In a Q&A with investors, CD Projekt RED candidly admitted that the developers of Cyberpunk 2077 did not make the necessary QA fixes prior to the game's release, despite assurances from Sony and Microsoft.

Adam Kisinski, co-CEO of CD Projekt, opened the Q&A by addressing the problems players experienced with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. He said, "Initial feedback from people playing on the oldest previous generation consoles has fallen far short of our expectations.

"I can only assume [Sony and Microsoft] believed we would fix it upon release, but obviously it didn't work out the way we planned," he admitted.

During the Q&A, he also admitted that the developers started working on the update on the previous generation consoles "at the last minute". In hindsight, this may not have been the best idea, given the number of people who pre-ordered the game for PS4 and Xbox One.

Kisinski assured players that the company intends to ensure that "Cyberpunk 2077" will be playable, and confirmed that CD Projekt's focus now is to improve the game's performance on consoles.

With significant patches planned for January and February, the developer claims that players on older generation consoles will also see "significant improvements." At the same time, they tried to manage expectations: if PS4 and Xbox One users expect the same level of performance as next-gen consoles and PCs, "that will never happen."

Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the most anticipated video games of 2020, but the developers managed to release a game that featured gameplay that was a "disaster" for last-gen players.

Since the game's release on December 10, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 users (and some PC users) have reported inconsistent NPCs that t-pose, flying cars (no, despite the game being set in the future, the sky is not supposed to fly), and other Reports of inconsistent frame rates and game-breaking bugs abound on the Internet.

Despite these overwhelming problems, CD Projekt RED has no intention of lowering the price of the game." We are focused on fixing the game so that people are happy with the product."

While some users have rushed to defend the developers, saying that it is not unexpected that a seven-year-old console would have problems running the game, Twitter users like @LegacyKillaHD disagree:

On December 14, the developers announced that the game On December 14, the developers issued a statement apologizing for not releasing gameplay footage of the base previous generation console before the game's release:

"First of all, we apologize for not releasing gameplay footage of the base previous generation console before the game was released, and as a result, for not allowing you to make a more informed decision regarding your purchase. We apologize for not allowing you to make a more informed decision regarding your purchase"

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They also called on unsatisfied PS4 and Xbox One users to receive a refund if they do not wish to wait for gameplay patches:

Players of the console version of Cyberpunk who are experiencing problems with the game have until December 21 to " Email [email protected]" to request a refund.