There’s a live service DOA? /s
Comment on Sony Cancels Two More PlayStation Projects
kromem@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Live service doesn’t need to be shit.
There could have been games where there was just a brilliant idea for a game that keeps having engaging content on an ongoing basis with passionate devs.
But live service so an exec could check a box for their quarterly shareholder call was always going to be DOA.
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 2 days ago
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Keeping engaging content on an ongoing basis seems to be such an unreachable target for most devs and game designs that it’s undoing large swaths of the industry.
Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The game they killed 3 days after release might have been good but i haven’t seen a single gameplay video or have any idea of what the game was about. Are they that scared of releasing a shit game and keeping it playable but dead for a while?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Keeping it running has ongoing costs involved. It would just be setting money on fire.
Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I mean, they spent what 400 millions on developing it and they won’t spend 10k - 100k to keep that game running for a while? Like “NO NOT A SINGLE CENT MORE SPENT ON THAT SHIT GAME!” XD
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Well, yeah. If it’s clearly never going to recover, why keep spending money on it? They already took it as a total loss by refunding everyone, so that was probably cheaper than holding out for a recovery that wasn’t going to happen.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 3 days ago
They were shoveling money down the tube for a game that you literally couldn’t play due to how few people there were.
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 2 days ago
hero shooter with uninspiring designs that cost money whereas the top offerings in this category are all free.