this is a trope that is spit out by the developers of every poorly optimized sim in recorded history. Yes, scalability towards the future is good -- but not at

this is a trope that is spit out by the developers of every poorly optimized sim in recorded history. Yes, scalability towards the future is good -- but not at the detriment of player performance now. If the player base doesn't stick around during our current dark-times medieval technology stack, there won't be a player base when we have whatever future tech makes it playable -- see the problem?