Vrain Matari
Mikramurka Shock Troop
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2017.01.24 16:36:00 -
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I think CCP does realize the potential of the virtual world they've created and, more importantly, curated over the past 13+ years.
It's that 13+ years of single-shard curation that has provided CCP with a singularly unique asset in all of gaming: the New Eden universe. Other companies can build space sims, other companies can build scifi shooters, and some ambitious(or foolish) companies can even try to hook them together, but they will never have a living universe to embed those games in without putting in the hard time creating and curating - just like CCP had to do. How many man hours has CCP spent as a company curating a virtual universe? No doubt the answer is staggering.
Yes they failed miserably with the execution of Dust 514, but on the plus side they failed without messing up New Eden politics or economics, and they (hopefully) learned a lot.
Imo CCP is driven primarily by a vision, namely the creation of a virtual universe and ultimately a VR-based experience of that universe. All this within the constraints of running a viable business, of course. CCP's vision is a hard sell to investors, to press, even to players because few people really get it, or if they do get it they don't see the value in it.
Dust 514 was conceptually simple, trivial even, yet how many gaming journalists missed the point completely when reviewing DUST? Easily the majority. Not 20% of mainstream reviewers understood the autonomy and freedom that Dust's many interlocking systems offered players.
In short, CCP does realize the potential of the shooter set in New Eden, where players have some of the agency and freedom enjoyed by Eve players, and also realize the considerable potential of putting it all together into a greater whole. With something as hella complicated as a living virtual universe which cannot be rolled back, they're forced to err on the side of caution.
It's going to be small steps and iterations all the way with Nova, not because the devteam lacks ambition, but because it's uncharted and complex territory. Building solid foundations is everything right now.
Spending merc fortune like water keeping these clone tumors under control....
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