In the past 30 days, it has been reported that Grinding Gear Games chose to postpone the next expansion of Path of Exile scheduled for December 11th because “cyberpunk 2077” was originally scheduled to be released in November. I delayed it three times. It’s December 10th. GGG claims that the new release date of the CD Projekt RED game will “put players in a dilemma and they will have to choose between the two games.” Many players said that the POE Currency system of Path of Exile is more attractive.



Although Grinding Gear Games’ “goodwill” is to prevent its players from having to deal with this “terrible dilemma”, the Path of Exile community accepted this decision negatively, even saying that it would cause “frustration”. The release of the update was postponed, and some even said that no one cares about CyberPunk2077. The confusion is so serious that game producer Chris Wilson must explain more clearly the reasons for the delay.



Wilson explained in a lengthy statement on the game’s official forum that the business model of Road to Exile was designed around alliances. At the beginning of each league, the first few days or weeks are “the most exciting moment ever.” The league received a tremendous boost at the beginning and gradually declined in the 13 weeks before being promoted to the next league. The studio released software packages and new microtransactions.



Wilson believes that so far, they are very lucky to avoid the direct impact of the release of other splendid games. But this is not always the case. “At the end of 2019, we launched “Wilder League” less than two weeks after the release of “World of Warcraft Classic.” This had a huge negative impact on revenue, number of players, game time and Twitch views. This is a disaster is a significant learning experience for us".



“For many players, if they miss the initial start of the league, they may ignore it or ignore it, as if they had already buy POE Trade and established their own in the first few days or weeks. Status.” Wilson explained: “Wrong distribution has a great cascading effect that may threaten our ability to maintain the game.”