Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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CiG has laid out the details of a 2025 that will include more development effort on gameplay and Stability and less effort on Features. I dig into what this will mean.

0:00 Introduction
0:48 Side-issue; Tony Zurovec and Quanta Economics
1:32 What was Quanta Economics meant to solve
1:53 How did Quanta Economics work
2:09 Why it did not succeed.
3:05 The lesson for Designers.
3:43 Two Different Types of Features
3:59 BugFix and Content Features
4:14 Feature Releases
5:05 Ships go Where?
5:33 Even MORE Ship Sales!
5:54 The Challenge to make a bugfix release exciting.
6:02 New Nomenclature: the Joker Card
6:27 The Roadmap?
7:08 The New Normal and the 4.0.2 Patch Notes.
8:31 The Peculiar Measure of Whether it is Working.
9:06 Give-Aways

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