 So CDPR have not long dropped information on the near future of the game via a roadmap of what's happening and they also dropped an explanation video on the days leading up to the release of the game, sharing the studio's perspective on what happened with this game on those older generation consoles. How's it going guys? My name's DPJ and if you enjoyed this video leaving a like really helps out and if you like what you see and want to see more Cyberpunk on a daily basis be sure to subscribe. Okay so we will firstly check out the roadmap which you guys can see on the screen now. Prior to 2021 we had those 3 hut fixes, the 1.04, 05 and 06. These hut fixes to be fair helped the game a little, I ain't gonna say a ton but it didn't help the game a little. Now moving forward people we can see two patches are coming, the 1.1 and the 1.2 which were promised after the abomination of a start to this game and these two patches I think the world is expecting some serious improvements. The 1st is coming out in 10 days and the 2nd I believe a few weeks after that. Now through the rest of the year as we know we will be getting those 3 DLCs which will come after these patches have dropped. Now they did say before the release that we'll gain up to 15 3 DLCs obviously not within the first year. How true that is now though I ain't got a clue people and what these DLCs will consist of again I don't know and yes they will also be paid for expansions too. You also see states multiple updates and improvements will roll out through 2021 with the second half of the year bringing us the next gen update and I know a lot of people will be disappointed and have far away that is but I can truly understand why it's taken so long when you think about the state this game was released at. I feel that timeframe on that next gen update should have probably been the official release date for this game it probably would have been the game we were all promised and don't take that the wrong way I love this game as it is right now yes it's boggy it's glitches but I still love it but for sure I would definitely agree with you it's far from the game we were promised so personally the roadmap is as expected I don't think there's anything here I've learned it from wise from this so let's move on and CDPR also dropped a five minute video from CDPR's co-founder explaining what went down prior to release check it out guys I'll get back to you after it. Hey everyone my name is Marcin Iwiński and I'm the co-founder of Zedeproject when I started Zedeproject 25 years ago one of its founding principles was honest and direct communication with gamers when Zedeproject read the game development part of Zedeproject was born it added something important to that principle the ambition to make the best games in the world it became our mission and something that guided us up until now based on that legacy of genuine and honest communication you've trusted us and pre-ordered our game and despite good reviews on pc the console version of Cyberpunk 2077 did not meet the quality standard we wanted it to meet I and the entire leadership team are deeply sorry for this and this video is me publicly owning up to that please don't fault any of our teams for what happened they all are incredibly talented and hardworking myself and the board are the final decision makers and it was our call to release the game although believe me we never ever intended for anything like this to happen I assure you that will do our best to regain your trust now I'd like to tell you how the situation looked like from the inside Cyberpunk 2077 is huge in scope and I'm not only talking about quests or things you see at first glance I'm talking about a multitude of custom objects interacting systems and mechanics in the game everything is not stretched out over flat terrain where we can make things less taxing hardware wise but condensed in one big city and in a relatively loading free environment on its own this is a challenge but we made it even more difficult for ourselves by wanting to make the game look epic on PCs and then adjusting it to consoles especially old gems that was our core assumption and things did not look super difficult at first we knew the hardware gap yes but ultimately I think that time has proven that we've underestimated the task to give a concrete example and the main culprit we had to constantly improve our in-game streaming system for old gen consoles streaming is responsible for feeding the engine with what you see on screen as well as the game mechanics and since the city is so packed and the disk bandwidth of old gens is what it is it constantly challenged us every change and improvement needed to be tested and as it turned out our testing did not show a big part of the issues you experience while playing the game as we got closer to the final release we saw significant improvements each and every day and we really believed we would deliver in the final day zero update now let's talk about the review process we started sending our pc review keys in the first days of december on launch day december 10 we hit the ground running with a really good start on pc while not perfect it's a version of cyberpunk we are very proud of at the same time we're fighting for quality on old gen consoles till the very last moment and every extra day of us working on the day zero update brought visible improvement this is why we started sending console review keys on the 8th of december which was later than we originally planned this all happened while working from home with all the challenges resulting from the covid related restrictions a lot of the dynamics we normally take for granted got lost over video calls or email and we took that hit too now i'd like to tell you about our plans for the future and present a path for cyberpunk 2077 on consoles and pc we have already released three hot fixes improving the game but that's just the beginning our ultimate goal is to fix the bugs and crashes gamers are experiencing cross-platforms please expect bigger and smaller patches on a regular basis the first update will be dropping within 10 days and it will be followed by another more significant one in the following weeks we will of course continue to work on the game in future updates and improvements beyond that our big plans for supporting cyberpunk in the long term did not change as for the 3 dlcs our initial plan was to deliver them just after the release much like we did with the widget 3 we decided to focus on the most important fixes and updates first and we'll be releasing the dlcs afterwards expect more information in the upcoming months for those of you playing on next gen consoles in back compatibility you can still expect the free next gen update for xbox series consoles and playstation 5 arriving in 2021 we are aiming at the second half of the year i'd like to end this video by assuring you that we treat this entire situation very seriously and are working hard to make it right the guiding principles of our company are still core to what we do we still want to make amazing games and have an open communication with you our players for now our immediate focus is to work hard on making sure you enjoy cyberpunk 2077 regardless of platform beyond cyberpunk we have many plans for the future which we'll share more about when we're ready thank you for taking the time to watch this video so watching that for the first time i can say i understand the issues they were going through and we can't make no excuse for them it must have been truly hard these covid restrictions especially here in the uk i restricted a lot a lot of things so i can't imagine the impact it would have on a company producing a game and trying to get that game ready and day one fix is ready and applied it must have been a nightmare he also mentioned dlc was planned for release not long after the games release but will now come out after the two patches like i mentioned earlier the first patch coming in 10 days and he also mentioned that the next gen update will actually be coming in the second half of the year but yeah it's good that cdpr have actually updated us on what's actually going down because they have been quiet for quite a while now what i do think from now going forward though things will start coming at a more steady pace i don't think anything will be rushed out and things we expect to do come out a lot sooner like the dlcs i don't think we'll probably see for another month or two the state this game will be by then even with fixes applied i don't know but we will see but let me know your thoughts on this down below in that comments section people but on that note the end of the video has arrived if you enjoyed it leaving a like really helps out if you're new around here want to see more cyberpunk on a daily basis be sure to subscribe and if you never want to miss a video i upload can turn notifications on by hitting that bell button but guys thanks as always for stopping by and hopefully i will see you on that next one