Sony's Playstation To Restore CD Projekt's Cyberpunk On June 21: Bloomberg
Sony Group Corp (NYSE: SONY) planned to restore the Cyberpunk 2077 game to its PlayStation online store effective June 21, Bloomberg reports.
The decision followed Polish studio CD Projekt SA's (OTC: OTGLF) (OTC: OTGLY) release of multiple patches to fix the bug-ridden title.
Sony removed the futuristic role-playing game from its shop shortly after its December release and offered full refunds.
Players were disappointed with Cyberpunk's poor performance, especially on older consoles, while CD Projekt shares tanked, losing roughly half of their value since late 2020 highs.
Sony's flagship gaming store added a new "wishlist" button for the Cyberpunk game. Earlier, it decided to shut down a website from June 18 that facilitated refunds for dissatisfied players.
The mess damaged CD Projekt's reputation among gamers and investors, especially after touting Cyberpunk as the next global blockbuster and one of the most sophisticated role-playing games. The company had to postpone the release thrice due to complexities.
CD Projekt's Q1 net income missed street estimates by 62% despite reporting a record profit of 1.15 billion zlotych for all of 2020, fueled by Cyberpunk pre-orders and early sales.
CD Projekt did not report Cyberpunk sales figures for Q1 of 2021, citing a lack of milestones after selling 13.7 million copies in 2020 compared to 28 million of its latest editions of the Witcher medieval fantasy game.
Price action: OTGLF shares traded higher by 15.3% at $53.44 on the last check Tuesday.
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