Your browser does not support the video tag. Pearl Abyss isn’t alone in updating a massive game like Crimson Desert after release. The majority of triple-A games take so long and cost so much to make these days that there will come a time for studios to accept that it’s time for launch, regardless of what form it takes. This might be an extreme example, but Cyberpunk 2077 was delayed to such an extent that CD Projekt Red had no choice but to release its flawed RPG even if it wasn’t remotely ready. ‘We’ll fix it later’ must have been a prevailing thought, and while it took several years, it did
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