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Cities: Skylines 2 developers have noticed 'a growing tendency of toxicity in our community' (www.techradar.com)

submitted 10 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/games@lemmy.world

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Developers of Cities: Skylines 2 have noticed a growing toxicity in their community, which is affecting engagement and creativity.
The CEO of Colossal Order expressed concern about the negative impact of toxicity on the team and the community.
The developers still encourage helpful criticism from the community but ask for it to be constructive and kind.

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[-] bouh@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not saying the behaviour of the game studios justify people hate. I'm saying it fuels it.

The relationship between a game company and a player base is not a equal one. And I'm not saying all game studios are responsible, but you only need enough of them to behave poorly for people to grow defiance for all of them.

And in this, it's up to the developers to win back players trust, not to players to forgive game dev blindly.