After Cyberpunk 2077: CD Projekt shares will lose almost a third of their value in 2021

CD Projekt’s share price has fallen sharply since Cyberpunk was released in 2077.

How times change. Almost exactly two years ago to the day we reported on the rapid rise of CD Projekt Red, which were the most successful European listed company in December 2019. In the same year, the share rose by a fantastic 86%, compared to the stock market listing ten years earlier by a surreal 21,000%. One disastrous (console) release later, everything is different. After the release of Cyberpunk 2077 in December 2020 it went steeply downhill.

Stock market slump for CD project: If we look at the entire 2021 stock market year, the share fell by 30.38% and now has a market value of EUR 41.77. The all-time high was reached on August 24, 2020 with a value of 101.55 euros.

In the 2021 stock market year, (almost) only Sony and Microsoft laughed

If we take a look at the stock market development of the Polish company since the release of Cyberpunk 2077, the share was almost in free fall until mid-April 2021 (low: 33.20 euros / Onvista), but was able to stabilize throughout the second half of the year. You can see the exact performance over the period of one year here:

However, the past year was not an easy one not only for CD Projekt, but also for the gaming industry, which posted record sales in 2020 due to the pandemic. Not only did shifts put pressure on profit, but negative headlines around the work culture, for example at Ubisoft and above all Activision-Blizzard, made the prices plummet. Even Nintendo could not share the mega success of with any release from last year Animal Crossing: New Horizons to tie in with it even rudimentarily.

To make this clear, the site has Tweaktown with reference to the data from video games analyst Dr. Serkan Toto now an annual balance sheet, the NYSE stock prices of the largest publishers in the period from January 4th to December 30th, 2021 compared to each other.

The biggest losers:

• Ubisoft (-46%)
• Activision-Blizzard (-27%)
• Capcom (-18%)
• Nintendo (-18%)
• Take-Two (-15%)

EA (-7%), Konami (-5%), Koei Tecmo (-4%) and Square Enix (-4%) were also unable to maintain the level from the previous year, although the prices compared to Ubisoft, Activision-Blizzard and Co. have decreased significantly more moderately.

The winners:

• Microsoft (+51%)
• Sony (+39%)
• SEGA (+10%)
• Bandai Namco (+3%)

By far the largest share price increase was recorded by Microsoft and Sony, which, however, occupy a special position in this list due to several company divisions, and not only cover the area of ​​gaming.

Especially at Sony, however, the continued great success of the PS5, which is difficult to get even a year after its release, is likely to have played a large part in the rising price. The same applies, in a slightly weakened form, to Microsoft and the sales success of Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.

2022 is going to be a hugely important year for the gaming industry

According to the current status, the successor will appear in the coming months Zelda: Breath of the Wild, God of War Ragnarök or Stalker 2To name just a few, it has brought together more blockbusters than ever before. The software sales are likely to increase enormously compared to the previous year, also because PS5 and Xbox Series X / S will be found in more and more households.

However, in which direction the stock market prices and the success of the publishers move, depends on many factors. Among other things, the state of the games at the time of release is important, but also the growing pains the gaming industry will have to contend with in 2022. What’s next for Activision-Blizzard, Ubisoft and Co.? One thing is for sure, the coming months will be extremely exciting for all of us.