dont you think you are expecting too much from a free game? I thought this was just an experiment to see if p2p type games would work on psn so i personally think they did well

Pretty sure 9k population is at the level of "We are about to go out of business"

If everyone bought the elite pack @ $100 = $900,000. The team working on dust is at least 40 people large with varying pay grades, though maybe the chinese employed work for significantly less (just sayin). That gives an mean salary of 22,500 per employee. Some make more and some make less - the game is a losing battle at this point unless they do something drastic.

Edit: forgot about overhead like the 8 chefs CCP has or material costs for computer software, renting the Unreal Engine, having an office building, elecricity, water, etc. By some rough estimations, this game is hemoraging money and sucking the life out of CCPs EVE wallet.

How long will this game stay afloat? The money we are sinking into it now has the risk of never paying off because the game is about to shutoff in 1 year.

So... You predicted something that was actually fairly obvious?

It was also kind of obvious that this game wasn't going to attract a lot of the CoD/BF crowd, as they're so busy playing those games itself, and the fact that no advertising was actually DONE for this game all kind of points to low player count. Despite all this, 8.5k on opening weekend is not bad at all. Almost a 5k jump from peak times before Uprising.

Okay OP.. I'm going to stay as neutral as possible in this response, and I want you to understand that I am not attacking you or disagreeing with you or anything else. I'm just going to ask a simple question from the sideline.

If you hate the game so much, if you proclaimed the downfall of this game years ago, if you don't enjoy it, as your post seems to convey that you indeed don't... why are you still here, on the forums, spreading a toxic environment and circle jerking likes with all the other malcontents?

I get it, you're not having fun and you think by raising these issues you're somehow doing us and CCP a favor. You think, however incorrect and ill informed you may be, that this post will change something. Anything. And that CCP will laud you as a hero for your most insightful post... they won't. The only people who will agree positively with this thread will be other unhappy players. The 'Fanbois' as you eloquently put it, will continue to rage against you and any point you want to make, no matter how valid they may be, perceive or otherwise, while all the other 'haters' will stand behind you simply going "Yeah!~" like something from a primary school playground.

The point of this thread is a typical post from an Imperfect, i'm afraid. Chest-Thumping and bragging going "I SAID SO" from anyone with that tag under their name causes 90% of the player base to roll their eyes now. Being good at the game does not make you an expert in game development.

Of course CCP are not blameless. They themselves have made broken promises and we're all aware of how far behind DUST has fallen in development. But you're still here. Probably still playing, certainly still posting and probably still using Aurum based gear and items. So they're doing something right.

To touch on your posts about costs... CCP are not a no-mark company. They can very easily bankroll this game from the (Monumental) profits they make from EVE. Of course the game might prove too much of a sink, but 50K Concurrent in EVE and 9K Concurrent in Dust (Assuming 4-5K pay) is MORE than enough to keep this game alive.

Again, I reiterate, what was the point in this post?