The launch of payday 3 2023 is a disaster, leading to poor review scores, negative Steam ratings, and fans abandoning new games to play payday 2 instead.Now, a few months later, after payday 3 The chief executive of developer Starbreeze has been removed as the company searches for “different leadership” after failing to meet sales expectations.
Released in September 2023, payday 3 Server damaged and First day pairing sucks. PS5 players are also having trouble playing older versions of the game. After things settled down, the problem persisted. The game lacks a solo option for lone wolves, a way to enter a match via quick play, or even a way to vote to kick players. The problem is too bad Developers announce plans February 2024 Focus on adding all the features and content players need and fixing the game’s progression and user interface.Meanwhile, that same month, Starbreeze announced that the game Failure to meet sales expectations. According to SteamDB, payday 3 have Less than 400 players Online most of the time. payday 2 Most days there are Over 25,000 active users. All in all, very bad! And now, Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren appears to have been ousted over the poor launch.
Starbreeze company website post from March 12That day, the company’s board of directors announced that, effective immediately, Sjögren was removed from his position as CEO and is no longer part of the company. Instead, board member Juergen Goeldner, the former CEO of Focus Home Interactive, now serves as interim CEO while Starbreeze searches for someone to take on the role permanently. According to the note, Starbreeze’s board decided the company needed “different leadership.”
“[Starbreeze] “We have a clear strategy focused on building compelling games leveraging our own and licensed IP,” said Starbreeze Chairman Torgny Hellström. “The Board’s Comprehensive Assessment Yes, the execution of the strategy requires different leadership. Juergen Goeldner, who has joined the Board since 2023 and has more than 40 years of industry experience, is a strong interim solution.”
Starbreeze said in its report that former CEO Sjögren will help achieve a “smooth transition.” Starbreeze has had an eventful past few yearsincluding a Raided by police in 2018 as part of a larger investigation into insider trading. The company’s former chief financial officer was convicted on insider trading charges in 2020 but was acquitted in 2021.