to say this

  • @tayzonday
    @tayzonday 3 роки тому +326

    I bought CyberPunk 2077 but only played about 4 hours. About the same as Mass Effect: Andromeda. (I have about 300 hours on The Witcher 3 and DLCs).

    • @DustyyBoi
      @DustyyBoi 3 роки тому +5

      yep, i also almost didnt play it, havent had more than a couple of hours

    • @TheSektorz
      @TheSektorz 3 роки тому +8

      yeah those two have a super high amount of similarities, and bugs are only one of em

    • @LastOneLeft99
      @LastOneLeft99 3 роки тому

      Its a lot of fun I recommend you give it a chance, it took a while for me to warm up to it but I have like 127 hours now.

    • @Kd0t470
      @Kd0t470 3 роки тому +17

      You know CDPR really f*cked up when TayZonday comments how bad it is

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 3 роки тому +8

      @@Kd0t470 🎶 Slavic raiiiiin 🎶
      🎼 Play game and feel east europes pain🎵
      🎵 ohhh Slavic rain 🎶

  • @TanKLoveR
    @TanKLoveR 3 роки тому +86

    Why did they interview yong shill? The guy praised it to high heavens even after it came out and was a buggy mess with a million of cut features. This guy is the biggest sell out.

    • @martint5340
      @martint5340 3 роки тому +4

      Gamergate *cough* *cough*

    • @Ccccc-mi3tr
      @Ccccc-mi3tr 3 роки тому +16

      His exact words were “it’s definitely lives up to hype” the scumbag sold his soul and now pretends it didn’t happen

  • @Kwisatz_HaderachXIII
    @Kwisatz_HaderachXIII 3 роки тому +53

    One thing that really really annoyed me was how empty the city was when I was walking around. It was just empty and didn’t feel legit

  • @bellazio123456789
    @bellazio123456789 3 роки тому +51

    Chronic overworks degrades the output of a professional at the point that 60hrs/week become the same as 40hrs/week. I wish more people in the industry will understand this simple quote

    • @mr.vansjohnson7469
      @mr.vansjohnson7469 3 роки тому +3

      But apparently they like to stick their heads in their own asses.

    • @TheSneezingMonkey
      @TheSneezingMonkey 3 роки тому

      That also stood out to me. Would love to see that study.

    • @MegaRyan123456
      @MegaRyan123456 3 роки тому

      60 hours a week is not long hours thats laughable...
      🤣
      These programmers must be soft

    • @neofromthewarnerbrothersic145
      @neofromthewarnerbrothersic145 2 роки тому +5

      @@MegaRyan123456 Spoken like someone who's never had a job and a life at the same time.

  • @Atropos148
    @Atropos148 3 роки тому +303

    This is an incredibly well made video, i hope there are more like this being made

    • @Duffyyy94
      @Duffyyy94 3 роки тому +7

      Also his video “No Mans Sky”

    • @business
      @business  3 роки тому +79

      Oh yes, much more where this came from. Stay tuned.

    • @PauloEdson
      @PauloEdson 3 роки тому +4

      @@Duffyyy94 That is a must!

    • @MF_JONES
      @MF_JONES 3 роки тому

      @@business what's the next one?

    • @SoberAddiction
      @SoberAddiction 3 роки тому

      @@business subbed

  • @jakublegon4455
    @jakublegon4455 3 роки тому +121

    The CD part in the company's name doesn't come from selling CD's gosh... it's from Centrala Dystrybucji, which is something like Distribution Headquarters, cause primarily they were a game distributor back then, not a developer.

    • @prathneo
      @prathneo 3 роки тому +38

      Maybe Bloomberg's research team rushed.

    • @RockinRabbit66
      @RockinRabbit66 3 роки тому +1

      Thx,interesting👍

    • @Voidward
      @Voidward 3 роки тому +4

      If I'm not mistaken, they started out pirating games and reselling illegal copies, but eventually went legit and then transitions into making official polish translations of games, which is how they got into game development before making their own games.

