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Paradox just cancelled Life By You (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/life-by-you-is-cancelled.1688889/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/paradox-interactive-completely-cancelled-life-by-you/

Kind of disappointed about this, I was hoping it would provide a little bit of competition to EA. At least Paralives is still supposed to released, and my copy of The Sims 3 still works as well!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I wanted the life simulation genre to grow and for EA to maybe see some competition. But it seems to be mostly Sims to the point this post is here and @[email protected] ([email protected] for the Lemmy users) is dead. I'm here because I enjoy The Sims but it would have been nice to get something new.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Unfortunately I don't know if anyone will ever catch up with the massive head start of EA/Maxis. Having an entire studio centered around it definitely helps iterate more quickly as well. It's going to be very hard for any potential competitors to offer a fraction of the content, at least at first. Even though I may dislike how much content gets locked behind a dlc, it really builds out the game in a way that wouldn't happen otherwise.

That being said, I think a company that got a solid and fun (and bug free!) foundation out the door could get a toe hold in the market. Especially if they offered easy options for scripting custom content, maps, etc.