this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
171 points (99.4% liked)

Gaming

19934 readers
324 users here now

Sub for any gaming related content!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So they didn’t get sued / punished by Paradox, their publisher.

There was probably a contact that said “CS2 will release by XX.” If they didn’t hit that target date, there could have been financial penalties.

Obviously it sucks for the consumer, but hitting that target of release and then working to improve the game was probably Colossal Order’s only option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Exactly. Blame the publisher, not the developer studio here. That’s the case for at least 99% of these kinds of fuckups.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I feel like it couldn’t have been more clear that the publisher caused this. CO has been very communicative in saying that the game wasn’t hitting their performance target, even doing what they could to delay the console release.

I’m not trying to make excuses, but CO seems like a bunch of devs that really love what they create. Paradox is a bunch of money hungry leeches that couldn’t imagine waiting another day for their dollar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Especially when it released almost immediately after the new Harebrained Schemes game flopped. Paradox was absolutely not in a position to let a tentpole slip, re: investors.