Jathniel
Shining Flame
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2015.06.20 01:32:00 -
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It's really simple. This community has burned CCP's lips shut.
The game started to recover some.
I heard news about Project Legion, and got super excited. Because finally, I would be able to enjoy Dust on my preferred platform, PC, with all the advantages and benefits there to. Namely, making a game that I enjoy, become immortal. Other advantages to PC gaming like graphics, power, etc. are irrelevant.
The main advantage to PC is that you get to keep and play every game that you want, as long as you want. Forever. Company profits and support being irrelevant. So long as you possess the data, and direct access to the game's assets, it's yours.
But a bunch of people bitched about it, and called PC gamers "elitists", selfish, and every other name in the book. Called CCP a bunch of "sell outs" that only "catered to the paying PC crowd". People refused to see the benefit of the Legion call.
So guess what happens now?
This worry about Dust 514 means nothing, because this is the last year of the Playstation 3 itself. PS3 production will likely halt this year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/24/sony-to-support-ps3-until-at-least-2015
Support for PS3 games will likely continue indefinitely so long as it's cost-effective to Sony, and so long as there are enough functional PS3s still in market circulation regularly connecting to PSN... but once that's gone... say good bye to your download-only library of games, including Dust 514.
If everyone simply didn't ***** about Legion, CCP would probably be more willing to share whatever they're working on. If they're working on anything at all.
So you could say, everyone shot themselves in the foot.
This is also part of the reason why I'm so fixated on getting us a Dust 514 Soundtrack release. If and when Dust has its final day, I want something to help preserve those memories, because I enjoyed my time with this game:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=205357
I still see so many threads popping up about "balance this and balance that" blah blah blah; which makes no sense if your game could very well not be here 6 months from now. That's basically like arguing about the immediate course and heading of a boat... that's sinking.
It reflects a loss of priority, and an unreasonable state of denial.
Doesn't matter what business model we want CCP to follow. You don't earn anything special from being dedicated to a company to the end.
If we didn't ***** about Legion, but showed support for it... don't you think CCP would have been more willing to talk about their plans today?
Sony will likely end PS3 manufacturing, some time this year. Your PS3 breaks, and you can't fix it anymore? That means no more Dust 514. But say if we had Legion, at some point in the future you happened to buy yourself a new PC, not a gaming PC, just a basic household... guess what? Dust/Legion would have been there waiting for you. And it would have always been there waiting for you.
No one would need to worry about Dust now, if we hadn't stabbed CCP in the back, then. |