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Investor sues CD project to start Bungled CyberPunk 2077
The awaited reveal of CyberPunk 2077 was not only a nightmare for gamers, but also for game investors. A complaint brought yesterday against CD Projekt, the corporation behind Cyberpunk, alleges that investors had been fooled by the success of the game before it was released, resulting in a substantial decline in stock values and damages. CD Projekt is said to have neglected to express that the game was "virtually unplayable," the lawsuit claims, and instead promoted it as a success with a few problems that would go unnoticed by fans. The complainant, Andrew Trampe, is trying to involve other investors in the suit in order to turn it into a class action.
Since the game was released earlier this month, there have been glitches, causing retailers and console manufacturers to give full refunds. GameStop allows returns, even though people opened the game, which runs contrary to its usual approach, and Sony pulled the game last week and started collecting digital refunds for unsatisfied customers.
Still, the game sold more than 13 million copies in the two weeks after it was released, making it one of the highest selling games of the year. Many of these sales come from pre-orders after a hype marketing push that helped CD Projekt recover the almost decade-long expense of producing the game.
