The 30-year-old wanted to use his advantage as a YouTuber to make a lot of money with Cyberpunk 2077

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Many were upset about purchasing Cyberpunk 2077 in December 2020. The game performed so poorly on consoles that it was even removed from the PS Store. But one person was even more annoyed than the normal buyers. The YouTuber Willyrex. He wanted to be particularly clever and was shipwrecked.

What unfair advantage did Willyrex have?

  • The YouTuber Willyrex has been in business since 2011 and, like some Spanish-speaking YouTubers, streams from Andorra, which is their Madeira. Taxes can be saved there.
  • As a YouTuber, Willyrex was able to secure a new copy of Cyberpunk 2077 before many others. The game was released on December 10, 2020 and was a really hot number when released.
  • Willyrex got a copy of the game for the PC. In some cases, major influencers, like gaming journalists, receive such “review versions” of a game from the manufacturer before its release.

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    “I thought this was free money”

    This was his mistake: As Willyrex explains in a podcast, he played Cyberpunk 2077 before its release and thought it was a great game. He wanted to be particularly clever:

    “I said to myself, I have to buy stocks. I have an advantage. That’s the way to cheat.”

    After all, the YouTuber’s motto is “Use the bug to your advantage.”

    So he bought $100,000 worth of stock and said, “Finally, some free money.”

    YouTuber buys shares at the absolute highest price

    What was the problem? What Willyrex didn’t know at the time: The PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 ran well, but the console version was a disgrace and plunged the game and the company that sold it into a crisis. On December 18th Cyberpunk 2077 even flew from the PS Store.

    He says:

    The game came out 3 or 4 days later and was the only game in history to be removed from the PlayStation Store. I had played it on PC, it ran perfectly, maximum quality, they did everything they promised.

    CD Projekt Red shares plummeted right after Willyrx bought them. Because the stock was at a huge high in anticipation that Cyberpunk 2077 would be the game of 2020 and generate crazy revenue:

    Stock collapses 50% after one month

    If he bought the shares 3 or 4 days before the release, as he says, he must have paid about $120 per share. Just 7 days later the share was only at 86%. Less than a month later, on January 8th, the stock had plummeted to $65. Today the stock is still worth about $28.

    Depending on exactly when he sold it, he may have lost tens of thousands of dollars. Willyrex doesn’t say exactly how much he lost. But he describes it as a “setback.”

    His tactic of using every advantage didn’t work at all.

    Other YouTubers also have problems with money and their expenses:

    Twitch streamer Tanzban says he’s broke: Bought shirts for 400 euros that don’t even fit him

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