CCP said that when the PS4 becomes available, Dust 514 will soon be downloadable for it. Can't find any sources, but it was said during a number of interviews after the trailer unveil during E3.

Who the hell is going to want an outdated game when a brand new console comes out with awesome new games and graphics? This is the problem I'm referring to. I'm wondering whether or not Dust will actually be viable on the PS4, or will it just be like playing an outdated game on a brand new powerful system (quaint, but not that much of a rush).

Dust will be getting graphic and gameplay updates in it's free expansions, exactly the same way EVE has for the last several years. When the PS4 comes out, if Dust is still going, then it's gonna get it's own Trinity.

After all for the last few years CCP have been making new graphic content/assets way more intensive than what the average PC can handle today and scaling them down for the EVE client, it's not hard to imagine them doing the same for Dust.

Who the hell is going to want an outdated game when a brand new console comes out with awesome new games and graphics? This is the problem I'm referring to. I'm wondering whether or not Dust will actually be viable on the PS4, or will it just be like playing an outdated game on a brand new powerful system (quaint, but not that much of a rush).

Dust is a new type of title for both CCP and Sony; with some exciting future potential. I'd be very concerned if Sony was not working with CCP to ensure that the game would be able to take advantage of a new platform allegedly said to be ready before Dust 514's release date.

But that is entirely speculation.

RIGHT, because OBVIOUSLY these are the same graphics eve has had for 8 years, they TOTALLY havent updated it whenever it becomes economically viable for them.

they already said they will be updating DUST often similar to how they do with EvE, meaning if they feel the game ahs begun lagging behind EvE in terms of grpahics capabilities some time down the road, they will release an expansion, simple as that.

Dust is a new type of title for both CCP and Sony; with some exciting future potential. I'd be very concerned if Sony was not working with CCP to ensure that the game would be able to take advantage of a new platform allegedly said to be ready before Dust 514's release date.

But that is entirely speculation.

Also food for thought. Halo 2 came out in 2004 on the original xbox and it's online multiplayer was a huge success. It was made backwards compatible with the xbox 360, including the online multiplayer and was still played until MS shut down the original xbox live service in 2010. That game was still being played, for 6 years without new maps or gameplay features, graphic updates and even with Halo 3 available. Simple reason, the online multiplayer was fun. Doesn't matter if it's console or PC, if the online multiplayer is fun it will get played for years.

While I'm not a Halo fan, personally, I don't think you should be comparing the popularity of Halo to the possible popularity of a relatively obscure game made by a relatively obscure company. Halo fans are very devote in their following of Halo...

[quote=Logan LaMort]While I'm not a Halo fan, personally, I don't think you should be comparing the popularity of Halo to the possible popularity of a relatively obscure game made by a relatively obscure company. Halo fans are very devote in their following of Halo...

Because it seems you *might* have a small problem with the shelf life of it if you're planning for a release late next year, or even the year after that.

PS4 might be coming out soon

If you keep making this game for the ps3, you might be left behind and dust will flounder.

Just something to think about. I hope Dust will be made so that it can run on a new console...

If they are very lucky, it will last just long enough for CCP to recoup their investment.

/or not


Richard Garriott de Cayeux predicts the end of gaming consoles

From Page 2:
"I think we might get one more generation [of gaming consoles], might, but I think fundamentally they're doomed. I think fundamentally the power that you can carry with you in a portable is really swamping what we've thought of as a console."

Because it seems you *might* have a small problem with the shelf life of it if you're planning for a release late next year, or even the year after that.

PS4 might be coming out soon

In the same way people predicted consoles would kill PC gaming?

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Not to mention the FPS crowd typically has an attention span of at most 3 months..

To the idiot article writer about end of consoles needs to take a step back and realize that portable devices for gaming with social functions included are just an evolution of consoles.

The crux of his argument is that portable (handheld) devices are becoming so powerful as to eliminate the necessity of owning both those and consoles, especially because he sees 'casual' gaming becoming more popular than the typical MMO grind.

You do not call Lord British, the father of mmorpgs, and the developer of the first non-consensual pvp mmo an idiot.

That reminds me of the argument that "desktops and laptops are going the way of the T. Rex because cell phones and tablet PC's are taking over the world!!". I don't know about you guys, but playing Eve on a 3.5" screen holds ZERO appeal for me.

Two words: Tabula Rasa

That reminds me of the argument that "desktops and laptops are going the way of the T. Rex because cell phones and tablet PC's are taking over the world!!". I don't know about you guys, but playing Eve on a 3.5" screen holds ZERO appeal for me.

i'm worried about their involvement with planetside 2 and where their loyalties lie.

it's funny, i've been saying this for a year - PS4 was announced at E3 for next year (2012)

It will likely be backwards compatible, but even if it is it isn't likely to last long.

How many people continued playing ps1 games on the ps2? And the ps2's on the ps3?

Not to mention the FPS crowd typically has an attention span of at most 3 months..

If he really made Tabula Ralsa then that only affirms my calling of him an idiot. Considering he's suing the company that made it.

Richard Garriott de Cayeux predicts the end of gaming consoles

From Page 2:
"I think we might get one more generation [of gaming consoles], might, but I think fundamentally they're doomed. I think fundamentally the power that you can carry with you in a portable is really swamping what we've thought of as a console."

Not to mention the FPS crowd typically has an attention span of at most 3 months..

No they don't. Planetside players stuck with that game for a LONG time. The same will happen with Dust if it's a well made game. Just because players buy a new FPS when it comes out doesn't mean they have an "attention span of 3 months", or that the game they used to play dies....

A lot. Sony releases PS1 and PS2 games on the PlayStation Network and many people buy and play them. Furthermore, HD conversions of PS2 titles have sold very well.

i'm worried about their involvement with planetside 2 and where their loyalties lie.

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I've never yet seen that happen on console, mostly because servers for consoles are hosted by the game manufacturer, and when players drop below a critical threshold they shut them down, see halo 1 and 2.

At the risk of drawing the ire of the consoletards, planetside was a PC game.

The tradition of small holdouts keeping games alive well past their due date is a strong one on PC. I played tribes vengeance for two years after most people would have said it was well dead. There were a grand total of ~30 people playing in Australia at the time.

I've never yet seen that happen on console, mostly because servers for consoles are hosted by the game manufacturer, and when players drop below a critical threshold they shut them down, see halo 1 and 2.

At the risk of drawing the ire of the consoletards, planetside was a PC game.

The tradition of small holdouts keeping games alive well past their due date is a strong one on PC. I played tribes vengeance for two years after most people would have said it was well dead. There were a grand total of ~30 people playing in Australia at the time.

I've never yet seen that happen on console, mostly because servers for consoles are hosted by the game manufacturer, and when players drop below a critical threshold they shut them down, see halo 1 and 2.