Cyberpunk 2077 Launch Broke The PS4

• work with me 1-1: https://dub.sh/ai-yta The most anticipated game of the decade launched on PS4 running at 15 FPS. Sony pulled it from the PlayStation Store within a week — something they had never done before in the platform's history. CD Projekt Red lost over a billion dollars in market value in five days. This is the full breakdown of the most catastrophic launch in modern gaming history. Eight years of development. Eight million pre-orders. Three delays in a single year. Mandatory crunch CDPR had publicly sworn off. Console review codes withheld until less than 24 hours before launch — after PC reviews had already gone live with glowing scores. A reviewer footage restriction that forced critics to use B-roll handpicked by the publisher. We dig into why it happened: a game built PC-first for hardware that didn't exist yet, then scaled down at the last minute onto a 2013 console with a mechanical hard drive that physically couldn't stream Night City fast enough. We compare it to how Rockstar handled Red Dead Redemption 2 on the same console hardware — and shipped at a locked 30 FPS. We cover the refund chaos, the class-action lawsuits, the $1.85M settlement, and why CDPR scrapped REDengine entirely and moved to Unreal Engine 5 for The Witcher 4. 🔗 SOURCES • Digital Foundry — base PS4 dropped to 15 FPS, Xbox One to low 10s (Dec 2020): https://www.videogameschronicle.com/n... • Sony pulls Cyberpunk from PS Store — first time ever for an AAA title: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/cyberp... • Cyberpunk returns to PS Store, June 2021: https://www.techradar.com/news/cyberp... • Console review codes withheld — Kotaku on the embargo: https://kotaku.com/how-video-game-rev... • B-roll-only reviewer restriction — Skill Up's refusal: https://screenrant.com/cyberpunk-2077... • Iwiński apology + post-launch FAQ (Jan 2021): https://gameinformer.com/2021/01/13/c... • CD Projekt 33% stock collapse — Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... • 75%+ market cap drop by 2022: https://gamerant.com/cd-projekt-stock... • Investor lawsuit settled for $1.85M: https://clutchpoints.com/gaming/cd-pr... • REDengine scrapped, Witcher 4 moves to UE5: https://kotaku.com/witcher-4-cyberpun... • Cyberpunk 2077 full development history (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpu... ⏱️ CHAPTERS The slideshow heard around the world Eight years, eight million pre-orders The hype: E3 2018 and Keanu Three delays and the broken crunch promise The PS4 problem nobody was talking about Why Rockstar got it right Streaming meets a 2013 hard drive Digital Foundry's brutal numbers Bugs, T-poses, and constant crashes How CDPR hid the console version Launch day chaos Sony pulls the game (first time ever) Financial damage and lawsuits 1What CDPR learned (and didn't) 💬 Did you play Cyberpunk on PS4 at launch? Get refunded? Drop it in the comments. #Cyberpunk2077 #CDProjektRed #PS4 #GamingHistory #PlayStation #UnrealEngine5 #REDengine #DigitalFoundry #NightCity #Witcher4