As a verb; “We were No Man’s
Sky’ed” or; “CD Project
RED really tried to No Man’s Sky us with Cyberpunk 2077”.
Alternative use; “To pull a No Man’s Sky”
The act of intentionally releasing a game unfinished and dealing with the backlash to reap early profits and attempt to recoup lost reputation of the company by fixing the game over the initially intended development cycle.
A tactic used by greedy developers and directors to “release the game
twice” and getting more profits while attempting a redemption story for
clout.