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Creative Assembly really shot themselves in the foot lately.
What did they do?
They released one of the worst DLCs for the highest price ever in Total War: Warhammer 3. Instead of backing down when called out by the community, they doubled down. This has killed almost all good will, after a long series of whoopsies by them.
They haven't been patching their flagship title (Total War: Warhammer 3) because they're throwing all of their staff onto 'Hyenas', which is an upcoming battle royale likely to die on release. They only have one person part time on bug fixes in their flagship game.
Also, their soonest upcoming game is Total War: Pharoah, which when polled only 7% of people said they'd purchase because the setting of bronze age Egypt is boring in terms of unit variety to most. It is also just a complete reskin of Total War: Troy. The latter of which was a cheaper 'saga' title--you bet your ass they're charging full price for Pharoah, though.
Oof! That's a rough situation to be in.
I guess we'll see how people vote with their money in the end.
Oh, it was pretty wild. Globally, their past DLCs have always been top 3 on steam at least day of release. This last one only rose to #17. It was insane to see so many people boycott it. I'm curious to see how Pharoah does.
I'm just sad because I want Total War: Warhammer to succeed because it's my favorite game series. On top of that, the developers, liasons, and artists are great. It's just a shame the suits and executives opted to destroy everything for the almighty dollar.