CD Projekt RED’s Adam Kicinski quips about crunch before apologizing

Deputy Managing Director of Polish studio CD Projekt RED Adam Kicinski said in a meeting with investors that “the crunch is not that bad” as Cyberpunk 2077 developers rack up the overtime .

The setbacks are linked within CD Project RED. After toxic management methods, the fourth postponement of Cyberpunk 2077 Despite the formalization of the end of its development and death threats against the developers, Adam Kicinski took lightly the crunch that forces employees to work six days a week instead of the usual five to finalize the game and remove bugs as much as possible by release (December 10): “In fact, it’s not that bad – and it never has been. Of course, this is a story that has been picked up by the media, and some people have gone to great lengths, but a large part of the team has not been doing anything since they finished their work; it’s mostly about quality assurance with engineers and programmers – but it’s not that trying; of course, it’s going to be a bit extended, but we have some feedback from the team; they’re happy with the extra three weeks, so we don’t see any threats regarding the crunch.”

Several hours after the transcription of his indecent words, Adam Kicinski apologized to all the employees of CD Projekt RED: “I hadn’t meant to comment on the crunch, but I did, and did so in a degrading and hurtful way. Truth be told, it is only now, when the stress of the decision to postpone and the conference dissipates, that I fully realize the real significance of my words. I have nothing to say in my defense. What I said wasn’t even unfortunate, it was completely wrong. For that, please accept my sincere and honest apologies. I have always been, and still am, proud of the heart and soul that you put into what you do every day.”

CD Projekt RED plummets due to Cyberpunk 2077 postponement

Since the end of August, CD Projekt RED’s share has fallen by 25%, which has reduced its market capitalization by almost 2.5 billion euros (9.6 billion euros to 7, 2 billion euros). The postponements of Cyberpunk 2077 as well as the articles on the crunch in the specialized press condemned the stock market activity of the Polish studio, which had yet experienced a hell of a peak following the announcement of The Witcher: Monster Slayer, a kind of Pokémon Go- like in the world of the famous witcher Geralt de Riv.