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[yankhanson] 13/12/2024 17:12

Hot on the heels of one disastrous Planet Coaster 2 launch comes two more. Yesterday FDEV released an add-on pack and "Premium Edition"... despite having delivered only a comprehensively broken and unfinished mess in place of the main game launched last month.

Result? Customer revolt, and dislike-bomb the YouTube launch video and review-bomb the main game and DLC on Steam.

Video link < >

Despite FDEV making an emergency price drop of 20%, the game's Steam chart position is down to #83 - from #2 on launch.

[yankhanson] 30/11/2024 20:57

Over the period in question, the share price dropped 90%. Since the the last game release, it dropped 20%.

"continue to rise"?? The current continuous rise has lasted one day.

[barnes4] 30/11/2024 08:37

Yet the shares continue to rise

[yankhanson] 29/11/2024 23:29

DOOMED FROM THE START OR MISSED POTENTIAL? F1 MANAGER'S DEMISE
www.the-race.com/gaming/doomed-from-the-start-or-missed-potential-f1-managers-demise/

Internal financial reports from Frontier Developments suggest that F1 Manager 2024 will be the final game to be released in the series.

Frontier's licence with Formula 1 was due to run from 2022 to 2025, but it now appears next year's entry will not come to fruition.

The demise of the franchise is not a major shock given sales didn't meet the developer's expectations and that was partly responsible for staff layoffs that started late last year.


However, the series not running its full contracted length speaks to just how badly the series has flopped.

There's two ways of looking at the F1 Manager story: the first is that it was an overambitious project unlikely to perform well commercially given its niche appeal; and the second is that it was a series which never lived up to its potential.

Of course it's easy to say with hindsight that the F1 Manager series was unlikely to last long-term, but the clues were there from the start as each release had a lukewarm reception at best - and it's not hard to see why.

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[yankhanson] 24/11/2024 00:15

So, at some date in the last six months Frontier's F1 Manager game licence got terminated, and Frontier breached AIM disclosure rules by failing to inform the market. If Zeus Capital had not exposed this, it would still be a secret.

But I can't say I'm surprised, given Frontier's appalling history of disclosure failures.

[parob] 20/11/2024 07:20

hTTps://racinggames.gg/article/f1-manager-series-reportedly-cancelled-as-frontier-drops-ip

[parob] 20/11/2024 07:19

hTTps://traxion.gg/f1-manager-2025-cancelled-as-sales-below-expectations/

[yankhanson] 17/11/2024 11:19

CEO: "The strong historical and ongoing performances of our CMS games give me great confidence in our refocused portfolio strategy". After a £26m loss, he hailed Planet Coaster 2 as leading the refocus on CMS games and return to profit.

The game is out. Another major fail. Review scores place it below even Frontier's previous flop, F1 Manager 2024. Game took only 10 days to fall out of the Steam top 40. A launch-day DLC brazenly attempting to charge £18 extra for missing PC1 content backfired, earning a 37% Steam score. Game's player numbers are already down by well over half.

Share price is down 25%.

CEO had better be ready with "refocused portfolio strategy" Version 2.

[parob] 16/11/2024 09:23

You really need 210 to hold on the chart.

[yankhanson] 15/11/2024 17:29

Frontier issued an update for Planet Coaster 2 to fix a handful of the many bugs.

Steam review score dropped 2% to 59%.

Too little, too late.

[jfbonner] 15/11/2024 16:03

Hmm, v diappointing. I wont agree wiht you YH as your decade long crusade against FDEV is quite somethibgto behold. I admit I am the only one who engages with you any more on here though 😂. Perhaps Prudent 4 will have more luck on LSE 😉

[parob] 15/11/2024 14:18

Did you take a look at APTA Graham? Up over 7% currently and looks like next leg up is about to commence. Worth DoingYOR on that one.

[parob] 15/11/2024 07:44

Planet Coaster 2 review: a good water park is hard to buildhTTps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/planet-coaster-2-reviewFinishes with:But, as time went on, the weight of the poor user interface eventually crumpled my enthusiasm for that too. I've been playing management games for a long time, and it feels odd that Planet Coaster 2 should make me feel so stupid. The method of building something as simple as a set of restrooms is elaborate and sticky, and requires so much returning to a side menu to resize grids or twiddle the angles that my brain just starts to reject it. Like I say, more patient Planetfans might feel the pain of this troublesome interface less keenly. If that's you and you're willing to risk a face full of chlorinated slider bars, then dive right in. But for new players like me, it's a painful belly flop.

[parob] 15/11/2024 07:42

Some new reviews starting to come through FYI:Planet Coaster 2 Review – All Down HillhTTps://gamingbolt.com/planet-coaster-2-ps5-review-all-down-hillFrontier Developments finally follows up on Planet Coaster, but despite the gorgeous visuals, it falters in truly baffling ways.

[caveater] 15/11/2024 01:54

Yes and we have paid for their idiotic mistake........the IDIOTS !!!!

[yankhanson] 14/11/2024 18:46

It is official. Planet Coaster 2 is not a multiplayer game.

The claim has been removed from the Steam store page.

Frontier were complete idiots to think they could get away with it.

[grahamytrain] 14/11/2024 15:37

Not for a while yet.

[purple11] 14/11/2024 14:38

any hope in these?

[parob] 13/11/2024 17:52

I did post on here when I bought and sold. Have a look through the posts

[parob] 13/11/2024 17:51

Give them chance Graham. I'm in APTA from 0.22 and CREO at 17.25p and happy to hold for many months like I did with FDEV from 140ish

[grahamytrain] 13/11/2024 14:08

APTA down 3.5% CREO down over 2 % today. You got anymore shares you wanna pump Parob....or should that be dump.

[parob] 11/11/2024 09:43

I'm not pumping I'm just stating where my FDEV profits have gone and for investors to DYOR if they take a look. I think both APTA and CREO do well from current prices but that's just my opinion.I may be back here depending on newsflow and price. I've previously been in APTA and CREO so know quite a bit about them already. CREO less risky of the two but APTA has more of a chance of multibagging imo.

[robertox87] 11/11/2024 09:26

Well you know the company’s not doing great when then thread becomes a forum for pumping unrelated penny stocks

[parob] 11/11/2024 08:43

Hope some of you took a look at APTA. Up again this morning and close to breaking the trading range. I've also bought back into CREO with FDEV profits which looks like it may have bottomed on Friday. Current entry price is 18.4p which is a big discount to recent placing when directors put about £750K in at 24p. Think it's a large seller that's provided the opportunity. DYOR if you take a look.