passwordsarehar

> LTSC versions of Windows are literally missing major features and APIs

That's the point. Nearly all of the new "features" they've added are either useless or actively user-hostile.

Don't just parrot their marketing/sales BS, obviously they don't want a majority of their normal users running a version of the OS they can't just shove any new crapware into whenever they feel like. That looks bad on the balance sheet.

It is objectively a good game yes, but you're glossing over how it also released with _extremely fortuitous_ timing for the type of game it is: a casual small-group-multiplayer survival exploration builder that leans more toward a lighthearted experience as opposed to the sweaty/hardcore experience which is/was the norm for these types of games.

Valheim dropped early 2021, just into the 2nd year of real COVID measures including lockdowns and an overall social atmosphere of "stay hunkered down at home and don't go anywhere". It was absolutely perfect timing, and I am 100% convinced it would not have done _nearly_ as well if it released 1 year earlier or 1 year later.

It's hard to make a shitty game successful without a AAA marketing budget sure, but it's also hard to make a good game successful without either a AAA marketing budget, or great luck/timing.