Comment on The Way Forward, an update from the team behind Cities: Skylines
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt’s the kind of decision you make when you run out of cash to keep funding development.
Comment on The Way Forward, an update from the team behind Cities: Skylines
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt’s the kind of decision you make when you run out of cash to keep funding development.
Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Paradox and Colossal Order have said they literally ran out of cash?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…
Everyone ran out of cash in this industry. Investment dried up, and they knew what state their game was shipping in. That doesn’t mean you’re wrong to be upset as a consumer either.
Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Paradox is extremely healthy.
If we’re both going to be speculating here, I’m going with the more likely consideration for a publisher with record performance. In early August, they saw an early access game get its full release in an unfinished state to massive acclaim and sales (along with similar, larger trends) and decided to test their market with the same.
I don’t even have a dog in this fight; I’m not a city management sim fan. I’m just calling it like it is.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And perhaps that health is because by that point they already started releasing multiple games far too early for a cash injection, one of which ended with them cutting Harebrained Schemes loose. I’m also calling it like it is. I don’t see healthy companies sacrifice their long term fan base and development throughput for short term gains. It smells a whole lot like trying to stop the bleeding. As for assigning The Chinese Room to sequel a beloved RPG, I don’t even know where to start there.