I think the community deserves to hear a detailed case for why the existing game can't "evolve" into Legion on the PC and has to be started from the ground up. I think the whole community acknowledges that the PS3 has a limited lifespan, but most were expecting an evolution to better hardware, not a separate product. Restarting from scratch is one of the biggest blunders one can do in software. Here is a famous article: Things You Should Never Do, Part I on the subject. Here's a great cartoon.



Also, Legion looks like it's abandoning some of the best features of DUST. The EVE-style skill tree is fantastic, and differentiates DUST from other FPS games in the market. CCP Rouge, by trading depth of DUST for accessibility, do you really think CCP Shanghai can compete head-to-head with the biggest studios/publishers in the world (that have more experience, resources and budget) for the "accessible" FPS marketshare, instead of targeting a smaller, more-hardcore niche in the market? There are certainly ways to add accessibility to the existing systems (e.g. ISIS in EVE) through better UI and a rich tutorial.

Hi everyone. Me again.

Why PC first? For a few different reasons... It's a scalable platform. We can go high spec for the most demanding players in terms of Gfx, but we can also scale down to low/mid spec to get critical mass. It's also a good platform for the early stage of a project like ours. You can test and balance the game and the economy quite easily with fast turn-arounds. We can set people up in testing environments easily (eg. ISD in EVE). If you've seen the "CCP Presents" presentation on Saturday at Fanfest, there was a talk about CCP refocusing on its core tech competency, which is PC. It allows in the future the creation of a "universe" of products on the same platform. Again, this doesn't mean that we're not going back to console at one point but we need to focus on one thing at a time and deliver an awesome game, then things get easier.

Now I'd like to address (or repeat) something important for me. I know that a lot of you have been really disappointed and wanted to see much more on the future of DUST 514 in its current form and I absolutely understand that feeling. But the reality is that, while it's a great shooter, I repeat that it's not the base that can give us another EVE Online with 10+ years of epic battles where players can have a great experience whether solo, as the head of the deadliest squad or largest corp in the game. Give people the right tools to manage/achieve all that. A much clearer user experience that opens up that huge universe, always discover new stuff to shoot, to loot, to sell... A social experience where corps can advertise/recruit easily, where you see the main chat going crazy with people asking for groups, selling stuff, talking ****. Some of the stuff that makes me feel like I am in an MMO. All of these aren't tweaks, they are features forming a new eco-system for the game, a foundation you can then build on. No doubt that DUST 514 is a large piece of that foundation. We've accomplished so much and I've had a ton of fun every day since beta but it is not there yet. It requires a lot of work of course but also a different approach in how we design and execute on that vision. I can go on and on about how I see this evolve but we'll cover in more depth as we start sharing ideas and designs through dev blogs and such.