Kev Crow
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.05.03 13:43:00 -
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gbghg wrote:
IWS a question, as sensible and well known as your point about the PS3 being at its limit is (we all know its true guys, people have been arguing for dust to be moved to other platforms since it was announced), why was the PC chosen instead of the PS4 for legion? Given that the PS4 is the natural hardware progression for much of the dust community and would still give the devs a lot more resources to use than dust.
I think a lot of the fear, anger and hysteria has snowballed into an out of control avalanche, a rioting mob that keeps chanting a mantra: "DUST has been abandoned, we have been cheated." The real sad part here is that this conclusion has been reached not via any solid news but through innuendo and apparent psychic ability of angry players to read "between the lines" of what CCP is actually doing.
If you watch the keynote and the DUST progression streams carefully you can be rather selective in what you choose to interpret:
Yes they say that most of the new progression ideas are about Legion but also it is emphasised that as much as possible - as much as the PS3 system allows without braking the existing gameplay - will be inserted into DUST.
Additionally, although PC has been announced as the new direction, no one has denied the possibility of PS4 or consoles. Rather PC as a platform is to be seen as a stepping stone. If you watch both presentations with a detached mind, it is rather obvious that LEGION is suppose to be seen as the hope for all the unrealised, un-manifested future visions rather then a replacement of DUST.
Thats what I read between the lines, which is a positive and hopeful approach. But to see it like that one has to have some good will. And in defence of the community reaction I think there is not much of that left. The reasons for that we also know:
CCP as the new kid on the FPS/console block had to contend with a very large amount of scepticism right from the start. And rightly so, they have made serious mistakes, they bit off more then they could chew. They kept inspiring people with their future vision and now that many started believing and hoping... comes this massive change of direction.
The hard fact is this: Despite the shock people must admit that in order to realise this vision such a change is not only necessary but inevitable. Perhaps CCP should not have revealed LEGION in such an early stage at all. Perhaps they are naive in believing that people will see the good instead of the bad. It is counter intuitive but most players always look for surety and guarantees in what is essentially a very fluid process. Nothing is written in stone, especially in such a innovative process. If one looks at it more like a river flow, constantly changing and evolving it would be easier to see that the glass is half full and not half empty. |