Ah, so managerial problems again who would have thought but that's OK we that make the things can suffer a little more

Not agreeing, but if I look at my own purchases for the last few years, there aren't many story driven games there. God of War and Starfield. Didn't play much either one.

NGL the title always seemed like it wanted to be a mobile game so the studio saying this doesn't surprise me.

Sad but I can see their point, considering that most customer attention spans are limited to memes now.

thats a shitty excuse if i ever heard one

Ok guys valid points from everyone here. But who here has bought the latest 11bit Studios games? And I'm not talking about Frostpunk 2. I'm taking about Indika, The alters, The Traumathurge,... all of these games seemed like really cool things to me, sadly I could not afford them.

Typical infantile C-suite logic “I didn't do X well, therefore X is impossible and no one can do X! It's not my fault, I swear!”

The title is a bit missleading considering that the actual article mentions a lot other problems that plagued the development.

Project 8 faced both progress and challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic made team stability difficult, but some quality improvements were achieved. However, critical issues persisted, causing delays and budget increases. The latest review revealed unresolved problems needing more time and money, along with revised sales forecasts, raising doubts about the project's profitability.
-- TLDR by Microsoft copilot

While there's still demand for "narrative-driven story-rich games" one should keep realistic expectations. For this genre I feel smaller scope and indie developers work much better.

I liked Frostpunk and would have loved a story driven game in that universe.

Just put some digital boobs in the game. It WILL sell