I own the game, pre-ordered it from gog.com but yet its not released for me yet even tho I'm a small time streamer. Some of the Big Shots like Shroud and Bikeman are currently streaming this on the 9th but yet my game tells me i gotta wait till the 10th to stream it. What Bias and Discrimination is this crap. I paid for it i wanted to stream it and i was getting everything ready when i saw someone on Youtube Streaming this but yet my game is locked till the 10th. CD Project said they were going to release this the same time for everyone but THEY LIED. So what legal course do i have since i'm losing out on something i should have access like the other streamers or those other streamers should've waited till the actual release date and time.

i'm still trying to understand that too, the game was realeased on december 9th, and mine's still locked, saying its not december 10th, i'd appreciate an explanation.

Maybe they made some special deal?
You're accessing the game like a normal customer.
A lawsuit about this matter will only make you waste a ton of money..

Because they are indeed biased. The game was not released on the 9th, they just gave access earlier to big shots as a form of marketing.

Which is nothing new, and has been like this for years.
Every developer/publisher, from little indies to AAA, does this.

Heo I'll break it down for you in a short way to hopefully shed some light on things.

1. These Streamers would have had a deal in place to grant them access to the game as a means of marketing. Influencer marketing is CDPR bread and butter (for better or worse).

2. They did not lie, the unlock date in, for the general public, the streamers who are streaming it (bar the odd console copies early people) are not the general public in the case.

3. It's not discrimination, bias yes...but not in a negative manner. As we're both streamers, we both understand that we're small and not an appealing option for publishers. Given the size of the channel and the likelihood it's a hobby, there's no real weight on our side to stay within an agreement beyond being blacklisted. Addtionally, we simply do not have the audience. Same way you need an audience of a certain size to get sponsorships and partner etc etc

4. Legal course? come on, this part is just ridiculous. I know you will probably be a little bit mad as you thought streaming it earlier would open up to more viewers and channel growth, but this is not the way to express your view. And even so, Cyberpunk is going to be the biggest game on twitch for a at least a week, so you won't see many new viewers coming in.

5. Take this as a lesson, look at how the influencer market works, and try not to get emotional with your response to it. I hope this clears a few things up, but it's not that deep mate, really. It's just like anything else.

Marketing > audience. Who would you pick? the guy with 150k+ views or someone with less than 100? This isn't a niche title, it's more mainstream than cola or *checks notes* dabbing?

You own access to the game for it's release date which is December 10.

No idea what this thread is about.

You would have been free to contact CD Project as well for an early access but of course they only provide this to people with a marketing reach.

But ya the game you bought you bought for December 10 so there is nothing to complain about.

They did lie, they said they would unlock it at the same for Everyone, by unlocking it early for Big Streamers, that would make what they said before an error. They could've done where have 1 Streamer and 1 of the Developer play the game and comment on it like Watch Dogs Legion did, but no. With marketing, does it matter if its a 150k viewer Stream or a lot of little 10-100 viewer streamers. The only reason the Big Streamer is playing is for money, But if they side with the Big Streamer, the little guys are being negatively affected by the money loss. For a game that's suppose to be unlocked at the same time for Everyone, maybe they should've said they'll unlock it a day earlier for some people but they didn't. Also aren't the streamers streaming Spoilers and aren't they doing legal actions against someone already for Spoilers ?