I’ve seen multiple people note that Mike rambles and trails off when he’s streaming. It’s VERY likely that he gives off the cuff answers that aren’t set in stone.
Unless a dev stream (which is short for developer stream, not necessarily a stream about development) explicitly states that it’s for announcing new information. I take everything said with a grain of salt.
Give me an official announcement or it’s hearsay.
For example, Fatshark announced “there will be solo mode on launch or with a patch shortly thereafter” a month before Darktide launched in an official public announcement. We’re now closing in on 2 years since launch and they’ve not added Solo mode and haven’t made any further official announcements, only responses here and there that it’s “not in a state they’re happy with” and “not a priority”. Which aren’t official announcements, they’re public replies and can be taken as official, but they’re not set in stone and can change at any time. That is a case to be outraged about (and I am, I’m very vocal on their forums about it lol), but in this case you had one employee (no matter his rank at EHG) say something offhand in a stream from months ago (I presume before the release of 1.0) with no official follow up and you’re taking that as gospel?
That’s a you issue, mate.
Edit: the only official information regarding cycle “length” is “they will start with each major patch, i.e. 1.0, 1.1, 1.2” nothing about “no refreshes” or how long between the major patches.
If they pushed out a major patch in a month the cycle would last a month. That is their official stance. Not an offhand comment from a stream.
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