Thus, we find little difference between a ‘Europa Universalis III’ and a ‘Europa Universalis IV’ in what is the essence, but the technical leap (graphic, sound, interface) is usually impressive. It is important to say that these sagas is not that they have a historical evolution from delivery to delivery, but rather purely technical. ‘Victoria’: 19th century and part of the 20th.They were 2D games that allowed us to manage any country during a specific historical period. We see during this time first deliveries from sagas such as ‘Europa Universalis’ (2000), ‘Hearts of Iron’ (2002), ‘Victoria’ (2003) or the first ‘Crusader Kings’ (2004). In 1999 Paradox decided to divide into the aforementioned Development Studios (which would be exclusively dedicated to making games) and a Main Studio dedicated to distributing its own games and other external franchises. These games would be little known and did not get big sales. This was founded in 1995 and almost immediately began to make strategy games for PC. ‘Crusader Kings II’ would be released in 2012 and, although it was undoubtedly their first great success, the studio already had a path away from the mainstream. This is why many fans of both genders dream of a utopian alliance between the best of each world, but today we have to talk about the evolution of PDS and how they achieved their current success. We find a very developed and sometimes complex management of our nation, and a very simplified war system. To get an idea, if the Total War saga focuses on a great micromanagement in battles and a simple but effective macro-management of our nation on a political, economic and social level, Grand Strategy games are the opposite. This study (PDS hereafter) coined the term “Great strategy” to define the genre of your video games. A developer actually based in Stockholm who is dedicated to making strategy games. Who are these Swedes? Well, Paradox Interactive is a video game distributor that may sound like ‘Pillars of Eternity’ (in its first installment) and ‘Cities Skylines’, but for what interests us we have to talk about Paradox Development Studio. We are going to talk about games as a service, downloadable content policies and, why not, ‘Game of Thrones’.īut to put us in context. This is the reality that the Swedish studio’s games live Paradox Interactive in his last decade. In addition, it was one of the best-selling titles on Steam in 2018. If I tell you that a game released in 2012 has sold more copies over time than the year it came out, you might not believe me. How ‘Crusader Kings II’ has become the great phenomenon of strategy games in the last decade