Doing the quick Steam reviews x 25 estimation method, says around 5.048.375 so yes, 5.2M units sold on Steam alone is very likely specially considering that some players take their time before making their user review.
Yes, its users reviews were very bad at launch and improved quite a lot: 78% positive. Doing the user reviews x 25 estimation method it sais that Cyberpunk 2077 sold around 15.7M units on Steam. You have to add there GoG sales, console sales etc.
True, either way I want Baldur's Gate 3 and Starfield to CURB STOMP that game so we can show what real RPGs actually are.
People will buy Baldur's Gate 3 and Starfield based on what they are, they are buying Cyberpunk based on claims of what the company claimed it was...
A chunk of features promised in Cyberpunk exist more in Starfield, then they do in Cyberpunk lol Like the whole bullshit about "sTreeT kiDz" or "cOrpRoz" lol That shit literally amounted to a different cut scene in the opening and where you started annnnnnnnd thats about it. So Starfield seems to have a more solid grounded thing with actually having REAL factions you join, not merely mentioning it as some PR thing to sucker people into buying the game.
If Bethesda tells us you can be this or that, we understand what they mean.
If CDPR tells us you can be this or that, a whole load of horseshit is involved where 99% of what they are saying is either exaggerated, or they are purposely misleading consumers about the significances of the feature.
You have a trailer telling you about customizable parts in cars in Cyberpunk, nothing like that exist in the game.
You have a trailer telling you about customizable parts in Starfield, we know this to be true as Bethesda is a trusted developer. So as much as I wanted to like Cyberpunk, they are trying to fucking have you buy a game today, they might, maybe try to create tomorrow and they'll need another $30 so you can cover their fuck up.
This year releasing with so many complete, solid RPGs, the irony of putting out $30 DLC, while everyone else is getting it right the first fucking time as a complete working thing goes to show how much bullshit that company was on.