    • @tophitgames7752
      @tophitgames7752 3 роки тому +5

      I have heard another version of the story behind the name.
      When they were planning to get into game development, the employees made a couple of prototype projects. One of those prototypes which everyone liked was in a directory/folder "Project Red". Later they added "cd" which is the command line command for accessing a specific directory/folder.. ie became "cd Project red"... Although I don't believe this story completely, it has a nice ring to it :-D

  • @Cryptic-cy3xr
    @Cryptic-cy3xr 3 роки тому +41

    Things they need to add through updates and expansions to get me to come back.
    1. True Branching story paths.
    2. Smarter, improved A.I.
    3. Exciting, organic random encounters while traversing the map
    4. More control over the main characters personality.
    5. A detective noir type expansion (this could add so many gameplay opportunities)
    6. They need more ways to interact with the world. Possibly through buying real estate, becoming a drug dealer, or creating your own gang.
    7. Basically, they need to make this into a true RPG.
    CDPR, you still have fans, but you need to right the ship.

    • @arvinjay336
      @arvinjay336 3 роки тому +9

      They are not gonna add any of those.

    • @madlad8601
      @madlad8601 2 роки тому +5

      Can't be done , these things have to be fundamentally developed from the ground up along with the game. As of rn they can just fix the bugs that's it

  • @GregaBajzelj
    @GregaBajzelj 3 роки тому +37

    2:42 The WItcher was not released in 2002 but in 2007 ;)

    • @Liamjlm
      @Liamjlm 3 роки тому +13

      It began development in 2002

  • @CyberPonz-nc3oh
    @CyberPonz-nc3oh 3 роки тому +274

    Plot twist: the glitches are just Johnny Silverhand messing with you.

    • @krizby87
      @krizby87 3 роки тому +10

      Yeah at this point CDPR should make the glitches part of the games, like making anyone T-pose with quickhack, Police using portals to teleport behind V, Civilian AI just malfunction when being near V, would be neat....

    • @carlycrays2831
      @carlycrays2831 3 роки тому +2

      That's one of my issues with the game. A lot of their glitches could have been made to look like features or something, but they didn't even try.

    • @boredinczechia4382
      @boredinczechia4382 3 роки тому +1

      yeah, but why then you have so many glitches before you even touch The Relic for a first time...

    • @laos85
      @laos85 3 роки тому +4

      Nice un-original joke that millions has been using

  • @Greedyspook
    @Greedyspook 3 роки тому +80

    The graph (at 22:03) shows USD denominated stock price, which might be an error as the stock price never got so high in USD denomination. Probably PLN was supposed to be there instead. Other than that, I enjoyed watching and learning about the release of this game.

  • @romybarrientos4120
    @romybarrientos4120 3 роки тому +199

    i laugh whenever i see yongyea's smug face all over this BS. xD

    • @BlueNightZX
      @BlueNightZX 3 роки тому +45

      he is the worse

    • @kylevernon
      @kylevernon 3 роки тому +56

      That dude shills for game companies to get into exclusive events and merchandise and then pretends he’s “for the consumer”. I don’t like Jim Sterling much but at least he’s consistent.

    • @luqjas87
      @luqjas87 3 роки тому +7

      He has no integrity

    • @brokenbiscuit3609
      @brokenbiscuit3609 3 роки тому +2

      Can I still trust SkillUp tho?

    • @uedarizaru
      @uedarizaru 3 роки тому +4

      @@brokenbiscuit3609 no

  • @mishaalmohammed
    @mishaalmohammed 3 роки тому +57

    They hyped the game for almost a decade just to deliver a steaming pile of hot 💩💩💩

  • @jddunnfilms
    @jddunnfilms 3 роки тому +239

    This is the most interesting video about Cyberpunk I've seen on UA-cam, great job!

