Cities: Skylines 2 has struggled because it launched final 12 months, and it is displaying no indicators of stopping as its console ports have been delayed indefinitely.
When Cities: Skylines 2 launched final 12 months, it did so with quite a lot of issues. In actual fact, issues had been so dangerous the devs needed to guarantee everybody that it will not be releasing any paid DLC till they’ve managed to repair the sport’s efficiency points. Apart from a bit of Deluxe Loosen up Station DLC, that is remained true all these months later, even when you should purchase the sport’s Final Version. And people points are persisting even now, as in an replace right this moment, developer Colossal Order has shared that the PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S model of the sport have been delayed, with no launch date in sight for them.
“Pricey Console Gamers, we wished to replace you on the console launch schedule,” reads a publish on the sport’s boards. “Sadly, now we have not but met the steadiness and efficiency targets we set for the console launch. With out a Launch Candidate (RC), we are actually unable to fulfill an October launch window. Whereas we’re making sluggish however regular progress, there are nonetheless unresolved points impacting the sport in ways in which hurt the participant expertise we wish to ship.
“We count on to obtain a brand new RC, which can bear a radical evaluate in August. This analysis will decide whether or not we are able to start the submission course of and supply a strong launch date, or if additional points have to be addressed. We perceive that is disappointing, and it’s not what we had hoped for both. Nonetheless, we’re dedicated to preserving you knowledgeable all through this growth course of, even when the updates aren’t all the time what we’d like. Thanks in your understanding and help.”
Attributable to all the issues the city-builder has suffered from, it is nonetheless at the moment sitting at a “blended” ranking on Steam, although at its launch it was evaluate bombed the place it hit a “principally unfavourable” standing. Issues are doing a bit higher now, and Alex actually did take pleasure in it in his evaluate, nevertheless it’s obtained a methods to go earlier than it will possibly earn the primary sport’s excessive popularity again.
