Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has shared an update on the city builder sequel's long-delayed console release - confirming it still has "more things we need to address" before it can launch, and that it won't be arriving before summer.
Cities: Skylines 2's Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 versions were originally due to launch alongside the PC release back in October 2023, but Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive announced a last-minute delay into 2024. Its release was then delayed indefinitely following Cities: Skylines 2's disastrous launch on PC - which continues to attract complaints about poor performance and simulation issues, despite multiple updates over the 18 months since then.
Colossal Order's most recent news on Cities: Skylines 2 console release came last November, when it admitted it was struggling to overcome "hardware limitations" impacting performance on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5. It noted it had managed to get the game "stable and playable" on consoles by "significantly lowering the graphics quality", but said it wasn't happy with the compromise and wanted to bring graphics quality up to an "acceptable level".
