Cyberpunk 2077 sales: Game smashes Steam record for single-player concurrents at launch
Sci-fi RPG was released earlier today, eight years after being announced
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Your support makes all the difference.Cyberpunk 2077 has smashed the record for most concurrent players on a just-launched single-player game on the popular games platform Steam.
The highly anticipated sci-fi RPG reached over 1 million concurrent Steam players, as well as attracting 1 million live viewers on Twitch, after launching at midnight today (10 December).
Previously, the single-player game to hold the record for most concurrent players on launch day was Fallout 4.
Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic RPG had managed to amass 472,000 concurrent players, less than half of the figure reached by Cyberpunk.
Cyberpunk also ranks fourth in the all-time peak list, behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2.
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It has also been announced that the game received over 8 million pre-orders before launch.
Cyberpunk 2077’s release has been blighted by reports of glitches and bugs, especially prevalent in the “base” last-generation console versions, on PS4 and Xbox One.
The long-awaited sci-fi RPG, developed by Polish studio CD Projekt Red, faced delays and periods of crunch as it worked to get the game ready for launch.
Earlier this week, it was reported that several sequences in the game could potentially trigger seizures in players with photosensitive epilepsy, a revelation which drew criticism from epilepsy charities.
CD Projekt Red have said that they are working to introduce a separate warning splash screen in the game, in addition to the existing warning in their Licence Agreement.
The company is also working on a “more permanent solution” which developers are looking to deploy as soon as possible.
Cyberpunk 2077 is available to play now on PS4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC.
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