Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Just a few days on from the announcement that Payday 3 would have reduced staff & funding in Year 2 whilst Starbreeze goes all-in on their D&D game "Project Baxter", Payday 3 Director Almir Listo and Starbreeze Acting CEO Mats Juhl did a stream trying to answer the community's questions on Payday 3's future. Join me for an analysis of the biggest reveals - as well as some lies & misdirects the CEO gave during the broadcast...

Stream: youtube.com/watch?v=34EWjz7Imcw

00:00 Introduction - Overall Stream Thoughts
01:44 Discussing The Report's Reception
02:27 Cutting Funding Post-Operation Medic Bag
04:09 Communicating With Fans Vs. Investors
05:32 CEO: "Morale Is Quite High" (And Why That's A Lie)
08:10 Payday 3's Reduced Investment & Staff Count
08:57 Year 2 Is Budgeted... But NOT Planned?
09:28 Payday 3 Has NOT Turned A Profit...
11:34 CEO Discusses The Digital Bros Situation
12:31 CEO Discusses "Behind The Scenes" Investments For Payday 3
12:44 Armor 2.0 Is Probably Getting Delayed
13:18 Unreal Engine 5 Upgrade Seems Unlikely
13:40 Almir Says Update Frequency Won't Change?
14:03 CEO: Devs Aren't Switching Teams (And Why That's A Lie)
16:02 Addition Update Frequency Comments
16:27 Modifier Changes Teased?
16:38 Overall Thoughts On The Stream & Situation
25:30 Wrapping Up

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