After Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch, CD Projekt Red's joint CEO Michał Nowakowski believes the "faith" of some fans was lost "indefinitely," but he's hopeful that the studio "we will be able to make it back" with The Witcher 4 or whatever comes after it.
It's strange to look back on the state of Cyberpunk 2077 when it was first released, when you consider how popular and well-loved it is now. In the time since that fateful December 2020 launch, it's received many big updates, as well as its Phantom Liberty expansion, and it even surpassed 35 million sales in less than five years. But back then, major technical issues put a huge damper on things, and many players were understandably disappointed.