Payday 3 Devs Are Aware That Fans "Aren't Satisfied" With Game's Current State

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Payday 3 launched back in September last year to very little fanfare, with fans angry over matchmaking issues and a lack of features seen in previous Payday games. It's only gotten worse over the months since launch, with the game's recent reviews dropping to Mostly negative on Steam, and even more fans angry at the release of paid DLC when the base game is still barebones.

Fortunately, Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Studios doesn't seem content to just sit with its fingers in its ears, and has made a statement via the game's official Twitter account, claiming it's "well aware" that many fans "aren't satisfied" with the current state of the game. To try and make amends, Starbreeze has laid out exactly what it's going to do about and has asked fans to leave feedback to work on.

In the statement, Starbreeze explains that it has been keeping a close eye on feedback across social media platforms, and has put together a "strike team of veteran developers" from a wide range of teams across the studio to act on it. Starbreeze is hoping that having so much experience directly addressing fan complaints will "bring Payday 3 up to where it will meet your expectations."

The statement goes on to explain that Starbreeze will be putting out a plan of action at some point in February, which will detail upcoming improvements and tell fans when they can expect them to be introduced to the game. It has also urged fans to continue leaving feedback on social media platforms, as well as the game's own FeatureUpvote page, so it can act on the most important issues currently affecting the community.

While it hasn't implemented anything just yet, Starbreeze has already received some goodwill from the fanbase for communicating with them properly, as can be seen in the tweet's replies. Hopefully, Starbreeze will actually take to heart some of the criticism that has come its way over the state of Payday 3, and things will start improving over the course of 2024. It took a while for Payday 2 to