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<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2mAazhu">The Witcher</a> developer CD Projekt Red&#8217;s upcoming RPG, <a href="http://ift.tt/2mAtEA0">Cyberpunk 2077</a>, is one of the most anticipated games across the entire industry. Given the new trend towards the <a href="http://ift.tt/2zuMnPB">games-as-a-service model</a>, some are wondering if the Polish studio&#8217;s new game will follow suit. That remains to be seen, but now CD Projekt Red has told fans not to worry, as Cyberpunk 2077 will offer &#8220;honest gaming&#8221; instead of something slimy.</p>
<p>In response to<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWM8x6Y6cXU" rel="nofollow"> this Pretty Good Gaming video</a> in which the hosts speculate on whether or not Cyberpunk 2077 may use a games-as-a-service model, CD Projekt Red released probably <a href="https://twitter.com/CDPROJEKTRED/status/932224394541314055" rel="nofollow">one of the strongest video game tweets of the year</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Worry not. When thinking Cyberpunk 2077, think nothing less than The Witcher 3&#8211;huge single-player, open world, story-driven RPG,&#8221; reads a line from the tweet. &#8220;No hidden catch, you get what you pay for&#8211;no bullsh**; just honest gaming like with Wild Hunt. We leave greed to others.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pretty Good Gaming&#8217;s video used quotes from CD Projekt Red management in an interview <a href="http://ift.tt/2AkwA6n" rel="nofollow">Polish financial publication Strefa</a>. The studio said CD Projekt Red wants to make Cyberpunk 2077 even more commercially successful than The Witcher 3 (of course), with the suggestion that it having an online element&#8211;<a href="http://ift.tt/2ixupFZ">which it might</a>&#8211;helping the game to do this.</p>
<p>It is understandable and expected that CD Projekt Red would want Cyberpunk 2077 to be even more of a success than The Witcher 3. The Witcher 3 has <a href="http://ift.tt/2rEH3sG">reportedly sold 10 million copies</a>. Often times games use an online element to help maintain and grow its playerbase over time. The Witcher 3 has no multiplayer mode, and, impressively,<a href="http://ift.tt/2rEH3sG"> its sales still managed to grow more than a year after release</a>. Back in 2013, CD Projekt Red confirmed that <a href="http://ift.tt/2ixupFZ">Cyberpunk 2077 will have some multiplayer element</a>, but it remains to be seen what this will be.</p>
<p>Cyberpunk 2077 in a dystopian future and is being made in partnership with Cyberpunk RPG designer Mike Pondsmith. Platforms have not been announced, but <a href="http://ift.tt/2mUsZbd">PS4</a>, <a href="http://ift.tt/2nK1ajp">Xbox One</a>, and <a href="http://ift.tt/2nKlIbK">PC</a> seem likely.</p>
<p>In October, CD Projekt Red said development on Cyberpunk 2077 is &#8220;progressing as planned,&#8221; adding that &#8220;in this case, silence is the cost of making a great game.&#8221; Earlier this year, CD Projekt Red acknowledged that early <a href="http://ift.tt/2sY8ydL">Cyberpunk 2077 files had leaked and were being held for ransom</a>.</p>
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