Sony is finally allowing Cyberpunk 2077 to return to the PS Store, although they recommend playing it on PS4 Pro or PS5, and "there may still be performance issues."
Cyberpunk 2077 regresa a la PlayStation Store almost six months exactly since his retirement from the online store, on December 18, 2020. Although it was already announced a few days ago, both Sony and CD Projekt Red have confirmed that from now on the game can be bought again for PS4 and PS5.
Until now, the only way to buy Cyberpunk 2077 on PlayStation was in physical format (where it is not uncommon to find it at a reduced price). Besides PC, Cyberpunk 2077 is currently only available on PS4 (and on Xbox One in Microsoft's case), and versions optimized for PS5 and Xbox Series X / S will be out later this year.
However, in today's statement, both Sony and CD Projekt Red recommend playing it on PS4 Pro and PS5, "to get the best experience."
Cyberpunk 2077 is now available at PlayStation Store. Work on the PS4 version continues, with fixes and updates to be released throughout the year: https://t.co/XWCfOEQrLS For the best experience on PlayStation, playing on PS4 Pro or PS5 consoles is recommended.
- PlayStation (@PlayStation) June 21, 2021The official account of the game reminds that all PS5 users who have the game will be able to benefit from the next gen free update when available in the second half of 2021.
Users may continue to experience some performance issues with the PS4 edition while we continue to improve stability across all platforms. The PS4 Pro and PS5 versions of the game will provide the best experience on PlayStation.
- Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) June 21, 2021In addition, they warn that "users may continue to experience performance issues with the PS4 edition, while we continue to work on improving stability on all platforms. "And he also adds that PS4 Pro and PS5 offer the best experience on PlayStation.
The poor performance of Cyberpunk 2077 in particular on the original PS4 and Xbox One consoles, coupled with the many bugs, caused Sony to decide to withdraw the game from its store as an extreme measure, to which it added an unprecedented digital returns campaign, paid for by CD Projekt itself.
The last few months CD Projekt has released several updates, and the last one, patch 1.23, it came out just four days ago, with improvements in the gameplay, controls, performance ...
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CD Projekt recently admitted that the decision to return Cyberpunk 2077 to the PlayStation Store was up to Sony. The Polish company disclosed its first quarter financial results and they were worse than expected, without updating sales figures these months. However, they trust that the return of the game to the store would regain the feeling of normality among users, and sales will pick up.
