Why did they cancel this game?

[shadow_roman]

My friends and I were really excited to try this when it came out and apparently now it's cancelled? Kinda tired of Sims 4. Are there other Sims-type games to play? Why would they cancel this?

[Nationality]

The game isn't cancelled. It is delayed. We are still awaiting news.

[Angel]

The competition is also coming with similar games soon. It is smarter not to launch a half baked game and than being wiped away by other games who took their time to be better.

[kevida97]

Do you have a source that tells you that this game has been cancelled?

[SmallArchangel]

Probably just all the people on the forums here and Reddit saying it's going to be cancelled. There is nothing anywhere confirming this that I can see.

[qinlongfei]

Originally posted by SmallArchangel:

Probably just all the people on the forums here and Reddit saying it's going to be cancelled. There is nothing anywhere confirming this that I can see.

I think people are within their right to feel skeptical. There are plenty of games, or update that the dev say it's being delayed and work is coming alone fine... and a few months later the publisher came out and goes 'we have made the difficult decision to cancel the project...'

My personal stance is any game that's stuck in dev hell (I consider it to be in dev hell when it's a 3rd delay, everyone else obviously have their own standard) is best to be considered canceled. That way I don't get disappointed if it does, or come out like a mess. And I can only be pleasently surprised if it comes out fine.

[Nationality]

Originally posted by qinlongfei:

'we have made the difficult decision to cancel the project...'

This is not what Paradox said. Exact statement:

Originally posted by Paradox:

"Hello everyone,

After much consideration, we regret to announce that we have decided to retract Life by You’s Early Access release date, previously set for June 4th. This was not an easy decision, especially since we understand the anticipation and excitement that many players have for the game. However, we believe that additional development time is needed.

While we would have preferred to commit to a new release window, we believe it is more prudent to hold off while we plan ahead, rather than committing to a new date that we cannot be certain to meet.

We will provide more information as soon as possible, until then we want to sincerely thank you for your continued support and patience.

Mattias Lilja, Deputy CEO of Paradox Interactive "

[ArcherMagnus]

Let it cook :)

[koinzell]

didn't cancel it.

my guts is telling me its gonna suck or at least be disappointing no matter how much they delayed it.

[SmallArchangel]

Originally posted by koinzell:

didn't cancel it.

my guts is telling me its gonna suck or at least be disappointing no matter how much they delayed it.

Luckily, you don't have to buy it if you think it sucks.

[kevida97]

Originally posted by SmallArchangel:

Originally posted by koinzell:

didn't cancel it.

my guts is telling me its gonna suck or at least be disappointing no matter how much they delayed it.

Luckily, you don't have to buy it if you think it sucks.

Hear hear!

[Cheyenesku]

Originally posted by koinzell:

didn't cancel it.

my guts is telling me its gonna suck or at least be disappointing no matter how much they delayed it.

LOL https://www.gamesradar.com/games/simulation/the-sims-competitor-life-by-you-abruptly-canceled-exec-admits-its-a-clear-failure-on-paradoxs-part/

[Mazisky]

They canceled for real. Look at the forum official posts.

The TLDR is that the development was too slow and it was draining resources without any profit, so they canned it.

[Iantos]

Paralives always looked better tbh, just play that.

[Blackadar]

https://news.cision.com/paradox-interactive-ab/r/paradox-interactive-cancels-the-release-of-life-by-you-which-impacts-the-second-quarter-with-msek-20,c4002478

Canceled

Paralives it is!

[Piperbird]

Well that's disappointing. This is the one I was looking forward to the most.