Cities: Skylines II Developer Warns Players About Performance Issues at Launch - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 October 2023 / 4,467 Views
Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Colossal Order have warned players Cities: Skylines II will have some performance issues at launch and they will continues to improve the experience post launch.
"We've noticed the concerns raised about Cities: Skylines II performance, especially after our previous statement with raised minimum and recommended specs," said the developer. "As we've always believed in transparency, we'd like to further shed some light on the current state of the build.
"Cities: Skylines II is a next-gen title, and naturally, it demands certain hardware requirements. With that said, while our team has worked tirelessly to deliver the best experience possible, we have not achieved the benchmark we targeted.
"In light of this, we still think for the long-term of the project, releasing now is the best way forward. We are proud of the unique gameplay and features in Cities: Skylines II, and we genuinely believe that it offers a great experience that you will enjoy.
"We will continually improve the game over the coming months, but we also want to manage expectations on performance for the coming release. Our ambition is for Cities: Skylines II to be enjoyed by as many players as possible, and we're committed to ensuring it reaches its full potential
"Thanks for your understanding and continuous support. We're lucky to have a community as passionate and dedicated as you."
Cities: Skylines II will launch for PC via Steam and PC Game Pass on October 24, while the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions will launch in Spring 2024.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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should of delayed it if thats the case
Then don't release it. This industry trend of release now fix later has to end!
what the?! They why release it now?? What is the deal with releasing games that aren't ready these days. Video game publishing business is messed up when advertised launch dates take precedence over the game being finished.
Given them credit for honesty.
Talk about "don't buy this game at launch" lol. This is definitely not the developers choice to still release the game. They may as well publicly blame Paradox.
Probably a decision of whether to delay it for everyone or just those with relatively weak hardware. I imagine it's going to be just fine, if not necessarily great, for more powerful hardware. They'll probably have to improve performance to get it to run on consoles anyway, so not necessarily a huge issue. At least they're upfront about it, so this is fine as far as I'm concerned - at least I'll get to play it when I expected to, and I expect to enjoy it regardless of non-ideal performance.
Delay it. Skylines 1 was a brilliant game from the very start... Don't become another statistic in poorly launched titles.