    • @tomconnors5697
      @tomconnors5697 3 роки тому +3

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

    • @shazmosushi
      @shazmosushi 3 роки тому +4

      Surprising that Bloomberg Quicktake can make a documentary this high quality on a topic that I'd assume they'd not know much about. Great work to all involved, including the guests they interviewed

    • @Redolentleek
      @Redolentleek 3 роки тому +2

      @@shazmosushi the release affected a public companys stock price and probably the most notable tech/overall companies from Poland. Cdpr and this rollout has actually been talked about alot on the bloomberg TV channels

    • @PauloEdson
      @PauloEdson 3 роки тому

      It is the best on Bloomberg QuickTake and one of the most in-depth videos on this subject. ✌️ Great job! I’m sharing it with all my friends and started following Connor’s work everywhere on the internet! 🥰

    • @sulemanmalik8228
      @sulemanmalik8228 3 роки тому +3

      If you think this is interesting, you should check out the cyberpunk videos by Angry Joe and Crowbcat lol.

  • @nabeelhussainn
    @nabeelhussainn 3 роки тому +21

    it really had potential, but they chose to focus on hiring famous people and doing everything expensive and edgy that they forgot about the gameplay.

  • @Jekyll_Jackal
    @Jekyll_Jackal 3 роки тому +174

    Of course YongYea was going to be a part of this..

    • @wesleymendez906
      @wesleymendez906 3 роки тому +53

      He was a solid cheerleader for cd projekt. Then got wrekt

    • @Jekyll_Jackal
      @Jekyll_Jackal 3 роки тому +58

      @@wesleymendez906 oh no he's not a cheerleader, he's a court jester for CD Projekt.

    • @Jekyll_Jackal
      @Jekyll_Jackal 3 роки тому +5

      @deepesh he's a part of The Cult of Kojima.
      He constantly defends him not to mention he was apart of The Phantom Pain Boot Camp.

    • @arvinjay336
      @arvinjay336 3 роки тому +9

      @@Jekyll_Jackal atleast Kojima's game ended up working as intended unlike OVERHYPE 2077 which tried to be Rockstar games and failed spectacularly at it.

    • @Jekyll_Jackal
      @Jekyll_Jackal 3 роки тому +4

      @@arvinjay336 You do have a point,
      I would rather just call them interactive movies instead of games though.

  • @definitelyannpc2038
    @definitelyannpc2038 3 роки тому +162

    They should have worked on the game till like.... I dunno... 2077? 💁🏾‍♂️ 😂

    • @Mashburn007
      @Mashburn007 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @asciiCAT
      @asciiCAT 3 роки тому +2

      @@ar2_420 star citizen will pivot to be a documentary of human space travel by the time it finishes

    • @yoman9446
      @yoman9446 3 роки тому +2

      how original

    • @Mashburn007
      @Mashburn007 3 роки тому

      @@yoman9446 😜😜🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Arhats_Corner
      @Arhats_Corner 3 роки тому

      But it’s already 2078 in Nepal!

  • @JDhali
    @JDhali 3 роки тому +16

    The focus is really around the bugs but I’m most gutted about the lack of storytelling and richness that the Witcher had

  • @KyleTO7
    @KyleTO7 2 роки тому +2

    Let's all remember that when the Witcher 3 came out it was also plagued with bugs and wasn't very playable for the first year or so.

    • @neofromthewarnerbrothersic145
      @neofromthewarnerbrothersic145 2 роки тому

      TW3 didn't have nearly as many issues, and they were fixed within a month or two. But in any case, Cyberpunk's problems are unpatchable, and have nothing to do with bugs. They'd have to start over from scratch and take another 6-8 years to make a whole new game.

  • @zakblue
    @zakblue 3 роки тому +36

    Seeing them put a celeb in the game was the first red flag for me.

    • @joshmorgan1276
      @joshmorgan1276 3 роки тому +6

      Tbf, lots of games have famous actors in them. Usually they just aren’t a major selling point

    • @thorsal6208
      @thorsal6208 3 роки тому +13

      @@joshmorgan1276 yea. For example, GTA San Andreas has Samuel L. Jackson in it

    • @setter_soul_waifu0930
      @setter_soul_waifu0930 3 роки тому +9

      @@thorsal6208 Yea, and I didn't even know he was in it for years lol. Maybe I missed all the trailers and promotion but he wasn't the face of GTA San Andreas whenever I remember that game.

