A very unexpected leak has emerged in the late hours of the day today that has caught both games journalists, gamers, Gamer Professionals and the industry at large by complete surprise. The existence of an exclusive version of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 for the Nintendo Switch has emerged, titled "Cyberpunk 2077: Portable Edition". A handful of screenshots of the port running on actual Nintendo Switch hardware have leaked along with details regarding gameplay, performance, download size and a potential release date. Although anonymous, it is widely believed the leak originated from a disgruntled Gamer Professional who formerly worked for CD Projekt Red in some capacity.

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It is suggested that the game currently runs at a dynamic sub HD 480p resolution and a capped "cinematic" 24 frames per second framerate when docked with a potentially lower resolution and framerate when running undocked. The games development is at near gold complete status with a potential release date of summer 2021. The download size of the game has been hinted at 85gb with an extra 10gb of data being pulled from the actual physical game cartridge. It is currently believed there will be no eshop version of Cyberpunk Portable Edition, you will need both the physical cartridge and the full download to play. This may be a form of DRM to protect the title from piracy, it may also be a method to get such an ambitious title working on the Nintendo Switch's feeble hardware. It has not been confirmed however how much of Cyberpunks PC and console experience will actually make it to the portable edition, with current rumours that only 50% of the games content will be available at launch. Possible future patches have not been ruled out later to add any missing content however.

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In a attached statement the Gamer Professional who leaked the existence of the port along with the pictures and details stated:

"It is crazy how much development time and effort was invested getting Cyberpunk ported to a system that is less powerful than most budget phones. Developing this game for the switch resulted in less bug testing and optimization of Cyberpunk for the PS4 and Xbox One and also the PC. A large reason why we are seeing patches coming out for Cyberpunk for these systems now is that development of Cyberpunk Portable is almost done and is winding down, so we can refocus our efforts on the systems that actually have the capability to run Cyberpunk well once fully patched and optimised!"

We will keep updated with further information as it breaks on this story.

 

[MikaDubbz]

Seems like such a weak attempt at an April Fool's joke in face of a truly epic site-wide April Fools prank with the awesome theme.

 

[CMDreamer]

April Fool's joke...

Nintendo never allows such crap on their consoles... XD

 

[Chary]

Seems like such a weak attempt at an April Fool's joke in face of a truly epic site-wide April Fools prank with the awesome theme.

It's hard to live up to Shaun's web theme talents lol. Might as well appreciate the fun and enjoy all the aspects of the april fools jokery, rather than compare them

 

[AmandaRose]

..

Nintendo never allows such crap on their consoles... XD

You obviously haven't had the misfortune to play Calico on the Switch then

 

[CMDreamer]

You obviously haven't had the misfortune to play Calico on the Switch then

Then I consider myself lucky... XD

 

[p1ngpong]

Seems like such a weak attempt at an April Fool's joke in face of a truly epic site-wide April Fools prank with the awesome theme.

I beg you dont cry

 

[MikaDubbz]

I beg you dont cry

Cry about what? I'm just saying OP should try harder or not bother at all; the April Fools prank of this site for this year will clearly go down as this theme, not some 4chan insider post about an unannounced port of a game supposedly coming to the Switch that no one in their right mind would think could handle the game to begin with.

 

[slaphappygamer]

April Fool's joke...

Nintendo never allows such crap on their consoles... XD

You should play Bee Simulator.

 

[RyRyIV]

I can’t wait to finally play Cyberpunk the way CDPR truly intended!

 

[Deleted User]

This will be the best version of the game.

 

[p1ngpong]

Cry about what? I'm just saying OP should try harder or not bother at all; the April Fools prank of this site for this year will clearly go down as this theme, not some 4chan insider post about an unannounced port of a game supposedly coming to the Switch that no one in their right mind would think could handle the game to begin with.

>begs user not to cry.bat
>crying intensifies.jpeg
>p1ngpong wins again.exe

 

[slaphappygamer]

420p at 69fps would be lovely. Only switch pro can provide this epic game.

 

[MikaDubbz]

>begs user not to cry.bat
>crying intensifies.jpeg
>p1ngpong wins again.exe

Oh snap, you're OP, I hope I didn't hurt your feelings, I appreciate the effort of your prank here, I just think it pales in comparison to what we're seeing on a site-wide theme level.

 

[Karones]

I'm glad we got Gamer Professional™ on own side, the true Hax0r and master of all leaks, let's pwn them all ;O;

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Damn, Nintendo just be impressing like they did with the aesthetic change on this site!

 

[Re5entful]

This has to be a joke.

 

[banjo2]

This has to be a joke.

Nope, it's real.

it is widely believed the leak originated from a disgruntled Gamer Professional who formerly worked for CD Projekt Red in some capacity.

Professional Gamers can be trusted, has a Gamer Professional ever lied to you? Why would one ever lie to you? What has a Gamer Professional (or any Gamer for that matter) ever done wrong? Gamers are a severely opressed minority, and I wish people would stop assuming people are lying just because they're Gamers. Rant over.

 

[m3gtriforce]

You'd need a 1TB microSD for the day one patch.

 

[xdarkx]

My eyes are bleeding from the new layout. Can we make this new layout the new default?

As for Cyberpunk 2077 Portable, can't wait!

 

[AngryCinnabon]

now we can ask the age old question again...


W H Y D O Y O U C U M ?