Working as intended, according to some victims of Stockholm-Syndrome on this forum.

Well CDPR are definitely paying for it, and hard. It's sad really, as Cyberpunk 2077 Does have allot going for it :(

It was certainly an unforgettable experience for me.

I'm a fan back from Witcher 1... you know, that buggy mess that was a good game underneath the mess, made by a developer that wanted to make a great game? Remember those days?

Well, I don't see this problem with 2077, nor do I see the same developer. I also don't see the game we were promised under all the launch issues, so for us here in this gamer household it is a double disappointment. Really, really bummed.

I requested a refund on it 3 or 4 days ago and I have not had any response.

Legitimately the weirdest post I've ever seen on a forum.
Uhm... Yeah, no, you should spend a little more just to make sure they survive.
If you don't, the suits at CDPR and somesuch will go hungry :(

If you spend 100€ every day for the next 100 years and shout Cyberpunk exactly 77 times while looking in a mirror, the CEO of CDPR will invite you to dine on the Yacht bought with your money.

This is what it looks to me as well.

1. Issues first reported: Sony, criticized, distance themselves and say they will send CDPR a "business notice" or something like that, which is meaningless but sounds serious. Makes CDPR look like the bad guys, and Sony are the good guys again.

2. CDPR announces unconditional refunds, which Sony apparently never did for any game. Refunds are bounced by Sony support agents. Makes Sony look like the bad guys.

3. Agree to process refunds but also remove the game from store to make CDPR lose Christmas sales, and also cost them reputation. Sony to the rescue, saving their customers from a game they certified themselves. Sony are the good guys once yet.

Separately, this issue is also made worse by the general lack of availability of the next-generation consoles which is hardly CDPR's fault either.

Perhaps, but every company is at fault for their adherence both to Wirth's Law and making ridiculous promises.

"Leave greed to others"

There's a certain schadenfreude to be had for PC users who had to suffer bad console ports for years, only for the tables to be turned this time.

Seriously though, I agree they shouldn't have misrepresented the state of the game on older consoles. There was even on moment when somebody from CDPR said it worked "surprisingly good." Turns out that wasn't really the case.

From what I can tell, it's more than just performance, too. I'm looking atthis game, and i'm seeing a Trucking Tuesdays episode.

Well enough for them to charge 60 bucks for. Says everything.

This has been the case for many games lately. But I still think people are overreacting. Arkham Knight didn't kill Rocksteady or the Batman franchise. Unity didn't kill Assassins Creed. Fallout 76 didn't kill Bethesda. Mass Effect Andromeda didn't kill Mass Effect and Bioware even if it felt like it. No Mans Sky is actually pretty good now. You might babble and cry about game release states but the truth is that games are always going to change. They will receive patches, enhanced editions, rereleases, etc. Games will eventually get better with time. It happened with The Witcher 3. The case of Cyberpunk was one of massive, invasive marketing with little to nothing to build upon.

I do wonder why people are piling on CDPR in particular, though.

CDP on the whole has been targeted by the left to the degree that it cannot be forgiven for even having Linko as an employee. For those who aren't SJWs, it's the invasive marketing with a release rivaling that of No Man's Sky (which i think NMS actually managed to have a better release state). Expectations were high, especially after TW3. And to top it off, they are showing that they will bow to the CCP for the yuan. I'm only slightly surprised the kotaku crowd is hanging them, but the rest of us shouldn't be a surprise at all.