At one point in time, CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the most highly-anticipated games in development. Repeated release date delays saw fans start to sour on the game, especially when a delay was announced right after it supposedly went gold. When CD Projekt Red finally released Cyberpunk 2077, it was a technical disaster, particularly on older consoles, resulting in severe backlash, refund demands, and ruining the goodwill that the developer had built with gamers over the years.