Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg
CD Projekt SA, Polish video game publisher Cyberpunk 2077, was sued by an investor who claims the company misled him about the potential of the error-infested game, whose unsuccessful launch this month caused stocks to plummet.
Andrew Trampe filed a lawsuit on Thursday in a federal court in Los Angeles and seeks to represent other investors who bought the company’s securities.
CD Projekt did not reveal that Cyberpunk 2077 was “virtually impossible to play on the current generation Xbox or Playstation systems due to a huge number of bugs,” according to the complaint. As a result, Sony Corp. removed Cyberpunk 2077 from the Playstation store, and Sony, Microsoft Corp. and the company were forced to offer a full refund for the game, according to the complaint.
Cyberpunk fails to deliver again as a disappointment in game sales (1)
The company’s American depositary receipts fell 25% in the three days after the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 on December 10. They fell another 16% after Sony removed the game from its Playstation store on December 18.
CD Projekt representatives did not respond to a request for comment sent by email, sent after normal business hours.