Four Cyberpunk 2077 lawsuits are combining

4 class-action lawsuits which were introduced towards CD Projekt over the current launch of Cyberpunk 2077 at the moment are consolidating. The corporate confirmed {that a} lead plaintiff has been appointed, and now all 4 lawsuits shall be topic to potential frequent courtroom proceedings.

Every lawsuit has been introduced towards the corporate as a result of disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077. The sport launched with numerous bugs and glitches, a few of which brought about crashes that made it unplayable on PS4 and Xbox One. So many refund requests had been despatched on the PlayStation Retailer that the sport was eliminated, and it’s nonetheless not been restored by Sony.

The primary lawsuit, filed in December final 12 months, claims that CD Projekt made false and deceptive statements in regards to the recreation, referring to its unplayable state on sure consoles and the variety of points in different variations. It provides that reputational hurt was achieved to the corporate and its share worth when the sport was forcibly faraway from the PlayStation Retailer.

CD Projekt says that the second lawsuit, filed in January 2021, is identical as the primary within the content material and scope because the one introduced towards it in December.

The corporate has at all times held the stance that it might vehemently shield and defend itself towards these allegations. Whatever the recreation’s state when it launched, it nonetheless managed to shift 13 million copies, with a small proportion of these being refunded immediately by the corporate.

Updates have been issued over the previous few months which have made nice enhancements to the sport’s stability and visuals. Nevertheless, it’s nonetheless marred as a damaged title by many, with a whole lot of shoppers ignoring it after experiencing the woes discovered round its launch.

The underside line for shareholders is that CD Projekt’s share worth fell by 15 % with this new recreation’s launch. Each these shareholders and shoppers who bought the sport are indignant about this state of affairs. Whereas gamers now have a significantly better playable expertise, it’s exhausting for shareholders to be on condition that 15 % again, plus the anticipated improve from the sport’s reception.