Cyberpunk 2077
The claim: Cyberpunk 2077 is a great, polished experience
◐ Mixed evidence · Well sourced (5 sources)
By PixPause Editorial · 1 min read · Verified September 12, 2026
Yes, today — but the game had a genuinely disastrous 2020 launch severe enough that Sony delisted it from the PlayStation Store entirely. CD Projekt Red's multi-year patch and expansion effort since then is a real, substantial turnaround, not just marketing.
Make your guess on the slip to reveal the answer- "Cyberpunk 2077 is a great, polished experience"◐ PARTLY TRUE
BUYING THE HYPE
▸ HYPE VS REALITY
CD Projekt Red marketed Cyberpunk 2077 for years as an ambitious, next-generation open-world RPG following the studio's acclaimed Witcher 3, generating some of the biggest pre-release hype in gaming history.
The December 2020 launch was a real, well-documented disaster on last-gen consoles: severe bugs and performance issues led Sony to take the unprecedented step of pulling the game entirely from the PlayStation Store and offering refunds — a real event confirmed directly by Sony's own statement, not just user complaints. The game has since gone through a genuinely substantial real recovery: CD Projekt Red shipped years of patches and a major 2.0 update alongside the Phantom Liberty expansion, and review scores/player sentiment improved significantly by 2023.
This is a real, rare case of both things being true: the 2020 launch genuinely was as bad as the headlines said (a full storefront delisting isn't a minor incident), and the studio's multi-year recovery effort is also genuinely real, not just PR spin — the current version of the game is a substantially different product from what shipped in 2020. Worth buying today; worth remembering the launch history if you're evaluating CD Projekt Red's future promises.
This verdict would change if the still-unsupported part of the claim "Cyberpunk 2077 is a great, polished experience" were independently corroborated, or if the part currently supported were found not to hold up under further scrutiny.
▸ CLAIM CHECK
- Wikipedia — Real, substantial improvement in review scores and player sentiment following the 2.0 update and Phantom Liberty expansion
- TechCrunch — The original 2020 launch was severe enough that Sony delisted it entirely from the PlayStation Store
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▸ FAQ
Was Cyberpunk 2077 really pulled from the PlayStation Store?
Yes — Sony confirmed pulling it entirely and offering refunds in December 2020 due to the severity of bugs and performance issues, primarily on last-gen consoles.
Is Cyberpunk 2077 worth playing now?
By most current accounts yes — the 2.0 update and Phantom Liberty expansion led to a substantial real improvement in reception compared to the 2020 launch.