10 Biggest Scams In Gaming History

10. Cyberpunk 2077

Okay, let's get the obvious out of the way. 

Despite CD Projekt's towering work on The Witcher series, Cyberpunk 2077 was shaping up to be their magnum opus. Costing over $400 million and spending nearly seven years in development, it looked like the creators had immeasurable faith in the breathtaking dystopian shooter.

However, alarm bells rang when CD Projekt issued stringent embargo policies, demanding reviewers to sign NDAs. Adding to the suspicion, critics were only issued the PC version of the game for the pre-release reviews.

Sadly, this was a clear sign of what was to come. Though Cyberpunk played well on high-powered PCs, the Xbox and PlayStation versions were hampered by bugs, collision detection issues, frame-rate drops, and epilepsy-inducing sequences. The Sony version was so dire, it was removed from the PlayStation Store for almost a year.

Since CD Projekt was coy with releasing console footage, they obviously knew Cyberpunk was nowhere near ready. Rather than delaying the project (again), they released this dumpster fire and then acted surprised when there was a public outcry.

If the developers didn't do such a miraculous job with the post-release patches, Cyberpunk 2077 would've nabbed the top spot on the list.