Cyberpunk 2077 V's Bed / Sleeping Position

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Cyberpunk 2077 V's Bed / Sleeping Position refers to a series of memes about Cyberpunk 2077’s protagonist “V” and the bizarre sleeping position they use when players select the option to sleep in the game, which appears sideways and hanging off the edge. Various memes referencing V sleeping circulated online across multiple platforms in mid-December 2020 following the game’s release in a multitude of formats. In late March 2021, the awkward sleeping position for V was fixed by CDPR in the 1.2 patch, which properly shows the character sleeping with their head on the pillow.

Origin

On December 10th, 2020, Cyberpunk 2077 released worldwide (with reviewers getting an early start the day before), and players quickly took notice of V’s peculiar sleeping position when selecting their bed in the apartment. As shown in the clip below, the sleep animation for the player character enters the bed sideways and sleeps with their body off the mattress.

On December 9th, 2020, the earliest-known meme referencing the sleeping position of V was posted to the /r/memes^[1] subreddit by Redditor Nalagma. The meme shows a screenshot of V sleeping with a reaction drawn underneath attempting to comprehend how the position would look in real life (shown below).

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On December 11th, 2020, Redditor General_Snack posted another example to the /r/gaming^[2] subreddit referencing how V sleeps, which received over 125,000 upvotes, 3,600 comments and several Reddit Awards in three days (seen below, left). That same day, Redditor TheTripleSevens also posted a meme to /r/gaming,^[3] receiving over 105,000 upvotes, 1,300 comments and numerous awards in three days (seen below, right).

On December 11th, Twitter^[4] user Drift0r posted a video of the in-game sleeping animation with themselves reenacting the scene in real life, accumulating over 28,400 views, 1,500 likes and 147 retweets in three days (shown below).

On December 11th, Redditor FrozenLaughs posted an image macro variant of the sleeping position to the /r/gaming^[5] sub, receiving over 72,500 upvotes, 960 comments and numerous Reddit Awards in roughly three days (seen below, left). On December 12th, Redditor harrygamez posted another example to the /r/cyberpunkgame^[6] sub depicting a dog sleeping in an awkward position similar to how V sleeps in the game, receiving over 16,700 upvotes, 210 comments and several awards in 36 hours (seen below, right).

Patch 1.2 Fix

On March 29th, 2021, CDPR released patch 1.2 for Cyberpunk, which addressed a slew of problems within the game. Among these fixes was a correction for V's sleeping position that now shows the player character properly oriented when laying down in bed.^[9]

That same day, several posts across social media noted the fix, with some receiving notable attention. One such example was a post by Redditor DerHowl to the /r/LowSodiumCyberpunk^[7] subreddit, which included a clip of the fix alongside the title "V's sleeping position is finally fixed," receiving over 7,800 likes, 306 comments and several Reddit awards in 48 hours. Also that day, Twitter^[8] user CyberOutlawGG tweeted about the fix, including a video, receiving over 3,800 likes and 480 retweets in 48 hours (seen below).

Finally, V goes correctly to sleep now, with her/his head on the pillow. Love this update, brings so many good changes 😊#Cyberpunk2077 pic.twitter.com/zhmlYrloqd

— CyberOutlawGG (@cyber_outlaw_vp) March 29, 2021

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