    • @azca.
      @azca. 3 роки тому

      GTA 4 has Katt williams

  • @Iceberqe
    @Iceberqe 3 роки тому +12

    "to release the game in such a state will have far reaching consequences."
    Yup, it did, in the form of a 30 million dollar bonus for the 5 executives.

  • @jaxsinjaxon2944
    @jaxsinjaxon2944 3 роки тому +43

    Yong Yea gets absolutely bodied in this video.

  • @Mashburn007
    @Mashburn007 3 роки тому +325

    I liked Bloomberg before but it's getting next level in 2021 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @AlejandroMartinez-np5bb
    @AlejandroMartinez-np5bb 3 роки тому +39

    You know it's really bad when non-gaming outlets report on it

  • @mrxcs
    @mrxcs 3 роки тому +11

    YongYea should not be on this video, he is part of the problem. 'It lived up to the expectations' he said.

  • @scrillthebeast2066
    @scrillthebeast2066 3 роки тому +5

    Jackie described the agressive marketing and launch perfectly in the game, “I am saying everything is fine, but everyday I feel like I am straight up lying”

  • @MadGamer_666
    @MadGamer_666 3 роки тому +15

    They should have been honest, even if it would have cost them money, their reputation would still be intact.

  • @siddhantvadan
    @siddhantvadan 3 роки тому +19

    why is yongyea in this?! wasnt he the one overhyping it by saying that the 4hrs he played were amazing and stuff?

  • @Corion2121
    @Corion2121 3 роки тому +21

    If you look closely, even the E3 showcase has duplicate AI in the video.

    • @kingcraftbruh
      @kingcraftbruh 3 роки тому +1

      I mean that's what most games do like Skyrim or fallout NV

  • @jatdaman
    @jatdaman 3 роки тому +5

    if you think about it.. CDPR only really had witcher 3 going for them and everyone just believed they could actually pull Cyberpunk off

  • @NoName-sb9tp
    @NoName-sb9tp 3 роки тому +14

    I wonder if YongYea was having the “mom i’m on TV” moment at the release of video

  • @tommykelly6840
    @tommykelly6840 3 роки тому +30

    Bloomberg has done a better job reporting video games than actual video game news companies

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 роки тому

      Depends who you look at...

    • @tonysoviet3692
      @tonysoviet3692 3 роки тому +1

      Nah I agree, game news companies are so narrowly minded that they did not consider any other factors like economy and culture, which Bloomberg actually does. CB2077 was not only an economic failure, it was a huge slap in the face for the Polish government, who poured massive investments into CDPR.

  • @Snulge
    @Snulge Рік тому +3

    You guys should cover how the fixing of the game along with the release of the anime can win back fans. That would be dope too. Get some interviews with CDred about their philosophy to stick through and not just abandon the game but on top of that have the confidence to invest money into a show about the game when it had been a meme for so long.

  • @dillonbacon4818
    @dillonbacon4818 3 роки тому +23

    The "fresh frozen" version of a video game

  • @Joel-ik3sz
    @Joel-ik3sz 3 роки тому +84

    Ah yes, Yong Yea. The bastion of integrity.

    • @mscopycat5137
      @mscopycat5137 3 роки тому

      I can sense the sarcasm. So my question is why does he not have integrity?

    • @Maityist
      @Maityist 3 роки тому +18

      @@mscopycat5137 He lost his integrity the moment he pursued his voice acting career in LA. Not that it's a problem for one to chase their dreams. But Yong's been one of the worst fence sitters when it comes to opinions in general to try and appeal to as many people as possible, whilst not offending anybody so his voice acting career doesn't get cancelled.

    • @aungthuhein007
      @aungthuhein007 3 роки тому

      @@Maityist VA for what?

    • @aiwash2766
      @aiwash2766 3 роки тому +9

      @@Maityist and you know this how? Also it’s a man trying to pursue his dream, that makes him lose integrity? Ok sure, what a moronic way of looking at things

    • @mscopycat5137
      @mscopycat5137 3 роки тому +1

      @@Maityist I think that's a stretch. Considering his recent video where he apologises for his take on cyber punk do you still think it's fence sitting. Would that video prove that he in fact doesnt care about appealing to a wide audience. If not. Why not?

