It was released shortly after disappointing BE release. It broke Civ5 multiplayer. 50% of Civ5 multiplayer community never bought into BE and were content with Civ5.
>10/24 BE release
>poor reviews/sales
>10/27 corrupted Civ5 patch (addressing issues previously unresolved for nearly a year)
>Now: Civ5 multiplayer unplayable (crash 95% of time turn2-40)
Firaxis: 'Why don't you buy BE while we figure this out'
This is not a coincidence. This is a calculated and truly pathetic ploy to garner more sales for BE from existing Civ fanbase (a mojority of hardcore Civ5 multiplayers have 0 interest in singleplayer and low interest in BE).
Shame on Firaxis. Person who came up with this idea should be fired, although I would not be surprised if it was one of the execs.
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