Oh come on ...
That was different age ... when, and where did you learned about existence of Bloodlines?
Personaly i find out this game exists 6years after release, and it was just bcs of my friend, that just find out bcs of his friend ... no idea where he get it.
How can you even try to copare that to worldwide anouncement two years before release across multiple platforms, with its own official sites, two official discords (dunno how many unofficial), dozens of unofficial youtube channels, forum, twitter, twitch, promo actions and last but not least quite huge fanbase bcs of first game? :-/
Wich of those things Bloodlines had?
I honestly dunno if im the only player on the globe who do this, as it sometimes in this "release with cyberpunk will be misstake" debates seems. :-/
But i cant understand how can you think that release any game can affect succes of another game. :-/
Yes, there are people who will rather buy CP than BL ... and yes, there will be people who rather buy BL than CP ... and if those people wish to play both, they probably will sooner or later buy both, also concidering how long you allready can pre-order both, i believe that most (maybe not all, but most) people that wish to play both, allready payd for both. :-/
So yes, i get it there can be some effect on initial sales, but please someone tell me this:
What difference it makes if people who wish to play Bloodlines, but also wish to play Cyberpunk, and also wish to play Cyberpunk sooner (wich is the only group that can possibly decerase any Bloodlines 2 initial sales profit), and also refuse to pre-order those games (wich they could do more than 12 times since anouncement, if they cant afford to buy more than one game per payment) ...
What difference it makes if:
A) Bloodlines 2 will be delayed 2-3 months after Cyberpunk, so they dont colide.
B) Bloodlines 2 will be released same day as Cyberpunk, and those people that i described here will buy/play it 2-3 monts after?
Only difference i can find is that those fans who like Bloodlines 2 more, and maybe even wish to play Bloodlines 2 sooner will have to wait for some people who dont even like this game as much as they do. :-/
Im sorry, if this feels harsh, but that is not good way to care about your customers. :-/