  • @thinkfasthippie
    @thinkfasthippie 3 роки тому +83

    quick solution to this: STOP pre-purchasing games

    • @nikmuhammad7362
      @nikmuhammad7362 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah ...but u can't stop fanboys or those streamers from preorder, you know.

    • @cubeincubes
      @cubeincubes 3 роки тому +5

      GameFly gets a bad rap but they’ve save my wallet many times. CDPR’s marketing was legitimately criminal imo, the bandwagon got a lot of people but back then it was hard to think the game wasn’t gunna be worth it.

    • @rockycuro7737
      @rockycuro7737 3 роки тому +2

      I don't think that's gonna fix games bring rushed/bad

    • @rehan-ci1tk
      @rehan-ci1tk 3 роки тому

      The only game I prepurchased was Humankind. Even its beta dont dissapoint.

  • @Sound557
    @Sound557 2 роки тому +4

    They actually reached out to YongYea when he and other “journalists” were partially responsible for the false promises and hype spreading smh

  • @neatodd
    @neatodd 3 роки тому +42

    Shoutout to the the editor who added that loud and distracting background music to this video

  • @lingth
    @lingth 3 роки тому +7

    i still remember some ppl were telling me that when Cyberpunk is out in Dec 2020, Genshin Impact would be doomed and they would ditch Genshin Impact for Cyberpunk surely, as Genshin Impact was a gacha game while Cyberpunk was to be a pay once and play forever kind of game. guess it debuted and crashed.

  • @XiBMCiX
    @XiBMCiX 3 роки тому +8

    Everyone's recorded reaction before and after the game launch always kills me 🤣

  • @bubz4196
    @bubz4196 3 роки тому +10

    Personally i even found the E3 demo to be a little underwhelming at the time

  • @gavindoyle8717
    @gavindoyle8717 3 роки тому +22

    The "Heaven's Gate" of video gaming.

  • @jintaejoo
    @jintaejoo 3 роки тому +1

    I used to have these experiences at the job. Rushing thru the deadline, obviously we're at crunch. The boss always wanted perfection, but result was always not enough.

  • @TheOsnovis
    @TheOsnovis 3 роки тому +7

    Love your videos guys!!

  • @harshitgupta4238
    @harshitgupta4238 3 роки тому +9

    Thank you for awesome content. I find quicktales very insightful and it helps me get knowledge and trivia about a varied range of topics. I hence decided to join it and I was surprised to see the subscription amount so low and just clicked pay in an instant. I love you guys ❤️

    • @tomconnors5697
      @tomconnors5697 3 роки тому +2

      Thank you!

    • @business
      @business  3 роки тому +3

      We're happy to have you! Thanks for the kind words.

  • @juliah.9104
    @juliah.9104 3 роки тому +18

    How can anyone think that crunching actually is a must?! I just don't get it.

    • @muzamilnabinadroo
      @muzamilnabinadroo 3 роки тому +2

      Capitalism Bro.

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 роки тому

      Crunch is just cramming in a business and is just an effect similar to cramming: they didn't spend their time and resources wisely...

    • @wentoneisendon6502
      @wentoneisendon6502 3 роки тому +3

      Assume you are a manager and you have a multi billion project coming up. Of course crunch is a thing. Are you dumb? Bonuses exist for a reason

    • @carlycrays2831
      @carlycrays2831 3 роки тому +1

      I mean, a little bit of crunch I think is just a part of the process. The issue is how much crunch there is. If it's just in the last month or so, so then OK. But during a year or years of development? Then there's an issue.

    • @longplayracketeer9575
      @longplayracketeer9575 3 роки тому

      Crunch should be avoided. However, because of uncertain factors (Like leaders/managers changing their minds) The leaders of a company should have a planned time frame too in which they can make adjustments.

  • @vestaarcadia
    @vestaarcadia 3 роки тому +30

    I didn’t mind the bugs, I can deal with that as they can be patched over time, but the game failed to live up to expectations, they overhyped the scale and choice players could have in choosing their path. Of course no one is talking about this, they are more focused on the surface level glitches and general playability, the game itself is fundamentally flawed, seems like the marketing team was given the reins for scope and the programmers were feverishly fighting to catch up.

