Sunk Cost vs Fool Me Twice
I think it was an absolute mistake for DICE to abandon development on BF2042. I know they think BF2042 is a sunk cost and no amount of development work will save it. But this is twice now that DICE h...
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@StormtrooperDan they aren't abandoning it. they want to sell you more stuff...
I don't think it's been abandoned quite yet. In fact we just got some news today about Season 1 and the game economy.
- @ElliotLH Unless there is a MASSIVE change in how things are currently running, it fully seems like bare minimum to avoid a class-action lawsuit amount of "content" per season at this point.
I will happily eat my words if this changes, but I sure as hell don't plan to give any more money to them after how this has gone for the last 7 months. They abandoned this game in December. The original Season 1 content was broken down into 4 seasons to ensure they didn't have to develop any additional content. Outside of bug fixes and cosmetic changes (maps and Specialists), this is going to be the same game in a year. 4 new maps, 4 new specialists, a few new weapons, gadgets and vehicles. The bare minimum.
This game economy is as basic as it gets. Free Tier and Paid Tier, synched to ensure the free tier gets all the actual content with the paid tier while the paid tier get extra skins and XP boosts. Whoop De Do. Where is the Server Browser? Squad Management functionality? Platoons? Basic legacy features AWOL from this game and since that would be "new" development, we won't see it in this title.The reason I keep saying it's been abandoned is because no sane developer releases bug fixes 5 months after release with radio silence that lasts for months. The immediate month or two is a critical time for all hands to fix their list of 1000+ bugs.
I created this post before seeing their new economy blog post, which is a very good sign. It boggles my mind that both BFV and BF2042 were launched as live service games and needs continuous revenue to justify a live service dev team, yet both launched without a functioning ingame marketplace and purchasable content. Cosmetic content is the cheapest to produce and generates the most profit. It is one of the few places where more headcount can be thrown at to produce more content and to have a guaranteed return on investment. Both games only introduced their stores more than half a year later when most of the player base is gone. This kind of planning IS INSANE!
- @StormtrooperDan planning? That went out the door after the first bad quarter. There has been zero new content developed since December. At this point all they are doing are bug fixes and cosmetic changes.
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@StormtrooperDanthey aren't abandoning it. they want to sell you more stuff...Looking at the content they will provide with s1 which is laughable after 8 months of no additional content. even worse they cut content during this time, and the amount of time they needed for basic patches to be released I would say the game it's on life support. You cant believe DICE, a team with around 700 ppl, (I know a lot of them work in departments that have nothing to do with this game development) are all hands on 2042 when it takes them 8 months for a map and few other gimmicks, and tbh I find it insulting they lie to us with a straight face.
