Well to be fair they announced new titles in the run up to Direct, then it all went quiet. Let’s just hope whichever of the above it happens to be, fares better than Catan, Fishing, Flight Sim World, the hastily abandoned sponsorship of City Tram Sim and even TSC now existing on life support.
I think the last thing TSW needs, is DTG focusing elsewhere. TSW is already as low as it can go in terms of optimisation, QA & bug fixing. Then again maybe the best thing for all of us, is TSW finally crosses the line where sales drop & DTG’s hand is forced into actually paying attention to the state of the game. I think DTG is also massively naive about their reputation, they’ll be in an uphill battle to launch a successful new IP.
I think people still don't realise that DTG have separate teams for different projects, so any other project has no bearing on the development of TSW.
Except... the teams for the titles I mentioned no longer seem to exist. The last remaining in house route builder for TSC was transferred across to TSW. The coding for TSW seems to be on a wing and a prayer, wouldn't surprise me if some even outsourced.
That's because those projects are dead. They will still have different teams for any new project. Well, they have in the past, let's say. Outsourcing happens all the time in the industry.
More like stillborn, well apart from TSC. My point being, I don’t put much stock in anything else DTG turn their hands to having any certainty of a future. Catan was launched amid huge fanfares but slipped off the flywheel almost straight away. The tram game was slightly different as DTG were publishers rather than developers, but when it became apparent the game wasn’t cutting it they couldn’t drop it fast enough, even instantly locking down the support forum.
I actually think City Transport Simulator was a decision by the developers. It's actually become very good since they divorced DTG. And far more regular updates. I still don't play it much as I don't like fictional routes but credit to them, it's become a much better game than when DTG played a part in it. My guess is that the Developers felt DTG were holding the game back. The actual DTG titles apart from TSC, TSW though have fallen completely flat in my opinion. Even TSW VR (which is pretty awful in my opinion)
That's interesting about CTS. Might be worth a fresh look in a deep sale. I'd forgotten about the VR game. Another huge fanfare release with high fives and silly headphones but suspect it was a huge flop with the 1990 Fisher Price graphics.
The CTS game was very well made imo and it seems to be getting regular updates. I just noticed that the bus extension is coming soon to consoles too. I hope they don’t abandon the game as they could always add route extensions to make the map even bigger, it all depends if people want it. Not everyone is into fictional routes though.
It didn't help that (I think it was) Matt who said the VR game was never about the graphics and about the immersion...but the bad graphics didn't help shift the game.
DTG have two new registered trademarks (as previously discussed on the forum). Heroes In Flames and Metro Rivals. That’s all we know. The new game will be one of them.
