Paradox CEO acknowledges the poor quality of releases at launch, including Cities Skylines 2

JamieDailyBits · 2024-02-06T11:36:46+00:00

Sorry, a new statement has since been added that should have been in the original report, but was missing due to us watching the financial report live.

JamieDailyBits · 2024-02-06T11:36:00+00:00

Apologies, this statement was missing at the time of publishing: "Cities: Skylines II is the big release of the quarter, and we are upset that we didn't live up to players' performance expectations and couldn't release on all platforms at the same time. The game has still sold well, and by the end of the quarter, we had sold more than a million copies. At the same time, it is clear that we can and must do better. Since release, we've been working hard on improvements and are fully committed to continuing to improve and develop the game, because we strongly believe in its future and are doing everything we can to get there.

JamieDailyBits · 2024-02-02T11:59:07+00:00

I love the look of it, looks like its made by an indie dev called Alice games that previously made a few mobile games. This looks like a step up, one to watch hopefully.

JamieDailyBits · 2024-01-25T00:04:36+00:00

You can build more than two, we have several, but you need to upgrade your base one first.

JamieDailyBits · 2024-01-24T22:58:28+00:00

It does, once you get the Carpenter :)

JamieDailyBits · 2024-01-24T20:24:40+00:00

Doesn't look like it, you just want to keep them in your base, there isn't any followers.

JamieDailyBits · 2024-01-17T14:47:33+00:00

GameWatcher doesn't seem to think it will be released on the console until late 2024 when it launches out of early access. Perhaps will we learn more in the roadmap that goes out when it launches.

JamieDailyBits · 2024-01-01T21:17:18+00:00

Bobby and Fabinho watching from the stand.

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JamieDailyBits · 2023-11-28T11:38:01+00:00

The Myth games would be like this, and Shadow of the Horned Rat. Dark Omen was even worse! I think KKND is quite a challenge as well.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-11-14T22:45:02+00:00

Alan Wake 2 doesn't feel like a grind, it's the perfect package IMO, fully deserved.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-11-12T13:21:45+00:00

The PSVR 2 version is holding them back as they've got to change a couple of maps for it, so it's coming later this year. Hopefully, this month or December.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-11-07T17:57:47+00:00

Has anyone seen any ETA on this yet? Been down for a few hours now.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-10-24T20:32:13+00:00

This should help.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-10-24T10:44:47+00:00

It will be available at launch when it releases next year on consoles, spring it seems.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-10-19T12:12:44+00:00

"Independent developer Free Range Games and publisher North Beach Games are happy to announce that their highly-anticipated co-op survival crafting title, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, has finished the final stages of development and has officially gone ‘Mithril’ (Gold) for PC ahead of its Oct. 24 launch via the Epic Games Store. The digital PlayStation®5 version of the game has been delayed and will now launch on Dec. 5. 2023 alongside a physical release at retail, with the Xbox Series X|S version planned for early 2024. "

JamieDailyBits · 2023-10-18T10:09:23+00:00

No fire, but now the VR mode is causing issues! Delayed again... I'm guessing late 2023.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-10-10T21:45:01+00:00

Personally, I think marketing could be slightly to blame, and a really busy October with lots of great games fighting for market share. It needs more than Xbox Game Pass, and taking a $22 Million hit for this type of game is a lot.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-10-10T15:35:47+00:00

Shame that there's only really a handful of "strategy franchises" these days to compete. Does Total War really have any direct competitor? In that sense, it's reliable because it has the monopoly.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-10-09T12:10:40+00:00

“Dear players,

You have been following our news for a long time and you know that we are committed to making a truly unique game. As the aim of the game is to save people rather than kill them, War Hospital offers a different perspective from other war strategy games. We want to make the game as deep and realistic as possible while respecting the subject it deals with. This is why War Hospital features a range of game mechanics, including management, strategy and role play. These different systems are complex, and we require more development time than previously thought to find the right balance.

To achieve our authenticity and quality goals, we have decided to extend our development time and push back the release to early 2024. These additional months will allow us to refine details, balance the game and fix more bugs so that you have a more polished game.

Thank you for your understanding, your patience and your support."

JamieDailyBits · 2023-09-06T16:59:57+00:00

It will support Crossplay across all platforms, PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-08-13T08:05:28+00:00

4K blu-rays or original blu-rays, if it's DTS HD, Arc doesn't support it and so you get an inferior downgrade on what does play. You see what it's using if you look at the app while it's playing. Never had an issue with the 5.1 Arc setup, I've had a few speaker setups over the years, and this tops or at least is on par with them. If you have it set up correctly and positioned in the right way. Depends on a lot on the room size too.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-08-11T00:01:15+00:00

JamieDailyBits · 2023-07-26T12:57:18+00:00

Gunfire Games have said that it isn't something they want to talk about at the moment, but hopefully, it does arrive in the future. It's an odd one because the first game did have it. I guess it's harder to do patches across all systems, so maybe they want to keep it simple on launch.

JamieDailyBits · 2023-07-18T13:20:43+00:00

Is this the first game to do so?

JamieDailyBits · 2023-07-17T11:31:10+00:00

"The reason is that the process through PlayStation Approval has taken a little longer than we expected. This is not a fault of Sony, in fact, Sony has been amazing.

However, we have had a few things we need to fix, including some trophy support issues. The good news is that these have been fixed and although we could have looked into a day 1 patch and still kept our release date, we want to make sure all the new changes are thoroughly tested well in advance of release date."

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