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Originally Posted by Chivas
I really don't think the publisher/developers thought that the sim recovery would take this long. They new the sim needed optimization, but they probably didn't realize at the time that the graphics engine would require a rewrite.
~Salute~
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I agree, that's the only logical explanation - as it does not make sense otherwise...
When it was first released I thought that it was really sad as 1C obviously had lost their faith in the product after too many years of development and pushed the half finished product out on the market to just get some payback for the investment. If that was true one could expect a patch or two the weeks after release and then a message that Maddox Games unfortunately had been forced to shut down... But now they are still alive a year after the release and they are obviously hiring. So why on earth would they push an alpha version out on the market if they had the money to keep MG alive for a year? This is naturally only true if it's the same funding source today as it was a year ago...
So - I agree, they must have pushed it out as they though it would "fly" after a patch or two in the weeks after the release. But even that seems like an unnecessary business risk for the years of funding. I just can't understand the logic behind this release...