Sony taking down Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store is huge news. It’s an unprecedented move at a scale like this, and one that would have seemed impossible just a week ago. One of the most anticipated video games ever made has been pulled from a major store for running terribly on last-gen consoles. That doesn’t happen every day. As you can imagine, this has social media buzzing as everyone tries to get in their two cents. Be it from a place of trying to analyse the situation, or simply looking to farm likes with jokes at the expense of CD Projekt. Many in the industry, rightfully, took a moment to acknowledge the developers caught in the middle of this situation who have come under fire because of bad managerial decisions. Here a couple: Garry Whitta (screenwriter, Star Wars: Rogue One, The Book of Eli) To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Rami Ismail (indie developer) — Merry Whitta (@garywhitta) December 18, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Kallie Plagge (Gamespot) — Rami Ismail (رامي) (@tha_rami) December 18, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Kallie Plagge (@inkydojikko) December 18, 2020 Parris Lilly (Gamertag Radio) To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings the devs/PR teams who have given years of hard work and passion to Cyberpunk 2077 deserved better 2020 sucks https://t.co/hiToQ4zoj6 — Parris (@vicious696) December 18, 2020 Daniel Ahmad (senior analyst at Niko Partners) To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings This situation could have been avoided. But the state of the game + CDPR’s handling of the situation post launch has led to this. https://t.co/2NW3VRs3iK — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) December 18, 2020 Blessing Adeoye Jr. (Kinda Funny Games) To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings WILD. — Blessing Adeoye Jr. (@BlessingJr) December 18, 2020 Of course, not everyone was so serious about the situation. There were also some incredible jokes made at the expense of Cyberpunk 2077 and especially the board at CD Projekt. Jason Schreier (Bloomberg) To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) December 18, 2020 Imran Khan (Kinda Funny and freelance journalist) To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Microsoft won the console wars Cyberpunk 2077 is currently a timed Xbox exclusive — Imran Khan (@imranzomg) December 18, 2020 Jeff Grubb (VentureBeat) To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Jeff Grubb (@JeffGrubb) December 18, 2020 Brian Altano (IGN) To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Brian Altano (@agentbizzle) December 18, 2020 However, perhaps the undisputed winner of the night went to the legendary fake Kaz Hirai account. In reference to the situation of CD Projekt’s GOG going back on selling Devotion earlier this week, he simply tweeted: To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings — Ex-CEO Kaz Hirai (@KazHiraiCEO) December 18, 2020