  • @TheSexy9347
    @TheSexy9347 3 роки тому +56

    A really great Quicktake. Thanks for putting together this story :)

  • @nkartizan890
    @nkartizan890 3 роки тому +72

    Like I said they should have just released a 100gb game and at 2022

    • @pasticcinideliziosi1259
      @pasticcinideliziosi1259 3 роки тому +14

      If they didn’t show it in 2013 and worked on it quietly they would have released it in 2022 and it would have been a masterpiece. But they needed investments and money so they started screaming what they were doing, creating so much hype that people nearly rioted when the game was delayed. At some point that just had to release it or people would have stopped waiting for the game. And we know what came out. The lesson here is: don’t show the game before starting to work on it

    • @omega91006
      @omega91006 3 роки тому +7

      @@pasticcinideliziosi1259 Gamer CAN wait. Look at Mount & Blade. How long did people waited? 10? 11 years? And Bannerlord is only a beta that we, the gamers, are helping to debug as we go? Talk about gamer's love~~~~

    • @pasticcinideliziosi1259
      @pasticcinideliziosi1259 3 роки тому +1

      @@omega91006 but there were plenty people complaining and making fun of the delayed releases of cyberpunk

    • @akali2927
      @akali2927 3 роки тому

      *2077

    • @inigobantok1579
      @inigobantok1579 3 роки тому

      Laughs at Red Dead 2

  • @StreetComp
    @StreetComp 3 роки тому +3

    Didn’t realize CDPR was trying to develop this huge, incredibly complex game while they are building their own engine for it - that’s complete insanity and the fact that there is a playable game on PC at all is remarkable. I gotta give props to the hundreds of dedicated people who worked like mad behind the scenes trying to drag Cyberpunk over the finish line - many of whom are probably still working on it right now

  • @PauloEdson
    @PauloEdson 3 роки тому +19

    Finally a QuickTake video with its own personality and not an adaptation from Bloomberg boomeristic style. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Congrats to the producers, video editor, graphics people and specially the script writer! 🏆

  • @kw3494
    @kw3494 3 роки тому +78

    Seeing Yong Yea doing a Bloomberg report is unreal xD

    • @hatchetscoured
      @hatchetscoured 3 роки тому +84

      Especially with how much he contributed to the hype...

    • @AkakiPeikrishvili
      @AkakiPeikrishvili 3 роки тому +14

      He hyped MGSVTPP too as I remember.

    • @Blingchachink
      @Blingchachink 3 роки тому +56

      he’s an idiot who talks a lot. no analysis, just an excited kid

    • @Rainhands22
      @Rainhands22 3 роки тому +53

      He's a snake. He hyped up the game then turned on it once he saw the publics reaction.

    • @ibrahimdiiriye2180
      @ibrahimdiiriye2180 3 роки тому +5

      @@Rainhands22 everyone was hyped when the first teaser and the game play come out

  • @RedSoulful
    @RedSoulful 3 роки тому +3

    If it wasn't for CD Projekt lying about what Cyberpunk really was, I would still have some fun playing the game. The main story is very well written and Night City is an astonishing map full of side quests and collectibles. You can really enjoy certain aspects of the game but then you remember that CD Projekt promised something else: They said that every NPC in the game would have different looks and its own AI, they said that Cyberpunk would be a first-person RPG (it's definitely a shooter) and they promised a fully developed product by December (and here we are, 6 months later without a fully fixed game).

  • @FirstLast-kp9jx
    @FirstLast-kp9jx 3 роки тому +2

    1:53 That's Descent, I used to love this game as a kid.

  • @dvsh7168
    @dvsh7168 3 роки тому +1

    I'd really like to see some of the cut features originally showed like climbing with the mantis blades and just have them implement more customization, combat, and traversal options the game overall feels more restricted than it should.

  • @jacky2222222222
    @jacky2222222222 3 роки тому +6

    Great overview! Great reporting!

  • @thomasriddle8877
    @thomasriddle8877 3 роки тому +5

    they flown too close to the sun, with flimsy wax wings, and wound up plummeting back to earth overnight..

