George Moros
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Posted - 2014.05.07 19:03:00 -
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To be quite honest, the biggest blunder CCP made with DUST is their decision to develop it for PS3 in the first place. I'm writing this not because I'm on the "PC master race" bandwagon. I don't think console games are inferior to PC. But, the first thought that crossed my mind when I first heard that DUST will be PS3 exclusive is "DUST is supposed to have exceptionally long longevity, what are they going to do when they'll eventually have to switch platform?". But, I thought, they are game developers, and I'm not, they surely have a plan what to do. Well, it turns out they didn't. Sad but true.
On one hand, I'm glad they finally switched to PC. However, they did it in a worst way possible - by betraying and alienating their current playerbase. This is a PR fiasco, responsibility for which lies solely on CCP's management making poor strategic decisions from the get-go.
There is yet another thing CCP management now has to consider. They are a company that has so far failed to produce any other successful product other than EVE. And not due to lack of trying. They completely botched WoD, and cancelled it. DUST has failed badly to produce the result they were initially expecting it to produce. Valkyre may be successful, but it is exclusive to a piece of hardware that not many people own, and the game would have to be really exceptional to be the game that will make people go and buy hardware for. If Legion doesn't "hit the nail on the head", CCP will, quite possibly, lose the last ounce of credibility as a serious gaming company, and forever remain on the margin of the gaming market with it's "one hit wonder".
Pulvereus ergo queritor.
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George Moros
Balkan Express Squad
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Posted - 2014.05.08 15:07:00 -
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Thurak1 wrote:
I think initially dust came to the PS3 because sony is not as restrictive as MS. For CCP this would be a chance to develope a game for a matured console that has already sold millions upon millions of consoles (and ps4 was not out at the time) and to get a very large chunk of the console player base (if they hadn't have botched it so badly and gotten so many mediocre reviews) Tactically it was a smart move in my opinion. If dust had been a sucsess they could have seen pretty good figures and expanded their player base. To me i think dust was more about trying to get a larger playerbase and opening up to the console market. However CCP botched that badly.
Sure, Sony wasn't as restrictive as MS. But Xbox is also "just a console". They would've had the same issues with it as they did with PS3. Eventually, they would have to switch platform, be it Sony or MS. PC doesn't have this issue. Also, do you think that everyone would cheer and be ecstatic if CCP announced at fanfest they'll switch to PS4? You'd still have the same complaints, accusations of betrayal etc. Maybe not in the same extent, but people would still say things like "I can't afford a PS4", "why not switch to PC?" etc.
CCP management was either shortsighted, greedy to take the piece of console cake, overconfident in their ability to produce a AAA shooter from their first try, or a combination of all three. They promised a persistent shooter that will last for decade(s), but had little to no idea what to do when PS3 becomes technically obsolete. All they saw was the fact that there are 80 million console users just waiting to become their customers. They are now paying the price for their mistakes.
Pulvereus ergo queritor.
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