Comment on The Way Forward, an update from the team behind Cities: Skylines
Ashtear@lemm.ee 5 months agoParadox 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 5 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.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 5 months ago
New to Capitalism?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No, hence my conclusions.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You’ve never seen a corporation sacrifice its long-term health to report short-term profits, to meet an upcoming quarterly report? Ever?