What makes this matter messier is that you got two parties to blame here - developers and publishers: Colossal Order and Paradox
Hallikainen (co_martsu)'s apology would have sounded sincere if she, among other things, showed that CO did its best, and that Paradox is to blame for the issues; she’d be feeding Paradox to the wolves/userbase, but there are ways to do that without losing face. She didn’t - and in the process she’s issuing that corporate apology to protect the butts of both companies at the same time.
It’s all bullshit for gullible people.
Yup, full agree on that. But the gullible people keep pre-ordering their bloody games, and here’s the result.
What makes this matter messier is that you got two parties to blame here - developers and publishers: Colossal Order and Paradox
Hallikainen (co_martsu)'s apology would have sounded sincere if she, among other things, showed that CO did its best, and that Paradox is to blame for the issues; she’d be feeding Paradox to the wolves/userbase, but there are ways to do that without losing face. She didn’t - and in the process she’s issuing that corporate apology to protect the butts of both companies at the same time.
Yup, full agree on that. But the gullible people keep pre-ordering their bloody games, and here’s the result.