CD Projekt Red’s joint CEO says Cyberpunk 2077’s 2020 launch was “wrong”, but investors did not force it

CD Projekt Red joint CEO Michał Nowakowski has addressed one of the most controversial decisions in the company’s history: the 2020 launch of Cyberpunk 2077. While acknowledging that releasing the game in that state was a mistake, Nowakowski says investors were not responsible for forcing the studio to meet the December release date. The comments came during an interview with The Game Business. Nowakowski described the circumstances surrounding the launch as considerably more complicated than the idea that financial pressure…