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.

  • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    I’d say it’s a sign of an unhealthy company, since their reports must be truthful but can present the rosiest picture possible. You don’t have to force this to be some absolutism. The rest of the industry came on hard times simultaneously to these games releasing unfinished, as well as games from their peers doing the same. I don’t think my conclusion is farfetched.

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      6 months ago

      I’d say it’s a sign of an unhealthy company

      Not all corporations on the planet are unhealthy, but all focus on the quarterly report more so than long-term, if they’re publicly traded.

      You keep focusing on a few game companies, where my original comment, and my recurring comments, are about corporations in general, as a discussion on Capitalism as a whole.

      It’s well known and believed that all corporations that are public and that have shareholders focused primarily on the next quarterly earnings report and returns, and not long term results, regardless of their health.

      I don’t think my conclusion is farfetched.

      Your conclusion is purposely not answering the point I’m asking you, which is what this conversation is about.

      It blows my mind you’re not willing to acknowledge that, which is why I keep interacting with you, trying to get you to speak specifically to that point, but you keep referring to just two game companies over and over again only.

      • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        You’re looking for an argument that I’m not interested in, and it’s not what this conversation was about. Paradox sure looks like it released some games early, knowing that they were underbaked, because they couldn’t feasibly keep delaying them to give them the time they needed. We can agree to disagree there and go our separate ways.

        • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          6 months ago

          Going to leave it with this…

          You’re looking for an argument that I’m not interested in, and it’s not what this conversation was about.

          You’re purposely not answering the point of the conversation, and trying to label it otherwise is not an answer in and of itself.

          The conversation was about healthy corporations focusing on short-term profits or not. Not one game company who’s unhealthy focusing on short-term profits.

          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?

          I’ve never seen one I would call healthy.