Dear Cities fans, We see and understand the disappointment many of you have expressed after the release of Cities: Skylines II and the recent release of Beach Properties. We asked for your patience and support, and you’ve shown those. In...

TL;DR:

  • They apologized (again)

  • They will refund everyone who bought the beach DLC and make it a free addition to the game, admitting it was tasteless that they made paid DLC when the game is in a broken state

  • They will focus on base changes and better modding tools before starting to make more DLC (previously announced DLC has been delayed to 2025)

  • Console release delayed

Honestly, this is a good update. It’s everything we wanted to hear. Looking forward to buying the game when it gets fixed.

  • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    The base game having less content than its predecessor isn’t the greedy part. It’s the fact that taking advantage of that market inelasticity wasn’t enough for Paradox and judging it acceptable to release a product in this state on top of that.

    • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      6 months ago

      It’s the kind of decision you make when you run out of cash to keep funding development.

      • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Paradox and Colossal Order have said they literally ran out of cash?

        • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          6 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.eeEnglish
            3·
            6 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.worldEnglish
              11·
              6 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.

              • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
                22·
                6 months ago

                I don’t see healthy companies sacrifice their long term fan base and development throughput for short term gains.

                New to Capitalism?

                  • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    31·
                    6 months ago

                    I don’t see healthy companies sacrifice their long term fan base and development throughput for short term gains.

                    New to Capitalism?

                    No, hence my conclusions.

                    You’ve never seen a corporation sacrifice its long-term health to report short-term profits, to meet an upcoming quarterly report?

                    Ever?