Cyberpunk 2077 is back in the PS Store. Sony Warns Players about Performance Issues
Sony has officially returned Cyberpunk 2077 to the PlayStation Store. The game was absent from the platform for six months, and now it is sold at a reduced price. Despite the return of the CD Projekt project to the store, users are warned about the remaining performance problems.On June 21, the opportunity to buy the game again appeared on the Cyberpunk 2077 page in the PS Store.
The return of the project to the store was separately announced by PlayStation itself, as well as the official CD Projekt accounts.
Now you can buy the game for 3219 rubles instead of the previous 3999 rubles. There is no information about discounts in the store — probably, they just decided to reduce the price compared to the standard one.
“Users continue to face performance issues with this game. It is not recommended to purchase this game for use on PS4 systems. To get the best experience of playing Cyberpunk on PlayStation, use the PS4 Pro and PS5 systems,” the official warning on the game’s PS Store page says. CD Projekt stressed that it will continue to release patches for all versions of Cyberpunk 2077. Also, the owners of the game will be able to get an updated version for nextgen consoles for free, the release of which is scheduled for the second half of the year. Sony removed Cyberpunk 2077 from the PS Store in December due to the poor technical condition of the project. At the same time, the company offered to refund the money to all dissatisfied users — a special page for refands was available until June 18.Cyberpunk 2077 is now available at PlayStation Store. Work on the PS4 version continues, with fixes and updates to be released throughout the year: https://t.co/XWCfOEQrLS For the best experience on PlayStation, playing on PS4 Pro or PS5 consoles is recommended.
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) June 21, 2021At the same time, Sony notes that it is best to run Cyberpunk 2077 on PS4 Pro or PS5, since the game will still be finalized for the basic version of the last generation console.
It is
impossible to estimate exactly how much the lack of a game in the store affected the financial performance of CD Projekt. Despite the record revenue of Cyberpunk 2077 on release, sales of the title began to fall and turned out to be below even the most pessimistic forecasts of analysts. Also, the company’s net profit for the first quarter fell by 64.7% year-on-year.