There's stiff competition for the greatest gaming comeback stories, but Cyberpunk 2077 will always be part of Yono all app the conversation. Red was coming off the back of the outstanding Witcher 3, had all the time and money in the world, and the dream setting: Hell, it even had Keanu Reeves. Anticipation and expectation were sky-high.
Then it launched. and, while undeniably gorgeous and filled with one-off moments of brilliance, was also full of underbaked systems and far from the great leap forward in RPG design many were hoping for. and PC players actually got off relatively lightly: The game launched in such a state on PlayStation that Sony took the unprecedented step of removing it from sale entirely (if temporarily).
This was back in 2020. Since then CDPR devs have spoken about how "" the studio was by the reception but, all yono app with the luxury of resources and time, it was able to kick off a determined 
effort to improve Cyberpunk 2077 which also basically acted as "group therapy." and make major improvements, with every step leading up to 2023's Phantom Liberty expansion: as "a thrilling capstone for Cyberpunk 2077's 3-year redemption arc."
Sales were never exactly a problem for Cyberpunk 2077, with the game making back its development budget on the first day, but in this case virtue has been its own reward for CDPR. The studio has just announced that Cyberpunk 2077, as of today, has , and Phantom Liberty has .
These are the kinds of numbers that put Cyberpunk 2077 in some exclusive company, and nudging the all-time top 20 in terms of sales. It's still a way off the Witcher 3, which at the last official tally had sold north of 50 million, but over time who knows?
CDPR certainly doesn't have 
trouble keeping the lights on, anyway. The go rummy studio's latest financial call offered some brief updates on the future slate, including that across various CD Projekt studios, but the big news being the next Witcher (codenamed "Polaris") :
"I'm pleased to announce that several weeks ago [Polaris] moved to full-scale 
production," CD Projekt chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz said. "Of all our projects, this one is currently the most far along, and we're starting the most intensive phase of development. I wish to thank the team for its effort and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for further progress."