Any chances of seeing the next-generation console and PC updates for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2021 have been officially shut down by developer CD Projekt Red. The devs took to Twitter to reveal that the updates are delayed until 2022 "based on recommendations" provided by the teams supervising the games.
In the case of Cyberpunk 2077, the next-generation update is postponed until Q1 2022. As for The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, gamers can expect to see the update land during Q2 2022. The CD Projekt Red dev team ended the brief tweet status update with, "Apologies for the extended wait, but we want to make it right."
Still, it did provide this caveat at the time, stating, "keeping in mind the lessons we have learned during the past year, and taking into account the fact that this project still remains in development, we can't say with full certainty that the production schedule will not change, of course."
In other words, CD Projekt Red doesn't want another repeat of what happened with Cyberpunk 2077. While the game had already been delayed multiple times -- to the dismay of fans that had been waiting years for its arrival -- CD Projekt Red decided to release the game early in a woefully incomplete state.
As for The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, its now-delayed release will include visual updates, all previously released expansion packs and "extra items inspired by the Netflix series."
Hopefully, CD Projekt Red will be able to stick by its revised 2022 launch schedules for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. Ideally, the devs won't bow to outside pressure and release them in an unfinished state if these new timeframes end up closing in too fast.
