Originally posted by NiceKiller:

Anyone defending the slow development of this game is just fanboying.

There's just no way with the amount of money they got, the exposure they got, and time it's been that the last underwhelming update the game had was justified.

Over 10 million copies sold and even with steam taking a cut that is a ton of money for development and hiring as well as anything that is needed to speed up development.

DEVELOPMENTAL TIMES AS REFERENCE POINTS
- Star Wars Squadrons: about 3 years
- Mass Effect 1: ~4 years
- Sims 2: about 4 years
- Kenshi: 12 years total, 5 years in Early Access
- Rimworld: 5 years in Early Access
- Minecraft Dungeons: about 5 years
- Fallout 3: about 4 years with Bethesda, +2 years with Interplay
- Don't Starve: about 3 years
- Astroneer: ~3 years in Early Access
- Diablo 3: ~10 years
- Team Fortress 2: ~9 years
- Owlboy: ~10 years
- Valheim: Early Access for 16 months so far

Crazy how people complain about that IGS made millions and didn't do much updating, when there have been literally 29 updates in the last 16 months, with LOTS of work done. Updating a game isn't just about adding new content. Updating a game also means QOL, code restructuring, bug searching, bug triggering, bug fixing, and making sure those fixes don't cause a domino effect of other problems.

List of Updates in Detail: https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Version_History

By your logic and the logic of other people complaining about the 'slow updates', Kenshi, Rimworld, Owlboy developers all apparently abandoned their games a long time ago. Yet, here they are, millions of copies sold later, major success stories, lots of updates too, and... [DRUM ROLL] ...fully released! OH WHO KNEW EH?! EHH?!?

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No one is a fanboy for defending Valheim. It has been 16 months. SIXTEEN MONTHS! If this was 6 years and there was very little update, then yes, scream bloody murder all you want. We're educating you. That is all. Don't like it? Then perhaps save everyone the headache of your constant whining, and NEVER EVER buy Early Access again. Man this whining gets so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ old.

I've been working with software developers for over 20 years. The longest project I've worked on has been 6 years: 1 prototype, and Alpha Development at the moment. 3 million dollar budget by the client. <-- THIS IS NORMAL development time. What are your credentials to tell us that IGS is taking 'too long'?