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Chamile Eonic
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Posted - 2013.07.01 21:23:00 -
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I don't remember seeing this on the forums yet.
Hans Jagerblitzen (former CSM guy and current CPM (Dusts version of CSM)) Has an update on what they have been up to
Quote:its readily apparent now to the CPM that CCP is doubling down on Dust 514's success, investing more resources into bringing staff on board, focusing their direction, and iterating on the processes that have brought the game this far.
Quote:The growth taking place doesn't just extend to the many job postings that are up as part of push to grow the studio GÇô there are personnel coming over from Reykjavik as well. Most notable of these staff moves is the the man that will now be overseeing Dust 514's game design GÇô Craig Scott, also known as CCP Flying Scotsman.
So it looks like Eve is slipping down the pecking order again. When Hillmars pet project is in trouble the solution is to pull Devs off Eve and hand them over.
http://hansshotfirst.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/cpm-activity-report-3-june-29-2013.html
The faster Dust dies the better. Just imagine what Eve would be like today if all those millions of pounds and Dev hours had been invested into Eve |
Chamile Eonic
The Church of MDAMC
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Posted - 2013.07.01 21:28:00 -
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Ramona McCandless wrote:inb4 lock
Why? Isn't Eve devs being taken off of Eve to work on a different game General Discussion material? |
Chamile Eonic
The Church of MDAMC
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Posted - 2013.07.01 21:33:00 -
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Sebastien Starstrider wrote:uh... from the quotes you had, it doesn't sound like the 'pet project' is in trouble. it sounds like it's doing great and they want to capitalize on that success?
I have no idea how much money CCP are making from the game, but its easy enough to see how many people are playing
http://eve-offline.net/?server=dust
It peaked out at about 8000 concurrent players and dropped as low as 4000 with a small increase recently. these are small numbers for a free to play game.
Reviews have been pretty terrible so far. Most of the positive ones talk more about potential than what the game is today. Its possible the game could be OK one day, it just sucks seeing Eve funds sucked out even more to prop Dust up until/if it becomes profitable. |
Chamile Eonic
The Church of MDAMC
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Posted - 2013.07.01 21:42:00 -
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Karsa Egivand wrote:I hope they haven't sunk so much money into it that they'll have trouble re: Eve's development.
My guess would be that we see WoD killed off before we see too much of a hit on Eve development. If the company is in a lot of trouble you tend to double down on your profit making areas.
Dust was born out of the arrogant years pre Summer of Rage. I understand why CCP would try to get a little momentum behind Dust but lets hope they don't throw away too much money.
With the PS4, New Battlefield and Planetside coming this year Dusts window of opportunity is limited. I'm not hearing many people a PS3 version of Dust stands much of a chance against The big guns on their way.
Some people say that Eve started slow and built. Eve was in a market with no competition. Dust is going against the biggest slickest companies in the market. |
Chamile Eonic
The Church of MDAMC
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Posted - 2013.07.04 08:43:00 -
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CCP Soundwave wrote:Just to clarify something: Just because we're hiring into Dust doesn't affect the total number of slots working on EVE. If anyone jumps to another project, that slot will be re-hired (Fozzie was a re-hire for a Dust transfer for example). The tl;dr is that the expansions will continue churning at an unchanged pace. Soundwave out
I bet it keeps you up at night; thinking about how much more you could have done with Eve if you had all the resources they used on Dust.
What are the top 5 things you would have used the extra resources to add to eve in the last 3/4 years?
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Chamile Eonic
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Posted - 2013.07.07 10:22:00 -
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Paul Castrin wrote:Anybody here remember when EVE had only 5000 players on at most? I do. I also don't recall reviews being very kind, actually I don't think anyone reviewed it at all the first couple of years. Potential is a good thing regardless of where Dust is at now in it's cycle. Look around here for proof. Peace. 
Apples and Oranges.
Eve was pretty much the only space sim back when there were very few MMOs. It was unique in its single server universe, economy, and allowing the meta game to happen. It was a true niche game.
Over the years there has been pretty much zero competition within CCPs niche. Even today there are no MMO space sims that have tried to recreate a living universe. This has allowed CCP to make many mistakes that would really have cost devs in other areas.
Dust is going head to head with the biggest and richest players in the market. They have the talent, money and brands. To make matters worse CCP is known for its SOON tm. CCP has never been a dev that can get content out the door quickly. And to make them even worse currently Dust is a pretty crappy FPS.
CCP say don't worry we will add content. Who here really thinks that CCP will be able to produce content that will not only keep up as the battlefield franchise release battlefield 4, 5, 6 etc.? but also catch up/ |
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