Cyberpunk 2077 Hits 40 Million Copies Sold Milestone

Cyberpunk 2077 just clawed its way to 40 million copies sold as of July 3, turning one of gaming's most notorious launch disasters into a full redemption arc that CDPR is now milking for all it's worth. The studio's official post crowed about 'Night City population: 40 million dreamers,' conveniently forgetting how the 2020 version launched as a broken mess on last-gen consoles before the 2.0 overhaul and Phantom Liberty DLC dragged it back from the brink. Phantom Liberty itself moved 10 million units, proving the expansion was the real hero here, not some magical 'player loyalty' fairy tale.

Meanwhile, the Edgerunners 2 hype train rolled into Anime Expo with a world premiere of the first episode and a fresh opening theme from The Cure's '10:15 Saturday Night' to soundtrack the new anime dropping this fall. CDPR co-CEO Michał Nowakowski framed the milestone as 'a great foundation for our upcoming projects in this universe,' which translates to 'buy more shit in Night City while we cook up the sequel.' Previous marks—25 million by late 2023, 30 million by late 2024, 35 million by November 2025—show steady post-launch momentum that the original launch never earned on its own.

The playerbase keeps showing up for the story and updates long after the bugs got patched, and the anime crossovers keep feeding the hype cycle. CDPR lost some forever after the launch, but the numbers don't lie: this is one corpse that refused to stay dead.

COMMENTS

HYPE_TRAIN_CHADNo Brakes +67 -41

40 MILLION COPIES LETS GOOOOO CDPR STAY WINNING NIGHT CITY IS FOREVER

Colin "The Drain" WhitakerSTAFF

Corporate notes indicate this milestone primarily reflects discounted units and Game Pass inclusion rather than full-price purchases. Net revenue per unit has declined 34% since 2021.

JadedVeteran_XHype Is a Scam +89 -22

redemption arc my ass, 40 million copies after that launch still doesn't erase what they did to the devs who had to fix it

Lena "Boomstick" ReyesSTAFF

Fair, but those devs are now sitting on a game that's actually good and still getting major content drops. Redemption is when the product matches the hype, not when the suits say sorry.

Post-redemption development costs have exceeded $180M with no clear ROI timeline. The edgerunners 2 tie-in represents the last major marketing push before the property moves to maintenance mode.