In a way you are correct.

CCP always worrying about "future mechanics" and what effect they would have on Eve if a connection were made was essentially what stagnated development all the way up until FF 14. If you go back to the video of the round table with Rattati at FF you can see him reference this. This was also referenced by many other devs in many other places and times.

It is a bit crazy because AUR destroyed the ability to have an Eve link while the thought of an Eve link significantly messed up progress on the game.

The idea of a Dust WITHOUT a link to EvE is just ridiculous. Everything CCP does exists in the EvE universe, it's a basic tenet of CCP games. Everything runs on the Tranquility server for a start, so NOT having an EvE link is kind of impossible. The true problem with Dust is PSN and the PS3.

So, can you ask [censored] why they won't release console version of [censored]?

Dust is gone.

No one knows if the "new game" will be on TQ. (My guess is no but CCP does not learn too fast)

Valkyrie is expressly separated from Eve.


Oh and PSN was never an issue. It just acted as a login that passed through a user id and an authorization token no different than logging in on a webpage or even in the Eve launcher.

The PS3 is debatable but I will say that many other companies including smaller companies than CCP were able to fit FAR more content and functionality on to the PS3 than CCP did.

So much this

The Eve link between both games is really minimal already. We share the "world" and are allowed to get a few orbitals bit that is it.

As for the Ps3 part, DUST appears and acts like the early PS3 games. This is literally their first game on console so it was expected to run poorly. If they had experienced members using this type of architecture we would be focusing on the real problem which was management.

So much this

The Eve link between both games is really minimal already. We share the "world" and are allowed to get a few orbitals bit that is it.

As for the Ps3 part, DUST appears and acts like the early PS3 games. This is literally their first game on console so it was expected to run poorly. If they had experienced members using this type of architecture we would be focusing on the real problem which was management.

Honestly I think it would be a bad idea. Getting into another contract with Sony would be a bad move.

Dust is gone.

No one knows if the "new game" will be on TQ. (My guess is no but CCP does not learn too fast)

Valkyrie is expressly separated from Eve.


Oh and PSN was never an issue. It just acted as a login that passed through a user id and an authorization token no different than logging in on a webpage or even in the Eve launcher.

The PS3 is debatable but I will say that many other companies including smaller companies than CCP were able to fit FAR more content and functionality on to the PS3 than CCP did.

Please note: You do not have access to this part of EVE Account Management since you are logged in as a Dust514.

I think saying its their first console game so it was expected to be bad is a bit of a cop out.

They knew they wanted to make a console game and had unlimited opportunity to at minimum hire a couple of people that knew the PS3 architecture and the UE3 well to at least make it so they were not operating it what seemed like a guess and check infrastructure.

If google were to hire someone to over see the search algorithms that barely even knew what a search algorithm is and he tanked it would the users and the share holders say it is fine because he did not know? I have to believe they would say what the hell google why would you not hire the the right person for the job.

At the time that CCP started Dust the PS3 had been around for quite some time and there was a huge number of developers out there that had worked with the PS3 for most of its life cycle. If CCP really could not find a few of those people to properly over see the programming and design of a PS3 game that were willing to come work for them then I guess we are all sadly mistaken about CCP as a whole. Along with not building a proper team they also decided to use fill ins from the Eve team to handle larger parts of the game.

By the way, to further intensify the tin foil hattery, has anyone here noticed that the "FREE STUFF" thread that was stickied long ago in the General Discussion section is now gone?