Microsoft will stop offering cyberpunk refunds next month

Microsoft will reset its refund policy for Cyberpunk 2077 On July 6th, the company announced the news in. known an update on the Microsoft support page.

Previously, you could get a full refund on digital copies of the notoriously broken roleplaying game without having to adhere to the limitations of Microsoft’s typical refund policy for digital games. After the exemption expires, the game will be subject to this policy, which will depend on a number of factors, including “time since date of purchase, time since product was released, and product use”. Microsoft usually only gives refunds within 14 days of purchase

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Cyberpunk 2077 First published last December. On last-generation consoles – especially the base PS4 and Xbox One models – it was packed with technical and graphical problems. The reviewers were only given PC versions of the. made available Cyberpunk 2077where it worked well enough that few early gamers had any precise idea of ​​how the game would work on last generation consoles, which made some fans feel like they were being burned. As a result, developer CD Projekt Red Refunds offered for those who picked it up for older platforms.

At first, the refund process was shaky as some players reported it Microsoft did not issue the refunds

. (Sony’s process was a completely different matter, with most of the options resulting in a frustrating chatbot tied to a series of immovable restrictions. At some point, Sony just stood up and pulled Cyberpunk 2077 completely from the PlayStation Store. It came back this week.) Within a few days, Xbox expanded its refund offers to anyone who received a digital copy of the game.

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“To date, we’ve given refunds to the vast majority of customers who requested one,” a Microsoft representative told Kotaku back then. “To ensure that every gamer can get the experience they expect on Xbox, we are expanding our existing refund policy to offer full refunds to all buyers Cyberpunk 2077 until further notice digitally from the Microsoft Store. “

Over the past few months, CDPR has been slowly working to improve Cyberpunk 2077. Patches and hotfixes improved the game’s stability and overall performance, but didn’t exactly spice it up on last-gen base consoles. In the newly restored listing of the game on PlayStation Store Sony added a warning: “IMPORTANT NOTE: This game continues to experience performance issues. Purchase for use on PS4 systems is not recommended. “

(h / t Eurogamer)