DUST Search - The Verdict? Don't even bother hoping for Dust 514 to last

Gemini Cuspid wrote:

First Prophet wrote:

Kevall Longstride wrote:

George Moros wrote:

Pokey Dravon wrote:

Aeon seems to think that when companies make money on a product, that they reduce support for it. The only chance Dust has of actually progressing if it became profitable. I can't understand why people think this could be construed as a bad thing in any way.

There's a "catch-22" in your reasoning. DUST won't become profitable if CCP doesn't invest in further development. Although some people here on forums claim that DUST is actually making profit for CCP, it is highly unlikely that the profit (if any at all) is significant enough to fund any further serious development of DUST. CCP's only serious source of revenue is (and has always been) EVE Online. If they cancelled DUST today, and let go of all the people currently involved with it, I doubt they would see any financial hit whatsoever.

I'm here, right now with the Dust Devs and Shangahi team, on the pub crawl and I'm taking the time out, while ever so slightly drunk, to tell you right now that I'm getting nothing but positivity and good vibes concerning Dust 514.

You can choose to dismiss it as the ramblings of a fan boy if you want but I'm feeling better than I've done in a long time about the future of an FPS set in New Eden.

That's just the alcohol.

It's the alcohol and frankly Dust and CCP have that common thread; failing to really implement changes that make it a bit more open and instead have a fanboy market. You don't really see WoW players for the most part in EvE and vice~versa; they exist but it's pretty tiny of a fraction that players who've never tried an mmo outnumber this group.

Dust isn't your traditional shooter and it does rely heavily on duration and time played via SP; normally time equates to more game experience but in Dust it also translates to SP's and that's a big benefit. To put the spotlight on how CCP fares with a lower budget and such; Destiny, even if it wasn't the game ppl wished it was, still sports a 10M active player base and that's down to the 1/7 it's height. Sure it's a big drop but Dust is around what now, 3K round? There's a reason why Dust took so long to be profitable...


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First Prophet Nos Nothi 2748	Posted - 2015.03.22 03:47:00 - [1] - Quote Kevall Longstride wrote: George Moros wrote: Pokey Dravon wrote: Aeon seems to think that when companies make money on a product, that they reduce support for it. The only chance Dust has of actually progressing if it became profitable. I can't understand why people think this could be construed as a bad thing in any way. There's a "catch-22" in your reasoning. DUST won't become profitable if CCP doesn't invest in further development. Although some people here on forums claim that DUST is actually making profit for CCP, it is highly unlikely that the profit (if any at all) is significant enough to fund any further serious development of DUST. CCP's only serious source of revenue is (and has always been) EVE Online. If they cancelled DUST today, and let go of all the people currently involved with it, I doubt they would see any financial hit whatsoever. I'm here, right now with the Dust Devs and Shangahi team, on the pub crawl and I'm taking the time out, while ever so slightly drunk, to tell you right now that I'm getting nothing but positivity and good vibes concerning Dust 514. You can choose to dismiss it as the ramblings of a fan boy if you want but I'm feeling better than I've done in a long time about the future of an FPS set in New Eden. That's just the alcohol. People find this this review helpful!
First Prophet Nos Nothi 2765	Posted - 2015.03.22 19:48:00 - [2] - Quote Gemini Cuspid wrote: First Prophet wrote: Kevall Longstride wrote: George Moros wrote: Pokey Dravon wrote: Aeon seems to think that when companies make money on a product, that they reduce support for it. The only chance Dust has of actually progressing if it became profitable. I can't understand why people think this could be construed as a bad thing in any way. There's a "catch-22" in your reasoning. DUST won't become profitable if CCP doesn't invest in further development. Although some people here on forums claim that DUST is actually making profit for CCP, it is highly unlikely that the profit (if any at all) is significant enough to fund any further serious development of DUST. CCP's only serious source of revenue is (and has always been) EVE Online. If they cancelled DUST today, and let go of all the people currently involved with it, I doubt they would see any financial hit whatsoever. I'm here, right now with the Dust Devs and Shangahi team, on the pub crawl and I'm taking the time out, while ever so slightly drunk, to tell you right now that I'm getting nothing but positivity and good vibes concerning Dust 514. You can choose to dismiss it as the ramblings of a fan boy if you want but I'm feeling better than I've done in a long time about the future of an FPS set in New Eden. That's just the alcohol. It's the alcohol and frankly Dust and CCP have that common thread; failing to really implement changes that make it a bit more open and instead have a fanboy market. You don't really see WoW players for the most part in EvE and vice~versa; they exist but it's pretty tiny of a fraction that players who've never tried an mmo outnumber this group. Dust isn't your traditional shooter and it does rely heavily on duration and time played via SP; normally time equates to more game experience but in Dust it also translates to SP's and that's a big benefit. To put the spotlight on how CCP fares with a lower budget and such; Destiny, even if it wasn't the game ppl wished it was, still sports a 10M active player base and that's down to the 1/7 it's height. Sure it's a big drop but Dust is around what now, 3K round? There's a reason why Dust took so long to be profitable... Fixed your quotes. :D People find this this review helpful!