PlayStation Boss Makes Subtle Dig At Messy 'Cyberpunk 2077' Launch

There's not much I can say about the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 on consoles that hasn't already been said. The game was an absolute mess on last-gen hardware and never should have released in the state it did. A damn shame, given that it's actually a pretty great game on next-gen consoles and PC.

From the developers that put everything they had into the project for the better part of a decade, to the fans that were left utterly disappointed by a studio they trusted, the Cyberpunk 2077 launch left pretty much everyone feeling let down. But perhaps one of the most shocking moments in the first few days of the game's release was the decision taken by Sony to completely remove the game from the PlayStation Store.

Cyberpunk 2077 left the PlayStation Store in December 2020. We're now approaching March 2021, and there's still no sign of the open-world RPG making its way back to the digital storefront. Clearly Sony isn't planning on forgetting what happened anytime soon, as a new interview with PlayStation boss Jim Ryan contains what seems to be a pretty brutal dig at CD Projekt and Cyberpunk 2077.

Speaking to GQ, the executive explained that his company is always willing and ready to delay software that doesn't meet expectations. "We're feeling pretty good about Returnal, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Horizon Forbidden West [releasing in 2021]," he said.

"And, you know, there are two approaches to this: you can either hold the date and put out the game irrespective of quality or you can ship it when it's right.

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"We have always taken the latter approach. There have been some fairly high-profile instances of publishers trying the former approach," Ryan added, in what's surely a nod to Cyberpunk 2077. "It never works at the best of times. But I think in this world, where creative people are working remotely, you've just got to respect the fact that that development needs to take what it needs to take and to get the games right."

Let's not bring up that Days Gone was actually pretty damn buggy when it released back in 2019, I guess.

Topics: GAMING, News, PlayStation, Cyberpunk 2077