CD Projekt Red has managed to catch lightning in a bottle twice. With nearly 80,000 concurrent Steam players right now, cyberpunk 2077 is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. While it’s a far cry from the million-plus people who played the game on PC after its release, it’s still more interesting than the game has seen in over a year.
You don’t have to look far to find a reason for the spike. On September 13, the anime spin-off of the game, , premiered on Netflix to critical acclaim, receiving praise for its story, world-building, and animation. The series has one of the for a Netflix production. and after seeing edgerunnersmany people are giving cyberpunk 2077 a second chance or pick it up for the first time.
If all of this sounds familiar to you, it’s because a similar situation developed after the debut of The Wizard. In 2019, The Witcher 3: Wild Huntthanks to the popularity of its Netflix counterpart, was briefly what it was after its 2015 release. It will be interesting to see if cyberpunk 2077 you can maintain your current momentum. At least on PC and current-gen consoles, the RPG is a different game than it was in 2020. cyberpunk 2077 Y the updates addressed many of the persistent bugs and stability issues that plagued the game at launch. CD Projekt Red also recently released and announced that the game’s first major expansion would arrive in 2023.
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