2 years even, when you consider everything that happend with the game. I mean only now are they releasing patch 1.7 soon(ish). And their first full DLC. Which will probably also add some stuff they originally wanted.
Meh. I don't know. No one expects a perfectly running game that keeps all the shiny promises developers make. No one. Except for totall morons I guess which always have something to complain.
But com on. Certain things just shouldn't be acceptable. And usually they are not. Cyberpunk 2077, No Mans Sky, Fallout 76, those are kinda special cases really. Because they did more than just the "usual" hick ups and missing features that games have. They have been outright "broken" produkts that have been released to the public while lying to the consumers. That's a level of incompetence and even malicous intended that just isn't acceptable in my book. But what you gona do? Nothing. Because many gamers have the attentionspan of a kitten on steroids and the memory of a goldfish.
So they run from one flasyh promised overhyped garbage to the next pre-ordering the shit out of everything and forgetting how much shit they ate the last time and promised to never ever fall for it again. But on the other side there is also a billion dollar industry that kinda worked out succesfull marketing strategys. Decades of research, psychology and advertising experience and tools that "just work". I personaly learned some years ago. And it's astonishing how they work. And how simple some really are. And certain games focus much stronger on the addictive aspects of their software than the actuall improvements to the gameplay and content. Up to the point where playing becomes rather a habit than actually having fun. This is what keeps a lot of people in games like World of Tanks or Warcraft at this point.
But honestly, gaming was always full of issues. That's kinda expected. From the day it became popular. But honestly the stuff that happens sometimes today? Those outright predatory tactics and for fucks sake, seriously shady stuff companies do sometimes? I would have never seen that comming decades ago or even expected it. Loot boxes, overpriced DLCs, and even "gambling mechanics" while countless of children and teenagers enjoy those games. Like some stuff is LITERARLY(!) presented like a slot machine and there is stuff that you can buy. That's really garbage that shouldn't be allowed. Do it in Vegas. Not in online shooter xzy with 12 year olds playing it.
What I want from the game is functionality, a good story, and fun game.
And a hell of a lot of people had none of that on release day of Cyberpunk 2077. It was so bad the game had to be removed from the playstation store because the developers outright lied about the functionality of the game on the console.
The PC was probably the "best" version of it all. But even here, lots and lots of game breaking bugs and safe-game killing ones too even.
