Zira Soong
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Posted - 2014.05.02 23:15:00 -
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1) Project Legion is just a concept at this stage. NOTHING has been confirmed.
2) People are naive to think that a PS3-only shooter can survive for as long as EVE has on the PC. Most FPS communities count themselves extremely lucky if they survive their first year on a console, whereas the PC is THE place for games to survive for very, very long periods, even thrive. If anything, this could help Dust on the PS3 in the long run, rather than kill it.
3) There are people on other platforms who want to play Dust aswell but don't want to buy a PS3 for it - A rather large portion of the EVE players for example, as well as people playing Planetside 2 who want something else than a perpetual zerg rush and a more organized game structure. There's a market for this kind of game and it's not bound to the PS3.
So far, i repeat, NOTHING has been confirmed, not even that Legion will even make it to release. Jumping to conclusions based on no facts whatsoever is not productive in any way.
During the Dust 514 Progression presentation, someone asked the question on whether characters could be transferred. They don't know yet, but would like to include the possibility, however the statement was made in such a way that it doesn't preclude the possibility of Dust and Legion simply being the same game on different platforms. I saw multiple people on the forums jumping to conclusions that it would not be possible, based on no fact whatsoever.
That last bit does depend on the PS3 though... It seems like some of the features aren't going to be possible (at least not with a playable framerate) on the PS3, hence they wanted to look for other possibilities. Even Destiny will have heavily instanced areas on both the PS3 and 360 for this reason, as well as a limit to a handful of players. MAG, while having a high player limit, had extremely small maps to put them in comparatively. The newest COD and BF have limits of 18 and 24 players respectively on the console, the latter having comparable map sizes to Dust. Don't overestimate console hardware from 2005....
Dust either being expanded to or moving to the PC was something that was bound to happen from the moment it was announced. Everyone knows this but most seem unwilling to admit it. If or when it does, CCP won't be dicks and just close Dust down. At least it will go on with it's own team behind it and if it turns out to be possible you're going to be given the option to move with all your assets intact.
Instead of trying to reach for pitchforks and torches, just wait a bit and see what's actually going to happen. |