Cyberpunk 2077 (Cyberpunk 2077) buried CD Projekt RED?
Greetings. As is known, Cyberpunk 2077 before release was one of the most anticipated games, if not herself. However, Everything went wrong on release day.. The lack of any kind of optimization killed the game at the start of sales. And if PC players could somehow still play, then the players on the consoles got an absolutely unplayable project. Metacritic scores from PS4 players were pathetic 3.6 points.
Because of the scandal, Sony even removed Cyberpunk 2077 from PS Store, returning the money to the players. All this negativity has led to, that CD Projekt RED shares, despite reporting record profits, fell sharply. The company lost about 6,2 billion dollars.
The diagram above shows, like the last 5 years, the company showed generally stable growth. This made it attractive to investors.. However, after the release of Cyberpunk 2077 share price began to fall sharply, eventually reaching the level of June 2018 of the year. In general, the fall of shares relative to their maximum amounted to more than 60%.
Sony recently resumed sales of the PS4 version of Cyberpunk 2077 в PlayStation Store. This implies, that the developers have fixed the main problems. However, according to the forecasts of analysts of investment banks, return Cyberpunk 2077 PS Store will have almost no effect on sales growth. And the company in the foreseeable future will not be able to quickly restore its capitalization. Supposed, that sales will increase only after the release of major additions to 2022 year.
Based on the above, in the near future, the release of new major projects from the studio should not be expected.