does giants even still care about FS19 anymore?

[john volvo]

i dont even know i wish i could afford FS22

[rhwilson1953]

Not likely. FS19 was released November 2018 and all fixes that needed done has already been applied. Giants is solely focused on FS22 now.

[dogwalker1]

The game is done, they've moved on to the next version. Do you stop caring about something once you've completed it? What do you mean by caring? They're not developing any new content for it, that's a safe and fair bet. As for bug fixes? No, unless you can find something that is really a bug that really needs fixing - then all bets are off... Where exactly are you going with this?

[john volvo]

no i don't, i was just wondering if giants were still, y'know, acknowledge FS19's existence

[rhwilson1953]

Originally posted by Honda_Accord:

no i don't, i was just wondering if giants were still, y'know, acknowledge FS19's existence

Of course they do. You can still but it directly from them. But they are not releasing new content in the form of DLC's. And as far as bugs, it's going to be hard to find something severe enough for Giants to dedicate time to fix them.

When a new version is released there were no further updates to the previous version. My first experience with the Farming Simulator series began with FS11. When FS19 was released any further work on FS17 came to an end.

[Psycho]

Originally posted by Honda_Accord:

no i don't, i was just wondering if giants were still, y'know, acknowledge FS19's existence

I get that they have moved on and there is a whole new game but I personally find it very irritating when you visit https://farming-simulator.com/ and there is just FS22 stuff, no links anywhere else and no way to get to whatever Giants had for older games. Features? FS22. Tutorials? FS22. News? FS22.

The only link I can find is to one under support which shows you a list of FS19 DLC to buy, and of course the mods, which you then need to filter.

Absolutely they need to move on, and the new product is placed to sell and support, but it's just funny that on the official site they seem to have ditched earlier customers who aren't up with the latest hot thing. Even a 'Legacy' button or a filter in the Games section (one game listed...) would be nice.

I work in GIS and database management - you better believe those vendors have every single download, white paper and support article ever written, for every version and platform. Giants could learn from that.

[rhwilson1953]

Originally posted by Psycho:

Originally posted by Honda_Accord:

no i don't, i was just wondering if giants were still, y'know, acknowledge FS19's existence

I get that they have moved on and there is a whole new game but I personally find it very irritating when you visit https://farming-simulator.com/ and there is just FS22 stuff, no links anywhere else and no way to get to whatever Giants had for older games. Features? FS22. Tutorials? FS22. News? FS22.

The only link I can find is to one under support which shows you a list of FS19 DLC to buy, and of course the mods, which you then need to filter.

Absolutely they need to move on, and the new product is placed to sell and support, but it's just funny that on the official site they seem to have ditched earlier customers who aren't up with the latest hot thing. Even a 'Legacy' button or a filter in the Games section (one game listed...) would be nice.

I work in GIS and database management - you better believe those vendors have every single download, white paper and support article ever written, for every version and platform. Giants could learn from that.

If you click on the Updates tab at the very top of the page you will get updates going back to FS 2009. DLC downloads go back to FS13.

If you click on the MODS tab you will be taken to Giants on-line modhub for FS22 mods.
Looking below the featured mod image you will find a line of tabs you can choose from, one of those tabs is for FS19 mods.

The difference between the in-game modhub and the on-line modhub is the search function the on-line modhub has.

[Quyessial]

I'm not sure that comparing a $50 consumer-grade video game web presence to a 5-6 figure enterprise commercial-grade professional software's web presence is an apples to apples comparison.

I think you'll find that the web presence for FS19 lines up with the web presence of older version of other titles in the video game industry.

[rhwilson1953]

Originally posted by Quyessial:

I'm not sure that comparing a $50 consumer-grade video game web presence to a 5-6 figure enterprise commercial-grade professional software's web presence is an apples to apples comparison.

I think you'll find that the web presence for FS19 lines up with the web presence of older version of other titles in the video game industry.

