@quigtendo I only hope it does. They literally got away with murder with The Witcher 3. Apparently people have the memory of swiss cheese. It had a rough launch as well with plenty of very angry people regarding the state the game was in and their early patches just made the game worse and worse. Then a 2 month delay for the next huge patch had people fuming. No one remembers any of that. I'd point to CDPR's own forums for proof but CDPR wisely chose to pretend they'd been hacked and deleted all threads, installed a new forum with amped up security and then began releasing those free DLCs and suddenly they were the media darlings once again.
They get away with ***** because people let them. They're too easy to forgive and forget and that's what led to the disaster that was Cyberpunk 2077. They genuinely believed they could get away with releasing a half-baked and broken game and that the world would praise it while waiting two years for patches (AND MODS) to fix their game.
@TryToBeHopeful This isn't about perfection. It's about deception. It's not just a game that's riddled with bugs and glitches. It's a broken and unfinished game that somehow managed to get Gold certification. Do you get what that means? There's no way in hell that happened legitimately, not in the state the game was in at launch. Do you not understand just how deep this crap goes?
@TAndvig In several interviews, they'd admitted to their past piracy practices. It's how they started their company. It's where they got their name from, FFS.
@TheFrenchiestFry They've done way worse than that. They consistently been lying to everyone for years. To their investors, to their partners, to their employees and to their consumers. They were pirates who stole other people's work and sold it as their own. They've made up tons of stories about being victims in the past and now they're finally truly victims of their own wrong doings.
Just how many times does someone have to deceive you, outright lie to you, before you'll see them for what they are?
@blockfight CDPR used to outright steal other people's work. They used to pirate Western games, hack and crack them, burn them onto CDs and then sell them as their own on the Black Market in Eastern Europe. They are not the saints they pretend to be.
And when people were pirating copies of The Witcher 2, they hired a German law firm (which they vehemently denied) to send out letters. Only those letters weren't "cease and desist" letters — they were flat out extortion demands: "buy a copy of our game and we won't prosecute". AND then sent out letters to legit owners of the game despite assurances that their software for pirate copy detection was foolproof. They can't even do that right.
So, please, don't feel sorry for them. They've had this coming for a long, long time.
It's also possible CDPR made the whole thing up. They've done it before, back in 2016, when they claimed someone had broken into their servers and stolen some early art work for Cyberpunk 2077 and was holding it ransom which they were refusing to pay.
Praise turned to suspicion when the art work was never leaked anywhere and many began to question if CDPR hadn't lied about the whole thing because they were starting over from scratch on CP 2077's development in late 2016 and wanted to use the stolen art work as an excuse. Instead, they simply never mentioned it again. Until they chose to revive the fairy tale in this new incarnation. Great excuse for delaying that road map of patches for their broken game, wouldn't you say?
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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 And Witcher 3 Source Code Reportedly Being Auctioned After CD Projekt Hack
@quigtendo I only hope it does. They literally got away with murder with The Witcher 3. Apparently people have the memory of swiss cheese. It had a rough launch as well with plenty of very angry people regarding the state the game was in and their early patches just made the game worse and worse. Then a 2 month delay for the next huge patch had people fuming. No one remembers any of that. I'd point to CDPR's own forums for proof but CDPR wisely chose to pretend they'd been hacked and deleted all threads, installed a new forum with amped up security and then began releasing those free DLCs and suddenly they were the media darlings once again.
They get away with ***** because people let them. They're too easy to forgive and forget and that's what led to the disaster that was Cyberpunk 2077. They genuinely believed they could get away with releasing a half-baked and broken game and that the world would praise it while waiting two years for patches (AND MODS) to fix their game.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 And Witcher 3 Source Code Reportedly Being Auctioned After CD Projekt Hack
@TryToBeHopeful This isn't about perfection. It's about deception. It's not just a game that's riddled with bugs and glitches. It's a broken and unfinished game that somehow managed to get Gold certification. Do you get what that means? There's no way in hell that happened legitimately, not in the state the game was in at launch. Do you not understand just how deep this crap goes?
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 And Witcher 3 Source Code Reportedly Being Auctioned After CD Projekt Hack
@TAndvig In several interviews, they'd admitted to their past piracy practices. It's how they started their company. It's where they got their name from, FFS.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 And Witcher 3 Source Code Reportedly Being Auctioned After CD Projekt Hack
@TheFrenchiestFry They've done way worse than that. They consistently been lying to everyone for years. To their investors, to their partners, to their employees and to their consumers. They were pirates who stole other people's work and sold it as their own. They've made up tons of stories about being victims in the past and now they're finally truly victims of their own wrong doings.
Just how many times does someone have to deceive you, outright lie to you, before you'll see them for what they are?
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 And Witcher 3 Source Code Reportedly Being Auctioned After CD Projekt Hack
@nhSnork You're very wrong there. It's being sold on a venue that routinely sells this sort of stuff so yeah, it'll get sold and for plenty.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 And Witcher 3 Source Code Reportedly Being Auctioned After CD Projekt Hack
@blockfight CDPR used to outright steal other people's work. They used to pirate Western games, hack and crack them, burn them onto CDs and then sell them as their own on the Black Market in Eastern Europe. They are not the saints they pretend to be.
And when people were pirating copies of The Witcher 2, they hired a German law firm (which they vehemently denied) to send out letters. Only those letters weren't "cease and desist" letters — they were flat out extortion demands: "buy a copy of our game and we won't prosecute". AND then sent out letters to legit owners of the game despite assurances that their software for pirate copy detection was foolproof. They can't even do that right.
So, please, don't feel sorry for them. They've had this coming for a long, long time.
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It's also possible CDPR made the whole thing up. They've done it before, back in 2016, when they claimed someone had broken into their servers and stolen some early art work for Cyberpunk 2077 and was holding it ransom which they were refusing to pay.
Praise turned to suspicion when the art work was never leaked anywhere and many began to question if CDPR hadn't lied about the whole thing because they were starting over from scratch on CP 2077's development in late 2016 and wanted to use the stolen art work as an excuse. Instead, they simply never mentioned it again. Until they chose to revive the fairy tale in this new incarnation. Great excuse for delaying that road map of patches for their broken game, wouldn't you say?