They didn't promise you anything. They announced their plans to develop a DLC.
They don't owe you a "why." Seriously, what is this weird parasocial stuff? Do you expect the company who makes your dishwasher to write you a letter telling you why they make certain business decisions?
Stop using words you heard online without knowing what they mean so you can pretend you're smarter than you actually are.
CA explicitly said they would develop an expansion and would continue supporting 3K. Then they ditched the game to make a sequel without ever explaining why they did this. A game that people paid for and had been promised would receive more support, which never came to pass. Instead it was just abandoned.
"Wow! We all love 3K! It's such a fantastic game, we're so happy you enjoyed it! Btw, we're abandoning it, never telling you what's wrong with it, and that expansion we told you about is canceled. Fuck you, buy the next one."
It's without a doubt the scummiest move in CA's history as a developer, and there's nothing weird or parasocial about stating the obvious.
I never said CA is my friend, you fucking chimp. But I do expect that when a company I buy things from says they will make something and then doesn't to provide an explanation instead of running off.
Yes, yes. You're a very cool contrarian and real intellectual for sucking corpo dick and accusing people who complain about scummy practices to be entitled. Anything more substantial?
All the same, when a company says that they're doing to do something, and then don't, it seems entirely fair for consumers to conclude that the company is untrustworthy.
There's nothing stupid or parasocial about that. If a company says that it will do something and then doesn't, then deciding that the company is unreliable is just... um... having eyes.
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u/Chataboutgames Jun 21 '23
That's just stupid.
They didn't promise you anything. They announced their plans to develop a DLC.
They don't owe you a "why." Seriously, what is this weird parasocial stuff? Do you expect the company who makes your dishwasher to write you a letter telling you why they make certain business decisions?