I agree with Shadow Zone here.
. The team needs to start focusing on fixing bugs, not revamping and adding new parts. Or else, there will be a flatline. The problem here isn't the developers, but the release dates. Management needs to stop pushing their team, so that the developer team can fix bugs, not create them. I noticed a comment on the video saying the following:
"Ever since the original development team started leaving Squad, they lost their way. Small company with a big title on their hands... (not anymore) you can possibly understand why they would get greedy. Console revenue is probably way higher, and they don't have to worry with mod-related issues, so just focusing on developing that and not on fixing bugs is a very profitable decision in short-term. It's the same mistake every small company makes before their final downfall: They realize their only profit is on selling new copies, not on maintaining their community. Then that becomes their priority, until they realize they don't have any players at all."
I agree with him, however, Squad isn't technically a small company anymore. But, they need to start fixing bugs, or they will reach technical debt. For those of you wondering what technical debt is, it is explained in the video, and this article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt
According to this list (https://bugs.kerbalspaceprogram.com/projects/ksp), there are 1417 open bugs, and 1844 closed bugs, making in total DETECTED bugs in the game, 3261 bugs. The oldest bug that has no progress on has been reported SINCE
07/17/2016 09:24 AM
And here are all the High priority bugs, that are in progress, or not being fixed AT ALL.
https://bugs.kerbalspaceprogram.com/projects/ksp/issues?utf8=✓&set_filter=1&f[]=status_id&op[status_id]=o&f[]=tracker_id&op[tracker_id]=%3D&v[tracker_id][]=1&f[]=priority_id&op[priority_id]=%3D&v[priority_id][]=3&f[]=&c[]=tracker&c[]=priority&c[]=status&c[]=cf_7&c[]=cf_8&c[]=subject&c[]=assigned_to&c[]=updated_on&c[]=done_ratio&c[]=fixed_version&group_by=&t[]=
And memory leak is still a problem. There are none above High that have been currently reported.
I love KSP, but they need to focus so the game doesn't die and everyone stops playing.
