I can understand if both are not available at the same time but the vote is so close. For any Ubisoft Devs on this Subreddit, I think many players would be happy to buy both since they would go together so well. Can any Dev tell us why they would not do both?
EDIT: I'm sure that amusement parks were charging 10x the regular price for ice cream and pizza back then as they do today. So, the items in bustling city life would definitely fit.
External link →didn't they say that they didn't plan a second season pass?
but yeah, I would be so hopeful that there would be much more content after land of lions.
I can't recall us ever saying we would not do a Season 2. We always said that we had the three announced DLCs from our Season Pass planned, and that for everything else we would have to see. We saw that the game and DLC were very popular with our community, so we decided for the first time ever with Anno to do a second year of new content.
That is for now all that is planned. It is worth keeping in mind that only a certain percentage of the people who buy a game will buy DLC for it. The later that DLC is releseased, the lower that percentage will traditionally go, which is why it makes to change plans over time based on what happens. For now, we are fully focused on Season 2, and while the team loves supporting Anno 1800, we also think that the community would one day in the future like to play an all-new game from the team as well!
Keep in mind that while such cosmetic DLCs are very common in the industry these days, they are fairly new for Anno (we had something similar for Anno 2070, yes). The Holiday Pack and the pack from this vote are also tests for us to see what kind of content formats our community likes to keep the game exciting and fresh between the bigger DLCs which take a lot of development time. At the same time, we don't want to release new content just for the sake of it if we don't feel that players will enjoy it, and that it will enhance their experience.
So we decided that we pick three topics that we think are interesting (and that many people in the community asked for), and give the players the choice which of these packs they want to see. Does it mean that we will never use the other options? No. It means that for now we will do our best to create some awesome ornaments based on the winning topic, and if we see that players love this way of receiving additional content, we may revisit the other themes in the future. Please note I said "we may"- there is no plan for now, and no promise from me that it will happen.
That's why inviting Anno community to vote on future contents can be somehow frustrating. We tend to focus more on what we won't get and on the potential content that won't make it into the game . We've already seen some good scrapped ideas on the Anno Union blog... even if we know that's the way it is, we can't get everything !
Welcome to game development! We always said that we want to use the Anno Union to give the community a look behind the scenes at how we work, and the truth is that game development tends to be a long series of hard decisions and compromises. So now you too can feel the sting :p
Yes thank you for that ;p much admiration for your work anyway
Thank you, we appreciate it :)
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