It's not Betrayal, It's just a matter of Numbers

PoE2, nearly two months after launch, still boasts 168,000 concurrent players daily on Steam, a number comparable to any peak releases of PoE1 in the past.

Whether GGG postponed PoE1 content because of PoE2’s success or this was the plan all along, it's hard to say. But from a business standpoint, it makes little sense for them to shift focus back to PoE1 while PoE2 is thriving.

As much as I’ll miss new PoE1 content this winter, I can’t really blame them. They have a company to run, and PoE2 has been an undeniable success.

RIP