Ah you stole my thunder there. I was literally about to press post saying the exact same thing apart from 'lol' before checking what had been posted! What is it they say, 'great minds think alike'!
Can't be bothered to read through the thread so this may have been mentioned, but the gamepass discounts on xbox store are ending in 27 days. Last time that happened TSW 3 came along.
I’d rather TSW4 in 2024 and keep TSW3 for the time being and hopefully DTG could have time to fix some of TSW3’s issues.
It makes sense that TSW 4 coming I mean look at the long gap between everything here same as when they released TSW3 they just went silent for a while and then came out with an announcement coming so it makes perfect sense however I don't understand it because they still have unreleased TSW2 content and many fixes that need to be done to TSW3 why would you add another game to your backlog if you're already having trouble putting out patches for TSW2 because there's just no room build room I sometimes don't understand how they function they're just creating more of a backlog now because now they're going to have to update three games well it is only one update for TSW2 but still it's going to create it and even worse backlog why
Just for pure speculation (I'm bored) let us say DTG decide in their wisdom to start anew either with TSW4 or TSW5 do you think they would consider moving to a different engine or would they stick to what they have?
I honestly have nothing wrong with them and still can't find the reasoning for other dislike as the less useful ones can just be ignored. Maybe we should create a poll to decide if polls are worthwhile, I am sure many people would be more than happy to see that poll! I think we may have just opened another can of worms though!
That’s the big dilemma for them I guess. If they change engine then they either rewrite everything from TSW 3 or as said above, everyone loses their collection. Costly business rewriting everything and I don’t think they could recharge people for DLC they have already bought? On the flip side, they will have to change eventually so it’s just a matter of time before they will have to make a choice.
Yes, I agree, I just hate the thought of losing my DLC. I only play uk routes and have them all, so it’s a big loss for me. But a better game comes with some sacrifices I suppose
I do agree, owning all the British DLC it would be a big sacrifice to leave it all behind. There problem here is there will never be the right time to move because as said this DLC list isn't getting any shorter. It could be a really sticky situation for DTG and not one I'd like to make the decision on!
It really is a dilemma. Somehow, I can’t see Victoria sponge fixing this problem….although if it’s home made,
A lot of us have done it before when moving TSC to TSW. Weigh up the benefits of new features against cost of replacing what you have to leave behind. The flight simulation world was upended by Microsoft's return to the scene. Lockheed Martin provided a useful, rather than exciting, stopgap during Microsoft's absence. However Lockheed's mantra of keeping backward compatibility at the expense of using new game engines bit Lockheed and all the cottage industry third party developers, in the backside. Playing it safe with slow incremental changes left a gap for a big player like Microsoft to come in and blow everyone and everything out of the water. DTG would do well to acknowledge the serious threat a similar situation poses them and reduce the gap as much as possible by using the latest technology wherever practicable.
No way - I own all DLC, well over $2,000 USD. About the same for TSC. If preserved collection cannot be moved to Unreal Engine 5 (if that's what they go to), it should be free or minimally priced. All new Routes and DLC would be a deal-breaker for me on purchasing TSW4. (5) (6) (etc)
They're supposed to have updated Oakville sub with the passenger runs for TSW2 (we're STILL waiting for these final route updates/improvements that DTG Matt keeps promising) so god knows when we'll ever see them because Matt keeps on spouting bollocks about finding a window for them.
Nobody is panicking. Just that there's leaks saying tsw4 is coming out only a year after tsw3 recently released. New game means previous version is dropped and if you want fixes or whatever, it's behind a paywall. Nobody knows what's happening since dtg has been silent
What fixes? We all know DTG don't give a monkeys! They'll release TSW4 whenever and just like 2020 & 2 leave 3 a broken buggy mess! After that Matt will promise everything and deliver nothing but those broken promises!
Until DTG do start with a new version we will see the same bugs going from one minor upgrade to the next but then if they do start a new version where does that leave customers with their expensive collections. If DTG actually were as open as they think themselves (which they aren't) they would discuss with the customers about the way forward instead they pretend they are Bethesda and try to inflict inane 'surprises' IMO they would earn a lot of credit if they came out and said 'we have taken TSW3 as far as we can but can go further with a new version' but then as I said it will still be down the way they handle customers. I reckon if they did go to a brand new version discounts should be given for every route that was in the old version if you have it already. But then this is DTG, and we all know they won't.
Wasn't that the original reason for TSW3, they'd taken 2 as far as they could go and could do much more with a new version?
I think that was one of many given but still there was no reason all the updates in TSW3 could not have been done in TSW2 as they are the same version. I suspect this 'TSW4' thing will now become an annual thing as it pulls in the lolly.
If/When we ever move to an engine upgrade/different engine then I wouldn't be bothered if we lost the routes but I'd want them to do everything they can to transfer loco's. There are routes in TSW3 that are dead because of lack of relevant loco's, It would be even worse if we had to start again!
I think the way it's going the only thing people want is white units with flushing toilets that are quiet as possible on routes with a bonus railtour if your lucky.
The locos would need dedicated routes to run them on. For example an acela is useless unless there's a route for the nec
New fifa game coming next year, can buy it for new kits. Only another 13 days until stream. We can probably hit 100 pages of speculation by then right......
