PS5 and Xbox Series X set to get 'full-blown next-gen' Cyberpunk 2077 – but not at launch – TechRadar, TechRadar
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A “proper, full-blown next-gen version” of (Cyberpunk) will come to PS5 and Xbox Series X – but it won’t be on the consoles when they launch.
That’s According to CD Projekt, the parent company of Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red, which suggested during a recent earnings call (via VGC ) that, while the game will still release in September and will be available on Xbox Series X “from the get-go”, an enhanced, next-gen version will be released at a later date. “In terms of Microsoft’s consol e, like I said, we have officially confirmed both the update and the cross-gen availability, meaning that you’ll be able to play the game from the get-go on the next-gen, ”CD Projekt SVP of business development Michal Nowakowski said during the call. “However, when it comes to a proper, full-blown next-gen version, that’s going to come later, we haven’t announced when and I don’t have a new comment here on that. ”
(Image credit: CD Projekt Red) So far, Cyberpunk has only officially been confirmed for Xbox Series X. CD Projekt Red previously confirmed that Cyberpunk will make use of the Series X’s Smart Delivery feature, offering players the chance to upgrade their Xbox One version of Cyberpunk to an Xbox Series X version for free – and now that decision makes a bit more sense. A CD Projekt Red spokesperson has confirmed to VGC that the “full-blown next-gen version” Nowakowski referred to is the previously Xbox Series X upgrade announced. That leads us to wonder whether this Smart Delivery feature has been implemented, as more games will need to take similar measures to game their games cross-gen. But what about Sony? CD Projekt seemed to suggest during the earnings call that Cyberpunk will be coming to PS5 – we can’t see why it wouldn’t – but that the company is waiting for Sony to make the announcement first. “There’s no official announcement coming from PlayStation so we really can’t confirm or deny anything,” Nowakowski said. “It’s PlayStation that first needs to address these issues and then we’re happy to make a comment, but we can’t jump the gun ahead of them.” But if CD Projekt Red is planning to release an upgraded version of Cyberpunk for next-gen consoles, and is planning to release on PS5, then Sony would likely need a feature similar to Smart Delivery to implement this – as it appears this patch is more than a simple update, and is instead a full-blown upgrade.
We can only speculate, but it would explain why Sony has held off confirming that the game is coming, perhaps until it itself reveals a forwards-compatibility feature. It also means that it could be worth fans holding out until the “proper, full-blo wn next-gen “edition is out – whenever that will be. (Good news)
So far, Cyberpunk 
So far, Cyberpunk 
has only officially been confirmed for Xbox Series X. CD Projekt Red previously confirmed that Cyberpunk will make use of the Series X’s 
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