Yes, You Should Buy Cyberpunk 2077 For $33 On PlayStation – Forbes

Cyberpunk 2077

Ive just been made aware of the fact that after over six months from being banned from the PlayStation Store, Cyberpunk is not only back, as it has been for a couple months now, but its actually on sale on PlayStation for a steep discount.

For whatever reason, CDPR decided to price Cyberpunk 2077 at $50 on the PlayStation store, maybe as some sort of apology/extra draw to players once it returned after the ban. But now that has been further discounted, with a third knocked off that price. That means Cyberpunk 2077 is all the way down to $33.49, pretty much half what youd pay for a normal $60 game. This price is live until 10/14/21.

Im often asked whether you should buy this game or that game on sale, if its worth it or not. And despite my extensive criticism of Cyberpunk over the past year, ultimately yes, I would recommend picking it up at this price. I do think the value is there for a number of reasons.

Cyberpunk 2077

1. The game is indeed in a much better state than it was at launch, on both PS4 and PS5. It is never going to run well on a PS4, but its not borderline unplayable like it used to be, and I know a number of people have made it through on their base PS4s just fine at this point. On PS5, it runs perfectly okay (youre running the PS4 Pro version, upconverted), and thousands of bugs have been fixed since launch (though many remain).

2. You are also purchasing the next-gen release of the game for $33 here. CDPR has promised that the next-gen version of Cyberpunk, the dedicated PS5 and Xbox Series X versions, would be free upgrades. So here, youre only paying $33 for two copies of the game, where over on Xbox, its still listed for $60. Not bad.

3. I would say 60% of my main issues with Cyberpunk are related to how CDPR has handled the release, not the quality of the game itself. CDPR outright lied about the games performance on last-gen consoles, and has said unbelievable things like they just didnt catch the (thousands) of bugs people were experiencing in testing. But the game itself? While yes, I think its lacking in many areas (life paths, police AI), there is a core story here full of twists, turns and memorable characters that I genuinely think has some of the best RPG writing of the past generation. This is an interesting, engaging world and Cyberpunk has created a new stable of classic characters from Judy to Panam to River to Jackie to even V herself, who is surprisingly great despite being a first person character. I think theres a lot to like within the game, despite its problem. $33 worth of stuff, certainly.

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So yeah, thats my recommendation. I will keep badgering CDPR until they deliver what they promised and full fix the game and flesh it out, but simultaneously, I can also recommend the game in its current state, for that price. For a fresh run, however, you may want to buy the $33 copy now, and wait until the PS5 version comes out (if you own a PS5) for a better first experience, though we do no have a date on that yet besides maybe 2021.

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