DUST Search - "CCP, Financial Reports, And the PS4"

BL4CKST4R wrote:

What I can get from

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Those in Iceland, on the other hand, declined by $21.2 million in 2013. I'm assuming, of course, that no WoD code exists in Iceland while the DUST code in Shanghai counts toward the valuation in Reykjavik.

Now, before everyone starts freaking out, please remain calm. Or stop celebrating, depending on whether you like or hate DUST

is that there is something CCP has been working on between 2012-2013 that they invested a lot of money on, but whatever this was IS NOT usable to them between that financial period.

This could mean many things, it could mean that: (if it applies to Dust 514)

1) CCP has not actually been wasting time but instead doing a huge rework of the Dust 514 engine but is holding it off until 2014 where they can capitalize on it in this financial period.

2) Could well be a port to the PS4 but again only usable, and claimable, during the 2014 period.

3) CCP has been goofing of and spending a truckload of USD to nerf/buff everything in game without getting anywhere and CCP is about to cut the plug.


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Spectral Clone Dust2Dust. Top Men. 2028	Posted - 2014.04.02 10:21:00 - [1] - Quote This is a good read. http://nosygamer.blogspot.se/2014/03/ccp-financial-reports-and-ps4.html Drop it like its hat. I´m a fat scout. Do you even lift bro?
Spectral Clone Dust2Dust. Top Men. 2029	Posted - 2014.04.02 10:41:00 - [2] - Quote Of course, I-¦m not stupid ;) But CCP are known for being great trolls though.. Drop it like its hat. I´m a fat scout. Do you even lift bro?
Spectral Clone Dust2Dust. Top Men. 2031	Posted - 2014.04.02 11:19:00 - [3] - Quote BL4CKST4R wrote: What I can get from Quote: Those in Iceland, on the other hand, declined by $21.2 million in 2013. I'm assuming, of course, that no WoD code exists in Iceland while the DUST code in Shanghai counts toward the valuation in Reykjavik. Now, before everyone starts freaking out, please remain calm. Or stop celebrating, depending on whether you like or hate DUST is that there is something CCP has been working on between 2012-2013 that they invested a lot of money on, but whatever this was IS NOT usable to them between that financial period. This could mean many things, it could mean that: (if it applies to Dust 514) 1) CCP has not actually been wasting time but instead doing a huge rework of the Dust 514 engine but is holding it off until 2014 where they can capitalize on it in this financial period. 2) Could well be a port to the PS4 but again only usable, and claimable, during the 2014 period. 3) CCP has been goofing of and spending a truckload of USD to nerf/buff everything in game without getting anywhere and CCP is about to cut the plug. Im betting 90% on (1) and 10% on (2). Drop it like its hat. I´m a fat scout. Do you even lift bro?
Spectral Clone Dust2Dust. Top Men. 2032	Posted - 2014.04.02 12:10:00 - [4] - Quote http://community.eveonline.com/news/news-channels/press-releases/ccp-epic-celebration-eve-online-dust-514-valkyrie-at-eve-fanfest/ EVE Fanfest 2014 Press Release wrote: Reveals of whatGÇÖs next for DUST 514 and a world-first hands-on opportunity with its next major evolution. What is an evolution, if not a new optimized engine that runs at >30 framerate?! Drop it like its hat. I´m a fat scout. Do you even lift bro?
Spectral Clone Dust2Dust. Top Men. 2033	Posted - 2014.04.02 12:30:00 - [5] - Quote The Robot Devil wrote: Vrain Matari wrote: Spectral Clone wrote: [quote=BL4CKST4R] It doesnt cost $20 million to fix some small bugs and balance stuff. At maximum it costs approximately the salary of 4-5 engineers/artists. I'm betting the same way, in spite of IWS's pooh-poohing. Salary is not the only factor. Every piece of code has amount of money it is worth according to CCP and if the code was expected to bring in a certain amount of money and didn't then it is a loss. Code has an amount of money it is supposed to make and if that code is totally scraped then the loss is not just in programming and implementation cost, it also has maintenance cost and also the amount of profit lost due to having to scrap the code. Unless you know the exact way a company puts a price on its IP then this is all speculation by non insiders and untrained economists. Why are they presenting a hands on of the evolution of Dust 514 then? And not just an expansion like EVE is getting? And btw, there has MAX been 5 people working on the uprising expansion. There is no other explanation for us getting these "major" updates that are pretty lacking. Look at how CCP handle the EVE developement, they get several expansions per YEAR, each expansion have more content and fixes than Dust 514 Uprising in total have had up until now. It is mainly because EVE has more resources allocated. Still, 120 people are working on something in Shanghai, and I want to know what it is! What is going on now, is a phase out of the old dust 514, with maintenance (small developer group), while the other devs are working on the next thing. Whether it is a new PS4 portable engine with PS3 compatibility, a PS4 port, or something else. It is pretty obvious if you have ever worked in a large engineering organization. Drop it like its hat. I´m a fat scout. Do you even lift bro?
Spectral Clone Dust2Dust. Top Men. 2034	Posted - 2014.04.02 12:45:00 - [6] - Quote Tallen Ellecon wrote: Valkyrie Is not what is being written off. A tech demo is rarely worth $20M unless it is some seriously high tech ***. Drop it like its hat*. I´m a fat scout. Do you even lift bro?
Spectral Clone Dust2Dust. Top Men. 2037	Posted - 2014.04.02 12:59:00 - [7] - Quote The Robot Devil wrote: most places don't just scrap old code most places != CCP. They have released a f2p game with free expansions on a console. Noone else is doing that. They are not doing it because they just want to go the easy way and milk money from players (EA/Blizzard/Activision way of doing things). CCP want to do something different, just like they did with EVE. They are a kind of hipster game dev company, also independent from investors (kind of). Drop it like its hat. I´m a fat scout. Do you even lift bro?
Spectral Clone Dust2Dust. Top Men. 2039	Posted - 2014.04.02 13:55:00 - [8] - Quote Aran Abbas wrote: Did Dust really cost $20 million to develop? I would think the cost was closer to $5-10 million. Numbers pulled out my ass, I know, but dudes I could build you a spaceship for $20 million. $20 million is a lot of money.... Perhaps not if you also consider setting up a new office in Shanghai. Drop it like its hat. I´m a fat scout. Do you even lift bro?