It is currently unknown how many investors have joined this complaint against the creators of the video game and whether it will be validated by the Californian courts.
Le Monde
Two weeks after the chaotic launch of Cyberpunk 2077, the most anticipated video game of the year, an American law firm has launched a class action against the Polish studio that created it, CD Projekt RED, arguing that the developers of this open-world action game lied about the quality of the title.
Released on December 10 for PC and console after more than five years of development, Cyberpunk 2077 was the subject of many criticisms due to the large number of bugs and technical problems presented by the game. On older generations of consoles, and especially on the first PS4 and Xbox One, Cyberpunk 2077 encountered a host of technical flaws, so much so that many specialized sites have published two tests of the game: one for the PC version and new generation consoles (PS5, Xbox Series X | S), and another, separate, for the PS4 version and Xbox One. On Playstation 4, the game is “almost unrecognizable from its PC version”, IGN reported for example .
A complaint directed at investors
On December 24, the Rosen law firm filed in a California court a lawsuit seeking to constitute a group action against CD Projekt RED, the development studio behind Cyberpunk 2077.
This group action does not not for players who bought the game, but for investors. The firm calls on people who have invested in CD Projekt shares – the company is listed on the Polish stock exchange, but it is possible to buy shares on an American market – to join the complaint.
The document filed in the California court recalls that CD Projekt executives have, on several occasions before the game’s release, considered that there were no major technical problems with the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Cyberpunk 2077. So, according to Rosen, the studio lied , and this, while the price of CD Projekt shares continued to rise , before dropping sharply after the game’s release. The law firm estimates that investors who bought CD Projekt shares in the months leading up to Cyberpunk 2077’s release, and whose portfolio has now lost some value, can take legal action against CD Projekt.
A chaotic exit
We ignore the he How many investors have joined this complaint, and whether this class action will be validated by the Californian courts, a long and uncertain process. CD Projekt has, for its part, announced on December 25 in a stock market document that the company will defend itself against the charges brought by the complaint, without adding more details.
This complaint is one more element of the chaos surrounding the release of Cyberpunk 2077. Due to the many criticisms aimed at the Xbox One and Playstation 4 versions of the game, Sony on December 18 withdrew Cyberpunk 2077 from his online store. This means that it is not possible to buy and download the game online through the official Sony store, either on Playstation 4 or Playstation 5. The game is however still for sale in physical version in stores. and supermarkets.
For its part, Microsoft announced that all players who purchased the game from the Microsoft Store (the online store for Xbox and PC) can request a refund which will be accepted.
The technical problems encountered by the game are also controversial because of the working conditions at CD Projekt, a studio accused of imposing trying rhythms on developers, and where some employees have said they worked six or seven weeks working days.