I don't think it will be the last DLC, to be honest. I can see them doing DLC until the end of the calendar year at least, and maybe even until the end of next year.
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I always say to myself this is not the end and I hope its true as Planet zoo is both a win to the player base and frontier.
Player base gets fun and unique animals every 3 months, frontier gets cash.
If planet zoo life continues until Planet Coasters 2 release date then ill be perfectly happy as that release will be in 2025/2026.
If I was a worker and could make decisions I would drive in an Latin America Pack to fulfill that massive want of South American Creatures. Then do some Equatorial to get some meta Wishlist animals in with some farther down the line animals too. Then release Modular Nocturnal Houses for the players with less building skills then others so they can enjoy Nocturnal houses with an Nocturnal animal pack. Then as 5th Anniversary it would be a clone animal like an American flamingo or Nile Crocodile, do an temperate animal pack to grab in the Chinese alligator and Golden Snub Nosed monkey for the Chinese community and for asian zoos while also fulfilling the American Black bear. Probably then will do a Pacific Northwest Pack with 300+ pacific northwest pieces with sea otters, wapiti, walrus or elephant seal, mountain goat and rough skinned newt then release a keepers collection pack with all the leftover meta Wishlist wants.
If I was a worker and could make decisions I would drive in an Latin America Pack to fulfill that massive want of South American Creatures. Then do some Equatorial to get some meta Wishlist animals in with some farther down the line animals too. Then release Modular Nocturnal Houses for the players with less building skills then others so they can enjoy Nocturnal houses with an Nocturnal animal pack. Then as 5th Anniversary it would be a clone animal like an American flamingo or Nile Crocodile, do an temperate animal pack to grab in the Chinese alligator and Golden Snub Nosed monkey for the Chinese community and for asian zoos while also fulfilling the American Black bear. Probably then will do a Pacific Northwest Pack with 300+ pacific northwest pieces with sea otters, wapiti, walrus or elephant seal, mountain goat and rough skinned newt then release a keepers collection pack with all the leftover meta Wishlist wants.
The vast majority of animals people say are "complex" are actually not at all complex given what we already have. They would all need extra work but its tweaks/adjustments rather than starting purely from scratch. The walrus and tree kangaroo are both great examples of this. Even something like the pelican and secretary bird... They would need new animations rather than just adapting old ones but it's still nothing that feels unachievable.
I might argue the same for most monkeys except that a lot of them have far more unique movements that I suspect might make them more of a challenge (but still potentially feasible within reason).
They've said they have three new games coming in fiscal year 2025, 2026, and 2027. It's important to note that the fiscal years for Frontier aren't our calendar years. Their fiscal year runs from June 1st through May 30th each year. So we're already in fiscal year 2025.
Which means that Planet Coaster 2 could come as early as this holiday season (which is what I'm currently thinking). So you could technically be right... And the next pack could still be the last one until PlanCo2 gets released. Yet another reason why I'm not expecting anything until the fall...
If we happen to get a pack sometime in July or whatever, then I think something in the fall would be feasible in addition to it. But I am highly doubting that we see anything in July with the outsource_lqa still being M.I.A.
The problem with the walrus is its tweaks needed in animation and getting its textures that it has in real life, like the hair on its mouth or the way its swim. The skin texture is the hardest as they have to show the hard blubber while also making the skin look hard. Just look at any Walrus Image online.
The thing with Planet Zoo and Frontier is their very tight in their information they release unless someone leaked confidential info.
They are mysterious when it comes to releasing DLCS, before Eurasia you would probably know when theirs a new dlc as theirs a livestream but now with all of those community managers gone we now have elite dangerous workers telling us sneak peeks
Frontier is not predictable at all with the closest thing for us predicting is how they launch a dlc every 3 months that's it but now that's changed now that console ruined the schedule.
I don't think Planet zoo will be ending in fiscal year 2025 as that will hurting their cash inflow unless that game is planet coaster 2, but thats not happening as Planet Coaster 2 is probably releasing Fiscal 2026 or Fiscal 2027. If planet coaster 2 releases in this fiscals year then planet zoo is doomed and this is our last pack.
What I think as a theory is that since Planet Zoo Console edition screwed the dlcs up by making them need an extra month, we may be seeing just 3 dlcs a year BUT comes with 8 new animals or 7 animals and 60 pieces. I think they quit their pack now and their focusing on animal packs now just to finish up this game.
If elephant seals are added Planet zoo better give the ability to do this!
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSOqOv68UsU
There are three games in the works at Frontier. And we already know the next Jurassic World game is slated for the 2026 slot. We also know from at least one source that PlanCo2 is very likely on the way and is all but announced... Which means the FY2025 game is pretty likely PlanCo2 and if patterns follow then it will be released before the holidays to boost sales.The thing with Planet Zoo and Frontier is their very tight in their information they release unless someone leaked confidential info.
They are mysterious when it comes to releasing DLCS, before Eurasia you would probably know when theirs a new dlc as theirs a livestream but now with all of those community managers gone we now have elite dangerous workers telling us sneak peeks
Frontier is not predictable at all with the closest thing for us predicting is how they launch a dlc every 3 months that's it but now that's changed now that console ruined the schedule.
I don't think Planet zoo will be ending in fiscal year 2025 as that will hurting their cash inflow unless that game is planet coaster 2, but thats not happening as Planet Coaster 2 is probably releasing Fiscal 2026 or Fiscal 2027. If planet coaster 2 releases in this fiscals year then planet zoo is doomed and this is our last pack.
Unfortunately, all of the evidence leads to PZ ending sooner rather than later.
This game still lacks many representative Asian animals, and I don't understand why so many Chinese players still haven't received a unique DLC? If you want to know the purchasing power of Chinese players, you can go to many other games to see it.
《The Hunter: Call of the Wild ™ - The Sundarpatan Hunting Reserve》 has already sparked a craze in China
In the Steam community in China，Barnyard animal pack have the lowest evaluation among all DLCs。Idk might not be to obvious for everyone not speaking chinese
Can you elaborate?
All DLC reviews are positive, except for it
Isnt it just the global rating? On my steam it says mixed, which was a to be expected with a petting zoo theme
Are you slandering my Man Mr nillson?
In fact, throughout the China forums of PZ，Our needs are actually the same as everyone here.
Everyone needs South America species and flying birds and monkeys the most.
On this basis, many representative animals from Chinese zoos are needed, such as snub-nosed monkey，Chinese Alligator，Père David's Deer，Pheasant，Chinese Muntjak and other chinese animals。
This is a common wish of Chinese players
Everyone needs South America species and flying birds and monkeys the most.
On this basis, many representative animals from Chinese zoos are needed, such as snub-nosed monkey，Chinese Alligator，Père David's Deer，Pheasant，Chinese Muntjak and other chinese animals。
This is a common wish of Chinese players
It is indeed a mixture，But Steam will display comments from your country based on your region
May i ask what are the biggest differences in what people want?
Any standout animals that are much more popular on either forum?
First,Actually, the vast majority are the same as here, with priority given to birds and South America.
The difference is that we lack many species to represent Chinese zoos,So this is what Chinese players urgently need.And, we believe that North America and Europe have become almost complete.Meanwhile. And the vast majority of people want PZ2.
Second:Most of the desired species are similar to those on the META-WISHLIST.
Secretary bird,Manatee,Hamadryas Baboon,South American monkey,Hare,Pallas's Cat