The much-anticipated release of “Cyberpunk 2077” is nothing short of a disaster for video game developer CD Projekt Red. 

The Polish company has seen its stock drop 41% since the first reviews of the game surfaced on Dec. 7.

Sony pulled the beleaguered game from the PlayStation Store and said it will issue refunds. Best Buy is also offering returns on select versions, even opened games, through Dec. 21. 

CD Projekt has fallen hard: 

• Shares of the company dropped as much as 22% on Friday after the Sony news
• Friday’s drop follows a 25% dip the first three days following the Dec. 10 release
• CD Projekt’s market cap was $11.8 billion pre-launch and now sits at less than $7.2 billion
• CD Projekt’s four founders — who own 34% of its shares — have lost more than $1 billion in collective net worth

Even prior to the Sony news, CD Projekt had offered refunds and promised that patch updates released early next year would fix the game’s problems.

It’s not all bad: Cyberpunk’s issues have been for the console versions of the game — accounting for 41% of preorders. On PC, however, reviews for the game have been excellent.

Microsoft is offering refunds for the digital Xbox version, but has not removed the game from its store.

Shipping companies are backed up due to pandemic and holiday season pressure, but Dick’s Sporting Goods found a workaround.

Dick’s has partnered with delivery app Instacart, known for its grocery services, to offer same-day delivery from more than 150 stores across five states.

Earlier this month, UPS placed shipping limits on retailers including Nike and Gap, instructing drivers across the U.S. to stop picking up their packages. 

Pickup Pivot: Dick’s move follows the company’s rollout of curbside pickup early on in the pandemic, which provided the company with new insights into consumer behavior. 

“In analyzing the [new] curbside experience, we saw a lot of customers were coming to pick up their order the same day they placed it, and then more acutely, a really nice percentage of them were coming the same hour,” Joe Pietropola, Dick’s senior vice president of e-commerce, told CNBC. 

In its latest quarter, Dick’s reported e-commerce sales growth of 95%, along with same-store sales gains of more than 23%, a quarterly record. Online sales accounted for about 21% of total net sales, up 8% year-over-year.

Instacart also partnered with retailers like Staples, Best Buy and Sephora this year. 

Discord, the chat and communications platform synonymous with gaming, raised $100 million in funding and is now valued at $7 billion. The company has doubled in value since its last $100 million raise six months ago.

The platform has 140 million monthly active users, double from a year ago. 

Esports Entry: Discord gained steam by resonating heavily with Twitch and esports players, where it still dominates.

• The popularity of “Among Us” in particular helped drive 800,000 downloads per day
• It also helped the platform achieve its best-ever month for first-time downloads, with roughly 22.7 million downloads globally in September — up 337% year-over-year 

The chat platform is looking to expand beyond video games, making its first foray into traditional sports by partnering with the Sacramento Kings ahead of the 2020 NBA Draft. Other big four sports brands on Discord include Chelsea Football FC and the Toronto Raptors. 

“What we found is that Discord was really the platform of the future,” Vivek Ranadivé, chairman and owner of the Sacramento Kings, told Front Office Sports. “It’s highly interactive, which is what you want. It has this notion of these micro-communities… and we see [our draft experience] as a first step.”