Casworon
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I think the reason they don't want to release the dll. is because they know it would hurt their sales in the long run. If they released it, modders would get to work and sooner or later they would have a brand new Vox Populi for Civ VI in the workshop.
This wouldn't only hurt their professional image as designers/programmers, it'd mean that, as has already happen with IV and V, many people would choose to stay when VII is released, since VI would be straight up a better product. Even those who decided to buy VII (many of them on discount), could be eventually disappointed with the direction of the new game and return to the old ones for no coming back, so never buying the subsequent expansions of the new. We have a few examples of this in the forum and are totally understandable to be honest.
On the other hand, Civ is and always has been a game living off the community and its mods. If they neglect that part of their bussiness because they don't see immediate economic benefit, they will eventually lose the support of their customers. There will be others ready to take advantage of this and honestly, if they don't want their game improved, I'll be on the other boat.
Possibly true.
But also the release of the DLL and the community modding scene is also, in my eyes, why the Civ series is THE tile based 4x series. You know straight up that it is the best value for money of any 4x series because not only is the base game just inherently fun, there are some incredible mods that elevate the game to simply amazing levels. Even for players who have thrown thousands upon thousands of hours into 4x games.
It would be sad if they lose that. It probably doesn't effect 99% of players, but for a certain minority the DLL release and the amazing modders is the number one selling point of the Civ series compared to competitors
hahaha i'm not sure if it's a myth or not but isn't there a story about lightbulbs being able to be made to last much longer and that they harm them to make sure customers actually buy more so that the business survives. Insert rant about capitalism here
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