CCP thinks people play games on their smartphones.
The only game that I like on a phone is angry birds.

if it makes CCP a pile of cash it will benefit us all eventually.

Probably.

:/

I seriously can not find the reason as to why CCP would prioritize a mobile app over a potentially successful dust 514 on pc/ps4

Development cost/and-or cost of port to PS4 of Dust vs potential profit: expensive and potentially unsuccessful. Considerable gamble of time and resources.

Same costs vs rewards of mobile app aimed at raising brand awareness amongst massive casual game audience: Dirt cheap in time and cost, easy win for the brand (unless its truly terrible but frankly mobile players are not the most discerning bunch) and in-app purchases open up huge revenue potential.

I won't be playing it that's for sure, but if it makes CCP a pile of cash it will benefit us all eventually.

Probably.

:/

I seriously can not find the reason as to why CCP would prioritize a mobile app over a potentially successful dust 514 on pc/ps4

I seriously can not find the reason as to why CCP would prioritize a mobile app over a potentially successful dust 514 on pc/ps4

I'm pretty sure us Eve Online players had the same question for Dust. We once asked ourselves "why is CCP diving into a market where they have no experience in?"

I'm sure probably according to their analysts VR is going be a boom; CCP isn't the only one to invest in it or banking on it becoming a big thing?

I'm sure probably according to their analysts VR is going be a boom; CCP isn't the only one to invest in it or banking on it becoming a big thing?

I think all that we Dust players want is a small candle in the darkness of uncertainty. We want to know that we're not going to be left out in the rain where our candles will be extinguished with the painful hiss of a dying flame as we support a project that we all love, or else we would have left long ago. We want Dust to succeed and rise to greatness like we all know it can, but uncertainty is driving us mad.

What's worse, uncertainty kills businesses.

If you don't believe me just take a look at how well 3d televisions were adopted. We saw a great spike from earlier adopters followed by no sustainability because the average consumer had no desire to wear even a pair of glasses. This slow to no adoption lead to film makers being unwilling to spend the extra money to film in 3d which killed off adoption rates even more.

CCP thinks people play games on their smartphones.
The only game that I like on a phone is angry birds.

I seriously can not find the reason as to why CCP would prioritize a mobile app over a potentially successful dust 514 on pc/ps4

VR does not look to be more than a fairly niche market. The average age of gamers is now up to 35 years old. It is safe to assume that a huge portion of that number is people who have kids which mean they can not take the time to put on a helmet and block every one out.

The average attention span has dropped significantly over the past decade or so. This is heavily influenced by mobile devices that do more and growth in the internet. What part of this drop indicates people are going to all of a sudden spend hundreds of dollars to shut them self off from that?

What it boils down to is VR stands to be strong within a niche market of gamers but does not show signs of either sustainable growth over a long period and certainly does not show signs of being able to support an entire company thanks to everyone competing over a certain niche who will certainly demand the highest levels of quality making them tough to truly monetize.


If you don't believe me just take a look at how well 3d televisions were adopted. We saw a great spike from earlier adopters followed by no sustainability because the average consumer had no desire to wear even a pair of glasses. This slow to no adoption lead to film makers being unwilling to spend the extra money to film in 3d which killed off adoption rates even more.

One could argue that CCP is simple attempting to take advantage of the initial boom because of the number of VR projects they are working on at once and if they were right I would have to give huge props to CCP. The only issue there is that by all accounts from the outside there is quite a bit of neglect going on to make these VR projects happen.