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Well, using pre-release builds was still a decision by CO. While I understand the decision, it is risky, and the risk didn’t pay off this time.

I’m not too hopeful. The new devs’ portfolio doesn’t make it seem like they have enough experience to handle a big project like this.

It’s sad because while Colossal Order definitely messed up the launch (though I’m still unsure whether it’s their fault or Paradox — probably both), they knew what makes city builders good. I feel like two years in, they’ve finally handled all the faults of the base game, and were ready to build upon it and release new content.

I have to be optimistic because, like I said, the base game is now pretty good to build upon, but the new devs don’t inspire confidence.

If Steam keeps extending like this, people will stop buying Windows for gaming.

Good for those people. Unfortunately, Windows has other use cases outside of gaming, and I’m not planning to switch to Linux because it won’t be able to cover those for me.

I just don’t want to see something like “Half-Life 3, built first for Steam Hardware” in an announcement five years later, and ending up having some issues on Windows because that was not a priority. So far, Valve only keeps improving their platform to hook everyone on the Steam ecosystem, but we can’t be sure of their next steps. No one is immune to increasing profit margins, even Valve.

So this is the “Extend” step of PC gaming control by Valve. We’ll see how open the Steam ecosystem will stay.

The rich don’t care about your bootlicking