Cyberpunk 2077
Summary
The PS5 , Xbox , and microcomputer version ofCyberpunk 2077 : Ultimate Edition have one major , head - scratching difference . Ultimate Editions are a jolly coarse firing strategy for AAA games : a few year after release , once they ’ve completed a run of DLC , they ’ll bundle everything up into one convenient package . They ’ll usually gas some snazzy new packaging , a different cover , and from clip to time , a streamer if they ’ve gain a Game of the Year honour . cyber-terrorist , which recently saw an telling 2.0 update come after by theelectrifyingPhantom LibertyDLC , seems to have in the end find its footing , so the time is good for an Ultimate Edition ofCyberpunk .
These Ultimate Editions run to be in effect flock , nice collectable , and pure starting point for instrumentalist who might ’ve missed a game ’s original release . However , the announcement ofCyberpunk ’s was vitiate by mental confusion and controversy , mostly induce by an inexplicable , apparently avertible release format decision . Here ’s what ’s go on , and an estimate of why .
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Cyberpunk’s DLC Won’t Be On A Disc In The PS5 Version
PS5 Players Will Have To Download Phantom Liberty With A Voucher Code
For whatever reason , the PS5 reading ofCyberpunk 2077Ultimate Edition wo n’t admit thePhantom LibertyDLC on a saucer . The Xbox and PC interpretation have the DLC on a disk , while the PS5 version comes with a voucher code to digitally download it . This is support by a series of online pre - order listing for the PS5 release , all of which display a humble banner reading , " include PSN voucher codification for Phantom Liberty . " Digitally download the DLC takes up more punishing drive blank , and also destroys any resale economic value the Ultimate Edition might ’ve had . On PS5,once that computer code is used , it ’s functionally superposable to the base edition .
Why Phantom Liberty Isn’t On The PS5 Ultimate Edition’s Disc
cyber-terrorist 2077not including its DLC on a disc seems regulate , but there may be a dead unspoilt account . accord to an ex ( formerly Twitter ) post byJohn LinnemanofDigital Foundry , Sony uniquely requires developers who release DLC packed in on secret plan discs to create a new Stock Keeping Unit , or SKU . In brusque , this involve recompiling the entire game and resubmitting it to Sony for licensing approval - both cognitive process that ask a great mickle of sentence and money that CD Projekt Red may not have wanted to pass .
Andthis is n’t the first PlayStation secret plan to put out off - disc DLC codes in a special edition , either . Marvel ’s Spider - ManandNier : Automata ’s Game of the Year Editions , Resident Evil Village ’s Gold Edition , andStar Wars Battlefront ’s Ultimate Edition all came with disjoined code on the PS4.Mortal Kombat 11 ’s Ultimate Edition includedthe DLC on disc for Xbox Series X / S player , but on a freestanding voucher for PS5 player .
So it ’s not totally unheard of to expel an Ultimate Edition with DLC on a freestanding coupon , but it is a little disappointing . Either fashion , Cyberpunk ’s Ultimate Edition is still a good plenty , include the radical secret plan and DLC for just the price of the former . It would ’ve been nice to have the completeCyberpunk 2077package in forcible form , but at this rate , that seems to be a perquisite limited to Xbox and PC musician .
Source : John Linneman / X
