r/CitiesSkylines • u/dotcax T. D. W. • Jul 28 '24

Road Builder C:S II - Trailer Modding WIP

https://youtu.be/PjVzhgLZLsI
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u/DarkPhoenix_077 Jul 28 '24

This is exaclty the kind of shit for which we desperately needed a sequel

Sure CSII had a really REALLY rough start, but I still cant help but think that this game has a bright future in front of it

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u/Cessnaporsche01 Jul 28 '24

Sure CSII had a really REALLY rough start, but I still cant help but think that this game has a bright future in front of it

Fs. I'm so glad that this didn't go the way of KSP2. The launch here was disappointing, but the bones of the game are good, an upgrade over its predecessor, and can be built on

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u/pepolpla Jul 28 '24

Cities Skylines 2 is a far more important brand to Paradox than Kerbal Space Program is to Take-Two.

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u/fezzuk Jul 28 '24

Really? Ksp had a huge user base and massive good will. They just fucked it up.

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u/vasya349 Jul 28 '24

Take two is much, much larger than Paradox. Also, CO is at least partially independent and can play hardball with PR.

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u/beaufort_ Jul 28 '24

KSP wasn't an insignificant game, but by no means is it huge

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u/treesniper12 Jul 28 '24

KSP sold over 5,000,000 copies, it is the 159th most reviewed game of all time on steam, and conservatively earned around $100,000,000 in gross revenue between the base game and it's expansions. Perhaps not "huge" but it was much more significant than a lot of people realize.

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u/fightfil96 Jul 28 '24

The problem is being bought by take2 and therefore 2kgames. Even a big steam game like KSP is a drop in the bucket compared to like nba2k etc.

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u/GME_solo_main Jul 28 '24

Gotta buy the same game every year to make believe my team won the finals and to be toxic to my friends

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u/MightBeEllie Jul 30 '24

Take2 is also the worst game company out there, probably. Worse than EA in some ways.

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u/styvee__ Jul 29 '24

it’s significant by itself, but when you compare it to games like GTA V(and Online), RDR2 and the NBA2K series it looks like a small indie game in comparison, Take Two could probably keep going with those three series alone(NBA and GTA Online generate a lot of revenue from micro transactions alone, and GTA 6 will probably also bring more money in the first hour after release than the whole KSP franchise in all these years).

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u/Orgalorgg I have no idea what I'm doing Jul 29 '24

without a doubt! GTA5 earned more than a BILLION dollars within the first 3 days. It started as a money printer and hasn't stopped.

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u/fezzuk Jul 28 '24

It must have been as big, I would think possibly bigger that CS? We would need to look at total sales and I'm on my mobile but feel free to do the work 🤣

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u/MightBeEllie Jul 30 '24

CS1 sold 12 million copies, KSP 5 Million. I am not sure if all the education versions are included in that, though.

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u/Silly_Goose658 Jul 29 '24

Take Two owns Rockstar, which in reality is the only company that truly matters to them

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u/fezzuk Jul 29 '24

That's not how that works.

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u/Separate_Emotion_463 Aug 24 '24

We all saw how ksp2 released, it shouldn’t be how take two operates but it clearly is how they do it

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u/Smart_Ass_Dave Jul 29 '24

Kerbal Space Program is probably a brand with more revenue potential, but it's parent company also owns Bioshock, Civilization and Grand Theft Auto. Cities Skylines is a smaller fish, but it's also in a much smaller pond, so to speak.

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u/Codraroll Jul 28 '24

Fortunately, CS2 has a lot better "bones" than KSP2 ever did. That game was lacking in the very fundamentals, while CS2 is mostly missing polish and content.

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u/WholeLottaBRRRT Jul 28 '24

Exactly, IMO they should have spent at least 6 more months developing it to ensure we get a game at the level that it is currently, after all the fixes, but i imagine that it was the higher ups that wanted to rush it , nonetheless, the devs have put a lot of work into it, it’s a proper sequel, and i can’t wait to see what’s the future of this game with the custom assets and all the other updates coming!

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u/franzeusq Jul 28 '24

1.5 years, for CO

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u/MortalCoil Jul 29 '24

Cs:2 was the kind of game that screamed for a year of early launch