CD Projekt Red will pay out $1.85 million to investors who were suing the company over the launch of Cyberpunk 2077. The developer and publisher has been dealing with the fallout of Cyberpunk 2077's release for over a year now. The game launched in an infamously buggy state with missing features and ultimately felt like a shell of the product that the developer was promising for several years. With such hype built up around the game prior to its release, it rattled a lot of cages and opened the door to lawsuits.
Just weeks after the game's launch, a group of investors filed a class-action lawsuit against CDPR for Cyberpunk 2077's unpolished launch. The lawsuit claimed CDPR falsely advertised the game and due to the game's poor quality on consoles, being removed from the PlayStation Store for roughly six months (which also required refunds to be distributed to players who bought the game), and the launch resulting in a negative reputation for CDPR. CDPR investors claimed to have suffered financial damages as a result of Cyberpunk 2077's launch, and were joined by other individuals who filed suit as well.
Almost one year later, it has been revealed (via VGC) that CD Projekt Red will pay $1.85 million to the class on the condition that they relinquish any of the claims issued against CDPR. CD Projekt Red previously stated it would defend itself vigorously against Cyberpunk 2077 lawsuits. Although the settlement did cost CDPR, the company has now resolved these issues with its investors.
In the end, this ultimately was a drop in the bucket for CDPR as the game sold over 13.7 million copies. The developer did end up issuing some refunds to affected customers on the PlayStation Store that amounted to about $2 million. However, CDPR remains steadfast in its commitment to supporting Cyberpunk 2077. More DLCs, updates, and even a current-gen version are still on the way in 2022. Details are scarce in what the future of Cyberpunk 2077 looks like, but CDPR isn't giving up on it.
Even though the lawsuit has been settled, CDPR has mostly tried to stay quiet until it's truly ready to say something concrete. It recently came out that Keanu Reeves hasn't played Cyberpunk 2077, something the developer had said to market its game in the lead-up to release. Given there were a lot of unfulfilled promises with the game, it's probably best that CD Projekt Red continues to remain silent until it knows it can deliver on what it's advertising.
Source: Video Games Chronicle