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"Paradox cancels life sim Life by You, CEO says they gave the studio 'a fair shot' but now 'believe it is better to stop'"
"Hours after cancelling its only game, Paradox shutters its 24-person Life by You studio"
Honestly, I was tentatively following this Life By You thing, but I had taken the "I'll believe it when I see it actually released and getting good reviews and word-of-mouth" approach (same as I am for Paralives and InZoi and, hell, even The Sims 5 at this point). This honestly doesn't surprise or disappoint me. It's hard to be surprised when you expect shit like this, and it's hard to be disappointed when your expectations were pretty much already in the toilet to start with. *shrug*
Paradox Interactive has been complete shit and has been making/publishing complete shit for a while now. (See also: Stellaris, Cities:Skylines II, and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 [the latter of which probably won't ever see the light of day, either].) I guess in this particular case of Life By You even they couldn't find a way to nickel and dime players with this shit (despite the fact that they already have Electronic Arts and The Sims franchise as an example to follow), so decided to just cancel it instead. ¬_¬
"Hours after cancelling its only game, Paradox shutters its 24-person Life by You studio"
Honestly, I was tentatively following this Life By You thing, but I had taken the "I'll believe it when I see it actually released and getting good reviews and word-of-mouth" approach (same as I am for Paralives and InZoi and, hell, even The Sims 5 at this point). This honestly doesn't surprise or disappoint me. It's hard to be surprised when you expect shit like this, and it's hard to be disappointed when your expectations were pretty much already in the toilet to start with. *shrug*
Paradox Interactive has been complete shit and has been making/publishing complete shit for a while now. (See also: Stellaris, Cities:Skylines II, and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 [the latter of which probably won't ever see the light of day, either].) I guess in this particular case of Life By You even they couldn't find a way to nickel and dime players with this shit (despite the fact that they already have Electronic Arts and The Sims franchise as an example to follow), so decided to just cancel it instead. ¬_¬
