Cyberpunk 2077 is a strong contender for Game of the Year 2020. The release is on December 10th. But the retailer BestBuy shipped the Collector’s Edition too early: Now players fear that leaks about Cyberpunk 2077 could ruin all the fun.
That’s why there are so many leaks about Cyberpunk 2077: When leaks about a game appear, it’s often because some YouTuber messed up, an insider got a tip from a source, or a magazine broke its embargo and spilled something anyway.
But with Cyberpunk 2077, the situation is much simpler: The retailer “BestBuy” simply shipped the Collector’s Edition of Cyberpunk 2077 too early.
As pre-order customers reported via Twitter and Reddit, they have already received their big editions of Cyberpunk 2077.
On Twitter, users are excited about the unexpected gift: They will be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 before anyone else.
It immediately had consequences that some players received their packages so early. Yesterday, the first streamers happily started streaming Cyberpunk 2077 and shared their first hours in Night City with the world.
Cyberpunk 2077 kindly asks “NOT TO” show anything
This is how CD Projekt Red responds: They don’t think it’s funny at all. They announced on Twitter: They kindly ask people to STREAM NOTHING or do let’s plays.
Only starting from December 9th at 12:00 PM may players begin.
CD Projekt Red wants players to experience the launch worldwide simultaneously and spoiler-free.
The “friendly request” apparently manifests somewhat more harshly in the real world. CD Projekt Red is apparently taking strict action against spoilers. They are quickly disappearing from the internet.
It is known that CD Projekt Red has announced legal action against a “too early” streamer.
The Day-One patch is still missing for Cyberpunk 2077 anyways
Is the leak already the right game? Not quite.
Fabian Döhla from CD Projekt Red points out that an update is coming, which is currently not available.
The size of the update for Cyberpunk 2077 is not disclosed by Döhla.
The version that can be played “too early” is actually not the release version, as the Day-One patch is still missing.
This is how a streamer reacts: One of the biggest Twitch streamers in the world, xQc, expressly welcomes this approach by CD Projekt Red. He praises the ban on “early streams.”
Because if the company does nothing against “too early streams,” then as a streamer you would be forced to stream early yourself to keep up. He hints with smacking sounds and eating imaginary cookies that it is financially very lucrative to stream a game “too early.”
In previous releases, xQc always had to get keys from New Zealand, xQc explains – this time he can forgo such stunts. He finds that good for now.
This is how fans react: On reddit the news annoys people especially that now some have Cyberpunk 2077 in their hands already. They fear that before the release the entire story and all key moments will become known.
Players are already annoyed by previous releases that were ruined for them by spoilers: Last of Us 2 is often mentioned as a negative example.
YouTubers would then upload videos where
- The title explains the most important thing
- decorated with a thumbnail, an image that reveals key scenes of the story
Especially since many hardcore fans get shown everything new about Cyberpunk 2077 through the YouTube algorithm, this “early release” is particularly annoying for them.
Already on November 23, there was an incident where someone got their hands on Cyberpunk 2077 too early and streamed the game. CD Projekt Red had already announced serious measures:
Someone shows Cyberpunk 2077 as a leak for 20 minutes – Will probably be sued
