Do Dtg Tell Us About 'upcoming Content' Too Early?

I believe we have to look at both sides:

DTG: Premature announcements can create false expectations, as happened last year with Thomas, where the vast majority expected something unprecedented, which it was, but aimed at a specific niche. There's also the issue of the GWE Remaster, which was announced a long time ago and still hasn't been released, as it's a personal project for someone with other commitments.

Users: Most of the time, users complain if there are no announcements of new routes or trains, especially in the monthly schedules, saying that the schedule is disappointing because it has no new offerings.

I believe the main focus should be on keeping the game as stable as possible across all platforms, and temporarily "giving up" on new releases. Of course, this is almost impossible because they need to stay afloat financially, but the game has reached a point of bug after bug, in a vicious cycle that seems endless...

 

The 420 is still coming for the Frankfurt Sbahn route.
Various reasons why release takes that long mostly origins from the developer not having enough time to work on this side project.
Not sure how long it will take if this cycle continues, so you only can wait.

 

I honestly can't see the problem. I like to know what is coming up, there is plenty to play with in between. If it's something I'm interested in then it's something I can look forward to.

They are moaned at for not announcing things much of the time, now they announce too early.

Are "we" going to try and find fault with everything?

The EP had horrible socks on during the last stream, DTG have the wrong make of kettle in their kitchen!

 

I can remember the times when DTG told us nothing and Sam (for those that remember him) introduced the roadmap. It was good but despite warnings that, sometimes, there wouldn't be anything to say, people soon started to complain about boring roadmaps. So I understand why DTG try to keep a stream of new announcements going.

Do I think they a announce things too soon? Sometimes yes. If it's a developer that doesn't communicate and the product doesn't seem to move then I would prefer they left it later when there is some certainty. However I'd counter that by saying that some things are announced too late. Just Trains for example used to start dev blogs really early, for TSC, and you could see how things were progressing. In TSW they can't start until DTG tell them. I'd love to see the development of their routes from an earlier stage.

Ultimately I think it's fine and we need to have patience. But it wouldn't hurt to have more regular updates on the things that are delayed or even cancelled to set our expectations.

 

I would be fine with "It's ready when it's ready". Worked fine most of my life. I don't need to know anything about a game until it's done and ready to play.