Quantic Lab released a statement following allegations that it lied to CD Projekt Red about bugs in Cyberpunk 2077.
While Cyberpunk 2077 has greatly improved since launch and CDPR has shifted its focus to developing the title’s first major expansion, no gamer will ever forget its disastrous debut. it. The release was so bad that subsequent games by other developers that failed could be called the “next Cyberpunk”. Now, a new report that appeared recently may have shed some light on why the game is so buggy.
A recent report and rumor surfaced suggesting that game quality testing company Quantic Lab that works with CDPR lied about the state of Cyberpunk 2077. The claims say Quantic Lab has a small team. more than the contract requires, lies about staff qualifications and uses novices with less than 6 months of experience, follows quotas that prioritize quantity not quality so just report tons of pointless bugs instead more necessary errors of the game.
Quantic Lab CEO Stefan Seicarescu has now responded to these allegations. The full response stated that the rumors misrepresented Quantic Lab’s history, misinterpreted the quality control process, that Quantic Lab wasn’t the only company CDPR worked with and more. But it is worth noting that the claims regarding Cyberpunk 2077 are not denied.
Quantic Lab’s disclaimer is as follows:
“Regarding the article published in Forbes on June 26, Quantic Lab would like to clarify the following:
The video published on social media as mentioned in your article begins with inaccurate claims about the history of Quantic Lab. There seems to be a lack of understanding in the process by which a game is tested for quality before it is released to the market.
Quantic Lab was founded in 2006 with a team of 12 people, fully focused on quality assurance, and has since grown into a leading quality inspection company with over 60 active customers and More than 400 employees at 3 office locations in Romania. Quantic Lab supports over 200 projects each year from some of the world’s leading publishers and continues to maintain a quality approach to all of our work.
All agreements with our customers are confidential, but in general, global issuers are working with multiple quality control companies, not just one company, in addition to resources. internal testing at developer level in most cases. Every project we undertake is unique to the requirements of the project. Project direction is unified and tailored to our clients’ real-time requirements.
Quantic Lab has always strived to work with transparency and integrity with our industry partners.”
It would be interesting to get more information on the situation, as there is still a lot we can learn from the launch of Cyberpunk 2077. At the same time, CDPR has certainly learned its lesson, and many critics Other developers are still aware of the consequences of careless game making. As CDPR continues with new The Witcher games and Cyberpunk 2077’s expansion, hopefully they’ll look at the lessons learned and forge a brighter future.
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