TrouNoir
Love From Above
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Posted - 2011.10.05 23:25:00 -
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It's refreshing to see these problems adressed, and it restores my faith in CCP.
I'm sure every one of us wants to come along for the ride, and be a part of EVE as it evolves and adapts, and I am certainly among their ranks. Myself, and many of my friends, have gone as far as to buy new computers, or more monitors, for no other reason than to be able to enjoy EVE to the fullest. The way EVE works makes it more than a recreational activity, it's practically a seperate world that you can experience, virtual reality as opposed to a game.
While the cash shop's items are outrageously overpriced, I see no real harm in it. People who have that kind of loose change will spend the money, those who don't, will not. I can't condemn any move that may score CCP a little more money that may go towards better expansions, or improved servers.
My one, major qualm is DUST.
Many people see DUST as a shameless cash-in, to take advantage of a console shooter market that is blooming right now, the money is flowing like wine for games like Call of Duty. Again, anything that might net CCP some more moolah is fine by me, and I'm interested in the game, it's an expansion on the EVE Universe that I would enjoy taking part in, or at least exploring. The problem is the exclusion associated with the (inexplicable and sudden) announcement that the game will be a PS3 exclusive.
Not only are you outright excluding the entire PC userbase that make up all EVE players, as logically anyone who is a fan of EVE owns a home computer, but you're even denying yourselves the revenue that such a game would have, were it released on the Xbox 360.
It's a decision I cannot understand. If you wanted to attract EVE fans, the PC would be a logical choice, if you wanted a very large community of shooter enthusiasts, the Xbox would have been the right choice. The PS3 has neither. Why not go multiplat? You say you want EVE to be accessible for everyone, yet you exclude your own fans, and at least 70% of your potential fans.
I may have bought two more monitors for EVE, but DUST alone will not justify such a significant and expensive purchase as a PS3. For those EVE players who own neither console, I doubt they very much enjoy the idea of having to buy one. I would buy the game if it were released on the PC, I would even pay another subscription fee on top of EVE if I enjoyed the game, but excluding fans of EVE who don't own consoles by making it a console exclusive is very short-sighted.
Consider this another red flag, one that I urge you to heed. |