Schreier’s report also strongly suggests that the studio’s management team was made aware of the game’s performance issues and bugs on multiple occasions. Many of the senior developers who worked on the studio’s previous title, The Witcher 3, clashed with Badowski over his changes and eventually left CD Projekt Red. Among the many changes were fundamental elements of Cyberpunk 2077, like the gameplay perspective. The report mentions that sweeping changes were made across the board when studio head, Adam Badowski, took over the role of director. RELATED: Cyberpunk 2077's V Is Secretly All The DJs On Night City's Radio Stations That, coupled with the fact that many of the game’s underlying systems were yet to be finalized, does make it look like CD Projekt Red showcased something that didn’t exist at the time (or even now). However, while ‘fake’ is a strong word, there were a number of features shown in the demo that were missing from the final game. While Schreier has mentioned sources and quotes for the most part, he doesn’t seem to provide any particular proof that the E3 2018 showcase was “fake”.

Schreier further added, “Developers said they felt like the demo was a waste of months that should have gone toward making the game.” He reported that a number of anonymous CDPR employees he spoke to said that the management was more focused on the marketing and outside impressions of the game, rather than actually making it perform as intended.

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