Game is announced with shiny video showing all sorts of cool stuff.
Release date is announced.
Game is delayed.
Reviewers/early access people get it, turns out it has none of the cool stuff form the announcement video.
Game is delayed again.
Game finally comes out, with 3 different tiers that are like $80, $100 and $120 CAD depending on if you want the version of the game that’s 30%, 40% or 50% complete.
Game doesn’t work.
After about two years and 10 DLC packs you have about 80% of the functional game, the other 20% being stuff they were supposed to add but just never bothered, what are you gonna do about it? By this point you no longer care about the game anyway.
Sequel is announced with shiny video showing all sorts of cool stuff, devs promise they’ve fixed all the broken stuff this time for real.
Company gets bought by EA or Epic, all devs are replaced.
Game is delayed.
Like genuinely who wants to bother with that nonsense anymore TBH.
Exactly this. The new game cycle these days is:
Like genuinely who wants to bother with that nonsense anymore TBH.