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.

  • Moneo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    362·
    8 months ago

    idk if this is a stupid opinion but I feel like us, the consumers are to blame. If everyone just waited a week and read reviews before buying games then publishers wouldn’t be able to get away with this shit.

    • cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      132·
      8 months ago

      Honestly, I always felt the $60 price tag for games (now $70+ for AAA titles!) was way too much, so I usually wait about a year or more, then buy it on sale.

      So I get to sit back and watch the shitshow when people pre-order games and then get screwed when the game is garbage.

      Dragon’s Dogma II was super hyped up recently, and even I got the free character customization demo to pre-build a character. Then it announced day-one microtransactions the day before release and pissed off the gaming community.

    • cmhe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      No, the consumers are never to blame for stuff like this!

      This is something that is just that we get told by the people that are lying about and hyping up a product, putting up manipulative incentives for buying it before letting us inspect it. Then releasing trash, but still appealing on our empathic nature and promising that it might get fixed later. And when things turn to shit, then it is our trust and empathy, willingness to support them, that is to blame for it. No!

      If the industry exploits our good and trusting nature, then we need to fight them with regulation and laws. Our civilization and the human nature is built on trust, and that should not be undermined by short profit oriented, exploitative companies or business practices.

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      I do wait, and the publishers don’t get away with selling me unfinished games. It’s great.

      I wait at least a month for any game, 8 months for a Bethesda game.

      • Klear@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        21·
        8 months ago

        I waited a year for cyberpunk, until everyone was saying it was all fixed, and I hated all the bugs and some bad design decisions. Nothing major, but it felt like death of a thousand cuts.

        I shudder to imagine how that game looked at release that this feels like a polished product to people.

        • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          Hah, yeah I also played cyberpunk quite recently. I really liked it for the most part, I’m considering playing it again with a totally different build.

          Yeah, I saw some early gameplay videos from cyberpunk… I think it has indeed come a very long way.

          • Klear@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            8 months ago

            I can’t say I didn’t like it. Quite the opposite, but for a supposedly fixed game, there were still too many annoyances.

    • kingthrillgore@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      It’s preorders. Stop preordering, and either the products will improve or studios will collapse.

    • Konraddo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      331·
      8 months ago

      To be precise, the new generation is to blame, who constantly preorders a game, and spends a lot on mobile games. Companies realize that bad products sell, so why would they improve?

      • bigmclargehuge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        112·
        8 months ago

        “The new generation”

        So there are no 40 year olds who blindly pre order the 15th CoD game because that’s all they play? This is a general issue in the gaming community as a whole.

        • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          Instead of getting hung up on an actual age number, consider it as older society versus the current newer society.

          We can all argue the details, but today’s consumer who purchase games seem to be a lot more willing to accept an inferior product, than those of the past.

      • shinratdr@lemmy.caEnglish
        67·
        8 months ago

        lol new generation. It’s millennials, gen x and boomers that spend $500 on Candy Crush without noticing, not Gen Z & Alpha.