Cyberpunk 2077 has bought a whopping 35 million copies, CD Projekt has introduced. Gross sales of the five-year-old sci-fi motion RPG had been boosted just lately by its launch on the Nintendo Swap 2 in addition to Mac units.
Reporting its newest monetary outcomes, chief monetary officer Piotr Nielubowicz confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 had reached 35 million copies forward of The Witcher 3 in the identical interval since its launch. Cyberpunk is presently CD Projekt’s predominant supply of income, Nielubowicz added, as a result of growth of the sport’s availability. Cyberpunk was additionally added to PlayStation Plus, boosting new gamers and additional encouraging gross sales of the growth, Phantom Liberty.
In its monetary briefing, CD Projekt mentioned it was “laying the foundations” for Cyberpunk 2, outlining plans to scale up its improvement groups in Boston, Warsaw, and Vancouver and thru to the top of 2027. 135 individuals had been engaged on Cyberpunk 2 as of October 31, 2025, up from 116 on the finish of July.
We all know little or no about Cyberpunk 2, though in Could, Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith teased some beforehand unknown particulars when he was requested concerning the scope of his involvement with what was then generally known as Undertaking Orion, again on the Digital Dragons 2025 convention.
Pondsmith admitted he wasn’t as concerned this time round, however mentioned he had reviewed scripts and had been to CD Projekt to take a look at the continued work.
“Final week I used to be wandering round speaking to completely different departments, and seeing what they’d, ‘Oh look, that is the brand new cyberware, what do you assume?’ ‘Oh yeah, that’s fairly good, that works right here.’”
After which, the morsel on the sequel: that it incorporates a model new metropolis along with the Night time Metropolis we all know from Cyberpunk 2077. Pondsmith described this new metropolis as “like Chicago gone mistaken.”
“I spent loads of time speaking to at least one of the atmosphere guys, and he was explaining how the brand new place in Orion, as a result of there’s one other metropolis we go to — I’m not telling you any greater than that however there’s one other metropolis we go to. And Night time Metropolis continues to be there. However I keep in mind taking a look at it and going, yeah I perceive the texture you’re going for this, and this actually does work. And it doesn’t really feel like Blade Runner, it feels extra like Chicago gone mistaken. I mentioned, ‘Yeah, I can see this working.’”
It’s price declaring that Pondsmith’s feedback don’t essentially counsel the Cyberpunk sequel will characteristic a future Chicago, somewhat a metropolis that has the texture of a dystopian model of town. It might be a tackle future Chicago, however that isn’t confirmed primarily based on these feedback. There’s additionally some debate about whether or not Cyberpunk 2 will broaden upon the Night time Metropolis that’s in Cyberpunk 2077 or characteristic a brand new model, and the extent to which it’s playable.
In September, talking with IGN whereas selling his film Good Fortune, Keanu Reeves mentioned that he needed to be half of the sequel to CD Projekt’s 2020 recreation. “Completely. I’d like to play Johnny Silverhand once more,” Reeves mentioned when requested if he’d be occupied with revisiting his legendary rockstar terrorist character in Cyberpunk 2. Pondsmith later mentioned he’d labored out a strategy to make it make sense, and has instructed the much-loved actor: “contact me.”
It appears like we’ll have to attend a while to search out out. CD Projekt is of course specializing in The Witcher 4, and CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski has recommended Cyberpunk 2 gained’t be out till not less than 2030. In accordance with the corporate’s newest official figures, 447 employees had been engaged on The Witcher 4 — a determine barely up from the earlier quarter. General, CD Projekt loved sturdy income and earnings as its video games proceed to promote.
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