  • @dinindujayasekara4738
    @dinindujayasekara4738 3 роки тому

    Great video summarizing everything. I just hope that other developers learn from this.

  • @akvalues
    @akvalues 3 роки тому +47

    Yong Yea is the part of this video!!!🤣🤣🤣

  • @Realistic_Management
    @Realistic_Management 3 роки тому +4

    Here before the in-depth HBO documentary on CD Projeckt and Cyberpunk

  • @prakash_77
    @prakash_77 3 роки тому +4

    Awesome video! Totally loved it!

    • @tomconnors5697
      @tomconnors5697 3 роки тому +1

      Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!

  • @Jorpl_
    @Jorpl_ 3 роки тому +1

    What a fantastic video, I appreciated the time spent giving insight into game development. Fantastic interviews and great footage-

  • @ReubenAStern
    @ReubenAStern Рік тому +2

    shooters are so much easier to make than fighting games, trust me. I've prototyped a shooting game and nearly finished my fighting game

  • @lilcumstain5704
    @lilcumstain5704 2 роки тому +3

    Even if we looked past all the bugs, the story was mediocre at best, or at least thats what i think. Undercooked ideas that must have been put into the oven for much MUCH longer.
    Bland gameplay mechanics, and brainless ai's roaming the streets. Its a nice game to look at and thats about it.
    Theres a stark contrast between the 2013 reveal trailer and what we got in the end. The reveal feels like this dark dystopian world filled with crime and cool robot arms, meanwhile the game we got is basically gta just reskinned to look nice.

  • @adamnintindo
    @adamnintindo 3 роки тому +7

    CD in the Name CD Projekt does not stand for a CD (that games are sold on) but "Centrana Dystrybucja".

  • @Trazynn
    @Trazynn 3 роки тому +1

    The disaster was technical in nature. But what became apparent much earlier on is that studio had a superficial take on cyberpunk as a genre. It was all cosmetic. Neon-lights, big skyscrapers, and graffiti. It's not at all like William Gibson's Neuromancer where the vast abundance of technology sloshing around through society turns a city into a vibrant ant-hill where everyone has some access yet none of it matches the amount of technology the wealthy few hold. Something Westworld truly nailed by digging deep into how technology breaks down barriers, and thereby, a person's autonomy.

  • @benl.1352
    @benl.1352 3 роки тому +1

    The research they quoted for diminished return of productivity on overtime are based on a field construction labor study back in 1980. I would like to see updated research specifically on a more relevant industry that’s closer to the production cycle Projekt CD endeavored.

  • @ignatgeorgiev8725
    @ignatgeorgiev8725 3 роки тому +5

    Amazing video! Thinking about what Cyberpunk could have been makes me sad though

  • @krzysztofkulpa3465
    @krzysztofkulpa3465 3 роки тому +3

    This stock chart at 22:02 is denominated in USD but prices are correct for PLN currency :P

  • @marco.nascimento
    @marco.nascimento 3 роки тому

    Awesome overview of the events, quality content

  • @MrDPMan3000
    @MrDPMan3000 3 роки тому

    Great piece! I think a great addition to this would be a poll of gamers on whether they're still planning to buy the game after the bug fixes or not.

  • @anonykip
    @anonykip 3 роки тому +12

    Bought the game a few weeks ago at a massive discount. Haven't played it yet, hopefully when I have the time all the bugs will have been fixed.

  • @theantmattia
    @theantmattia 3 роки тому +14

    They also scrapped a large chunk of the game and changed the story to fit Keanu in the game. Obviously it's not his fault but the management team running the show.

  • @paultyson2303
    @paultyson2303 3 роки тому +7

    Yip, their marketing team got me "hook, line and sinker". Wasn't till the final delay that I got frustrated an decided to wait for reviews before I bought it... glad I did. I still trust the actual development team can turn it around by say, 2022. Just got to give them more time.

  • @OrganDanai
    @OrganDanai 3 роки тому +6

    At 1:49 we have... the Belgian flag! Yay!
    Ah, my days tinkering with the Amiga 600 and 1200. Sheer bliss!