I'm just saying FS19 isn't abandoned as Psycho leads others to believe. Besides Giants, the creator and publisher of the Farming Simulator series, there are hundreds of web sites for FS mods going back to FS11. Many of the sights are shady and distribute stolen mods, sometimes infected with malware and viruses.

Here are the two sites I trust and use. The first is the Giants on-line modhub.

https://farming-simulator.com/mods.php?lang=en&country=us&title=fs2019&page=0

https://www.modhub.us/category/farming-simulator-2019-mods

[Jon]

Does Giants care about FS 19 ... of course they do. As long as people buy it use it, they make a profit. At the moment, the average is 4500 players.

[Psycho]

Originally posted by rhwilson1953:

If you click on the Updates tab at the very top of the page you will get updates going back to FS 2009. DLC downloads go back to FS13.... I'm just saying FS19 isn't abandoned as Psycho leads others to believe.

I think we might be talking about two different things here, sorry.

Yes, I saw that, however it only offers games updates and DLC links, not any of the other information I'm looking for to learn about earlier FS games and support. And it is completely redundant as it has disclaimers everywhere saying

Originally posted by Giants:

Please note that this update cannot be used for the Steam, Epic Games Store or Mac OS X version of Farming-Simulator X.

So, useless for all those customers.

Originally posted by rhwilson1953:

...Besides Giants, the creator and publisher of the Farming Simulator series, there are hundreds of web sites for FS mods going back to FS11. Many of the sights are shady and distribute stolen mods, sometimes infected with malware and viruses.

Here are the two sites I trust and use.

Yes, those are the only two I use also. I mean you can use others but treat with suspicion. I always cast an eye over the scripts but tbh the hosting portal is where the risk lies. You can always use a sandbox browser like Pale Moon or something if you want to be more secure.

Originally posted by Quyessial:

I'm not sure that comparing a $50 consumer-grade video game web presence to a 5-6 figure enterprise commercial-grade professional software's web presence is an apples to apples comparison.

I think you'll find that the web presence for FS19 lines up with the web presence of older version of other titles in the video game industry.

Haha, okay maybe I am being critical and demanding. I just feel a bit left out and unloved here by Giants, when they don't seem to even acknowledge their older games on their official portal. To use your comparison I can go to https://bethesda.net/en/games/catalog and look at franchises going back 30 years, for $10 games. That's an apples to apples comparison, although I concede Giants isn't in quite the same league as Bethesda.

I guess the only reason I replied is that I do feel a bit miffed (like OP perhaps) as a FS19 and FS17 owner. I'm not planning on FS22 anytime soon as I don't feel it's a compelling buy for me. I am thinking about picking up FS15 Gold soon as I hear it was well loved by the community, a bit more laid-back simplified farming experience. Mods also sound pretty cool and matured, although of course I doubt any new ones will be released.

[monika-obermair]

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[Bromstine]

Originally posted by rhwilson1953:

all fixes that needed done has already been applied.

Not by a country mile.
There's SO much wrong there, but from what I read about 19 and past games, they *never* really cared to deliver (or, over time, produce) an actually really polished game. They care a *lot* more (and they means management) for the profits than for customer satisfaction than the best devs (*cough*Wube*cough*)

[rhwilson1953]

Originally posted by Bromstine:

Originally posted by rhwilson1953:

all fixes that needed done has already been applied.

Not by a country mile.
There's SO much wrong there, but from what I read about 19 and past games, they *never* really cared to deliver (or, over time, produce) an actually really polished game. They care a *lot* more (and they means management) for the profits than for customer satisfaction than the best devs (*cough*Wube*cough*)

Says the guy who doesn't own the game. I'll never understand why people need to comment on a game they don't own. Asking questions is fine but giving your opinion on what is wrong with a game you don't have is just wrong on all counts.

[Lucas]

Originally posted by Psycho:

So, useless for all those customers.

Well yeah, you get the updates through the respective launcher.
The updates are for those people that bought the game using a disc (Like I did with 15, before buying a steam copy) to be able to update the game.

It's also rather easy to update, as far as I remember it's literally two clicks

[Antaiir]

If they _still care? Dude, they _never_ did.