Why does it take game developers so long to fix very obvious bugs/issues?

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Not trying to criticize anyone, just curious about the process.

When I report a bug that the developer acknowledges, why does it take so long to fix it? For example, 2 months ago I report a bug where the characters weapon disappears in this very specific area. 2 months later, after several updates, the bug is still there and the response I get is, “we are still trying to find a fix for this”.

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There could be multiple reasons:
a) There are other more severe bugs which need to be fixed
b) There are new features planned and the bug can be ignored
c) They tried to fix the bug but failed
d) The bug only appears on your computer (because of your hardware or broken gamefiles)
e) The bug is too hard to fix (eg linked to the core of the Game engine and can not be fixed without remaking)
f) The dev does not care about the bug
g) …

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