So, , it’s doing decently (Pic: CD Projekt)
New statistics from CD Projekt reveal greater than half of Cyberpunk 2077’s pre-orders had been on PC, with 74% of all gross sales being digital copies.
Regardless of all of the criticisms and controversies that surrounded it earlier than launch, Cyberpunk 2077 was nonetheless anticipated to be one of many largest recreation releases of 2020.
And now, solely a day after stated launch, CD Projekt’s investor relations Twitter account has shared some gorgeous knowledge regarding its launch.
Not solely did pre-orders for the sport attain 8 million, CD Projekt states that 59% of these pre-orders had been for the PC model.
This implies 4.72 million PC copies had been able to go at launch, making it the quickest promoting recreation on PC ever.
The earlier report holder was World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands, the most recent enlargement for Blizzard’s MMO, which solely set the report lower than per week in the past with 3.7 million copies offered at launch, in response to GamesIndustry.biz.
As for the bodily/digital cut up, 74% of items offered had been digital, presumably as a result of most gamers wished to have the ability to play the sport instantly, moderately than anticipate a bodily copy to reach within the publish.
Cyberpunk 2077’s sturdy PC gross sales are doubtless attributable to it being essentially the most optimum approach to play it, with the console variations (notably on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One S) changing into a source of mockery thanks to numerous efficiency points.
CD Projekt additionally failed to indicate the sport operating on consoles till quite a lot of weeks earlier than launch, which might have doubtless fearful many potential prospects.
Anybody who needs to finest benefit from the recreation on consoles could need to maintain off till the eventual PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X variations launch in 2021.
Cyberpunk 2077 is on the market on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Stadia.
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