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<div>If you buy Cyberpunk 2077 on Xbox One, you&#8217;ll receive its eventual Xbox Series X version for free, thanks to Microsoft&#8217;s new Smart Delivery feature.<br />
As part of a <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2020/02/24/xbox-series-x-12-teraflops-new-details" target="_blank">massive drop of new Xbox Series X details today</a>, Microsoft announced Smart Delivery, which will give players both current and next-gen versions of cross-generation games for the price of a single purchase. This will be available on all Xbox Game Studios games, but Microsoft said any third-party developer could opt in &#8211; the Cyberpunk Twitter account duly obliged:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Gamers should never be forced to purchase the same game twice or pay for upgrades. Owners of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cyberpunk2077?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cyberpunk2077</a> for Xbox One will receive the Xbox Series X upgrade for free when available. <a href="https://t.co/nfkfFLj85w">https://t.co/nfkfFLj85w</a></p>
<p>— Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) <a href="https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1231961469669068800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Cyberpunk 2077 will be released on September 17 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC, but no release date has been given for next-gen versions of the game. Last time we heard about it, we were being told to <a href="https://uk.ign.com/articles/2019/11/25/cyberpunk-2077-will-probably-come-to-ps5-and-scarlett-but-not-at-launch" target="_blank">assume that it wouldn&#8217;t be around the launch timeframes</a> of the new consoles (likely to be around November), so you might be playing your Xbox One version for several months before you get that upgrade.<br />
It&#8217;s a fairly monumental move from developer CD Projekt Red &#8211; imagine if Rockstar had promised GTA V buyers that their 360 version of the game would get them the Xbox One edition for free later on.<br />
It&#8217;ll be very interesting to see if Sony adopts (or has already adopted) a similar policy. We asked CD Projekt Red if it would theoretically make the same move between PS4 and PS5, should it be available, but got a no-comment.<br />
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The <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/08/20/cyberpunk-2077-release-date-collectors-edition" target="_blank">Cyberpunk 2077 collector&#8217;s edition is still available for preorder</a> at Walmart in the US, so this is a great opportunity to pick it up and upgrade later for free.<br />
Of course, even those current-gen versions of the game feel far away after <a href="https://uk.ign.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-release-date-delayed" target="_blank">Cyberpunk was delayed</a>, but we&#8217;ve got <a href="https://uk.ign.com/articles/7-cyberpunk-games-to-play-while-youre-waiting-for-cyberpunk-2077s-release" target="_blank">7 similarly themed games to tide you over in the meantime</a>.<br />
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<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="https://www.ign.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-xbox-series-x-upgrade">IGN</a></em></div>
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