This is a shame, I haven’t played a sims game in a while and I remember them quite fondly. The latest EA sims stuff has just been utter micro transaction slop, or at least last I checked. I hate to see a smaller studio that’s not working through one of bastard publishers get hit like this.
I’m a lot more patient with paradox than I am with other publishers. Their focus still seems on producing interesting games rather than chasing “maximized revenue”. There are realities to being a publisher though. if a studio is failing to produce something and your financials are limited, there’s only so much risk you can take on extending deadlines, and writing something off for a quick boost to financials is a alluring sirens call.
I have my issues with how paradox studios design is affected by their DLC model, but I don’t think there’s a better way to bring in ongoing revenue to fund further development.
It’s a mess, all of it, but it is a results of the context and system they exist with in, not necessarily the will of those making the calls at paradox. Paradox tends to do a better job of existing with in the system without making pure slop than other big publishers, so they have my patience for that.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Shame since I really wanted a Sims competitor. Sims 4 is a mess of a game.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 9 months ago
Yeah but after Cities:Skylines 2, you have to imagine that LBY had to be looking ROUGH if Paradox was afraid of showing it to the world. They probably did us a mercy tbh.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
but the lby devs showed it like every week on yt…
ski11erboi@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Paralives is still going strong! It’s looking like it will be strong enough of a competitor to actually influence future sims developments.
Kissaki@beehaw.org 9 months ago
store.steampowered.com/app/1118520/Paralives/
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
inzoi too! it looks amazing too