It was only around half a year ago when arguably the most chaotic and messy game launch of all time happened with Cyberpunk 2077.
In the lead-up to Cyberpunk 2077's launch date, CD Projekt Red found itself at the center of talk around work-culture toxicity and overworking developers. This has since been referred to as "crunch". There were also talks about confusion regarding what the studio wanted Cyberpunk 2077 to be. Then, once the game actually launched, Cyberpunk 2077 was far from the game it was billed as, especially on last-generation consoles like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Cyberpunk 2077 played so badly on the PlayStation 4 that Sony decided to remove the game from the PlayStation Store. Many months later, Cyberpunk 2077 still isn't back up on the PlayStation Store yet. Worse still, CDPR doesn't know when the game will come back. Cyberpunk 2077 PlayStation Store Return Date If it's any consolation, PS4 and PS5 owners can still buy a physical copy of Cyberpunk 2077 to play the game.
CDPR CEO Adam Kicinski recently confirmed to investors that the publisher doesn't have any control as to when Sony will decide to list Cyberpunk 2077 again. Kicinski explained that talks are still ongoing between CDPR and Sony regarding the current state of Cyberpunk 2077. However, as for the removal of Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store, this was something out of CDPR's hands as it was an "exclusive decision of Sony".
Interestingly enough, Kicinki's statement seems contrary to the one provided by Michal Nowakowski back in March. The Senior VP of Business Development at CDPR noted that Cyberpunk 2077 was close to returning to the PlayStation Store after the release of Patch 1.2 for Cyberpunk 2077.