The logic that CCP will leave Dust 514 on PS3 because it is profitable is flawed.

Let's start with what we don't know: how profitable is Dust 514 exactly. Technically if Dust is bringing in $1,000/month and only costs $999/month it is making a $1/month profit, right? Well that isn't anything to write home about is it?

I think you see where I am going with this.

Sure, Dust is profitable on the PS3, but the PS3 is a console in it's final months of life. If CCP wants Dust to make more money, that is, if CCP wants Dust to not just be profitable but very profitable, they will migrate it to a platform that isn't dying.

The logic that CCP will leave Dust 514 on PS3 because it is profitable is flawed.

Let's start with what we don't know: how profitable is Dust 514 exactly. Technically if Dust is bringing in $1,000/month and only costs $999/month it is making a $1/month profit, right? Well that isn't anything to write home about is it?

I think you see where I am going with this.

Sure, Dust is profitable on the PS3, but the PS3 is a console in it's final months of life. If CCP wants Dust to make more money, that is, if CCP wants Dust to not just be profitable but very profitable, they will migrate it to a platform that isn't dying.

'Gimme Gimme Never Gets'

Everyone is talking about dust ports and a new game and stuff but as the old saying goes, well you can put the rest together.

The way i see it they have dust 514 making money doing well, the only reason for them to make a new 2.0 is of course if the game died off and no longer became profitable.

Now that's where Gimme Gimme Never Gets comes into play.

Since we still are actively playing dust, which we are otherwise it would become un profitable and die off, i dont think ccp would pay money to keep the game running, there in the business of making money.

When people say give us a dust port or a 2.0 that basically says you love playing dust enough to want a new game.

In this case i would say the closest you would see a dust 2.0 would be right around that time you can no longer find any battles on dust 514.

There really is only 1 way for a new version and thats sadly to stop playing.

Dont hate me for saying this its just my opinion. Feel free to share your thoughts. I wont argue like the rest.

If everyone goes quiet and cold well then they have no other choice but a 2.0 or shut down forever.

I am glad someone else gets it.

We are not talking about simply updating the game, we are talking about leaving behind the current players and hoping they follow to a new console. That in itself is a MASSIVE gamble. Gambling millions of advertising dollars on being able to keep pace with a steady flow of triple A titles dividing players attention would be just plain dumb when they are sitting here milking away at the current PS3 players.

Seriously people STOP with saying the PS3 is in its final months. Sony has made it very clear that they will be keeping the PS3 network alive and well as long as it stays out of the red. Minimal updates and a constant flow of sales from the 10s of millions PS3s still floating around mean that going red is no where in the near future. I am only guessing but I would say that the soonest time the PS3 network will be shut down is early 2018.

There really is only 1 way for a new version and thats sadly to stop playing.

No, that's the fastest way to prove to a marketing department that there's no future for the game on any platform. As long as people keep playing the game and showing they're going to support it, there's room for moving forward. There's proof that there is a demand for the continuing of the franchise.

But if the game is dead... there's no reason to resurrect it.

No, that's the fastest way to prove to a marketing department that there's no future for the game on any platform. As long as people keep playing the game and showing they're going to support it, there's room for moving forward. There's proof that there is a demand for the continuing of the franchise.

But if the game is dead... there's no reason to resurrect it.

It has, and always will be, a double standard with CCP and the customers. (To be fair, it can be any business but just using examples)

"Hey, welcome to the DUST ke-HAHAHA. Sorry, couldn't keep a straight face. Here is all this cool stuff in a game called Legion. See you at the Roundtable which I am sure everyone will be able to see."
*and the fires could seen from Jita*
"Well, that went poorly. I guess they don't want a port after all!"

"Don't worry guys; DUST is making money!"
Hey, that's good. Maybe they will put that money into DUST as a further investment? Or just take it for what it is and don't advance the game (I am not saying it is an easy decision to port/remake a game that had a low playerbase and 'mixed' reviews)

There are too many ways to interpret what is going on. Don't spend money of Aurum so they know that we won't be suckered into paying for a 'dead' product! "I guess interest in DUST as an IP is gone; no point in moving forward."
Okay! Spend on Aurum, play the game! "Why would we port when we are doing so well here?"

CCP and the player base are in a lose-lose situation. Whatever they do "will be as a result of the fault of the players" and however the players react "is a result of CCP's failures."

Well said, and i agree also. its so back and forth only ccp really knows whats actually happening. Since they are quieter then a mouses fart about the matter time is our only resolution which kinda sucks :(

'Gimme Gimme Never Gets'

Making money does not mean doing well...

No, that's the fastest way to prove to a marketing department that there's no future for the game on any platform. As long as people keep playing the game and showing they're going to support it, there's room for moving forward. There's proof that there is a demand for the continuing of the franchise.

But if the game is dead... there's no reason to resurrect it.