    • @DutchTDK
      @DutchTDK 3 роки тому +1

      and the dutch flag as well. The benenlux really was an economically depressed poland

  • @jordanmiller4648
    @jordanmiller4648 3 роки тому +3

    Great video. I still can't believe what happened. This was suppose to be the biggest game at least until GTA 6.

    • @shocktriple
      @shocktriple 3 роки тому +1

      Lol and this game barely beat gta3

  • @Lex-of2wo
    @Lex-of2wo 3 роки тому +7

    Should have really just released in early access on PC only. Sad.

  • @krzysztofzwolinski956
    @krzysztofzwolinski956 3 роки тому +2

    Fans expectations, delays, rush, problems inside company, pandemic, too small crew for project of this scale, old consoles (so technical limitations), cuts in content of the game ... bubble that sooner or later had to pop.

  • @normangramm
    @normangramm 3 роки тому +1

    anyone knows the background music from 0:00 until 1:30?

  • @redere4777
    @redere4777 3 роки тому +4

    The game should have been delayed until 2022 and only developed for next-gen consoles and PCs. CDPR would have been able to avoid a lot of issues from the tech limitations on last-gen and the disorganized development brought on by releasing during the height of COVID-19.

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 3 роки тому +1

      The game has been in development since 2016 after the last Witcher III DLC. And its original release date was nearly before the lockdowns (at least in Europe) were implemented. The fact that despite the 8 years it was in development, they only had 4 years of actual development done and those 4 years were a chaotic mess. It was not the pandemic that screwed over this game...

    • @redere4777
      @redere4777 3 роки тому +1

      ​@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 I know, though the fact that they spent almost the full last year of development outside the office further exacerbated an already large problem.

  • @bobchipman7737
    @bobchipman7737 3 роки тому +10

    Yongyea over hypes every game and then acts like his resonable after the mess he helped sell.
    Does anyone remember the whole deathstranding hype

    • @dickkickem6472
      @dickkickem6472 3 роки тому +1

      I mean I enjoyed deathstranding so

    • @fasi8166
      @fasi8166 2 роки тому

      This is nothing even compare to death stranding

    • @kimnorth7060
      @kimnorth7060 2 роки тому

      Yup he released a video every time Kojima took a dump. Even his review for that boredom was scandalous

  • @AldoArellanoYcaza
    @AldoArellanoYcaza 3 роки тому

    Does anyone know what brand or model of headphones are the blue ones worn by the guy in the hoodie?

  • @EricBTuber
    @EricBTuber 3 роки тому

    Would some please tell me what game is shown at 1:54? I used to play this and can't remember the title.

  • @majorbadidea
    @majorbadidea 7 місяців тому +3

    2 years later its the most immersive game I played right up there with vampire masquerade bloodlines (not saying much as I don't play that many games)

  • @Sumanitu
    @Sumanitu 3 роки тому +31

    2:05 I died a little inside when the guy pronounced Baldur's Gate so badly. The big irony of that is he is trying to document the history of a company that makes open world video games with deep narratives, when Baldur's Gate was the game that did that first and set the standard for every game since.

    • @pchris
      @pchris 3 роки тому +5

      That's how I've always heard it pronounced. I don't know if it's wrong or not but some people might just pronounce it differently. How is it actually pronounced?

    • @Sumanitu
      @Sumanitu 3 роки тому +5

      @@pchris The first syllable is pronounced ball. Not al as in weird al or alley.

    • @pchris
      @pchris 3 роки тому

      @@Sumanitu Ah I see now.

    • @20storiesunder
      @20storiesunder 3 роки тому

      Doesnt really matter.

    • @mamufixie
      @mamufixie 3 роки тому

      Its not even a big deal.. why u triggered so much lol

  • @WAITWHUT-wl2uj
    @WAITWHUT-wl2uj 3 роки тому

    I guess they need to see which judgement error that they did at which position and make a company restructuring so that the future problem won't occur...

  • @snobt.v.816
    @snobt.v.816 3 роки тому

    Hi does anyone know what headset is Yong Yea using?