Gadheras
Squire
This is so wrong!
You cite two arranged examples, in addition, two studios which have a little more than 400 people, that's 4 times more than Taleworlds ("only" around 100)!
Only in France, there are 1,200 video game companies. Even counting only the biggest studios in the world (>200 employees), it is completely false to say that all these studios open their patches in beta and announce their plans. Generally we know about the patch when it comes out.
Since you like examples, do you know what EA Sports responded to its customers recently about a serious jersey bug? "we're looking at it and we'll release it when it's ready." It's normal ! Work in a developer profession and you will understand.
Uhm, there is also that.. Paradox Interactive, is like 7 game studios spread over six countries. , not one independent one. Larian expanded like crazy with several groups around the world as well, even remaining a independent studio though. Neither of them make games that is even in the same gate as Bannerlord.
A funny note.... Daily peak numbers for Bannerlord on steam rival the ones of Starfield a year after it came out of early access. Bethseda still got some 250 devs working on Starfield (down from around 450). 7 years to make and a budget fo 400m USD...
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