The release of the technically disastrous Cyberpunk 2077 forced Polish studio CD Projekt Red to fundamentally change the way it develops: now, all of the company’s games are released and tested simultaneously on PC and consoles throughout production.
In an interview with Game Developer Portal, co-CEO Michal Nowakowski said that the current version of “The Witcher 4” can already run stably on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Cyberpunk 2077 Initially focused solely on powerful PCs to achieve maximum graphics results, naively believing that adapting to previous generation gaming opportunities would be easy.
Now the studio is doing things differently: if the game starts failing on at least one platform, the process is halted until the problem is fully resolved, and no accumulated technical debt is left until “later.” In addition, Nowakovsky also commented on the development of “Expansion Pack” and “Remastered Edition”. The Witcher 3confirming the involvement of Hungarian studio Geeksoft from the modding community, which is very familiar with older versions of Red Engine.
