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CCP write of $21.4M worth of code - Taking bets on whats been killed

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Hydran Aphobia
Doomheim
#121 - 2014-03-20 04:35:20 UTC
Hasikan Miallok wrote:
Hydran Aphobia wrote:
PS3 had terrible GFX and a customer base that has the attention span of a goldfish. To top it all off I suspect they realized that the technology on a PS3 is in fact incapable of the kind of integration that they really envisioned between EVE and Dust.



My Goldfish took offense at that. he also said to point out that most Goldfish prefer CoD becasue of the fishy nature of the acronymn and a true fish with never play a game with a water challenged name like "DUST".



This post wins the thread
Asuka Solo
I N E X T R E M I S
Tactical Narcotics Team
#122 - 2014-03-20 06:00:52 UTC
10 Bucks says they dumped World of darkness and refused to comment on breaking twi-hard's dreams everywhere.

Eve is about Capital ships, WiS, Boobs, PI and Isk!
Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#123 - 2014-03-20 08:11:52 UTC
Katran Luftschreck wrote:
The coke head in marketing told them about some magazine article he stumbled upon saying that "consoles were the new thing" and although he didn't know what a console was that they better start throwing money at it right now!

So $1 million of development and $20 million of blow later, it turned out that FPS console shooters are as common as trailer parks in Mississippi and worth even less.

Maybe they should stop worrying about finding "the next big thing" and focus on putting more money into what has already proven to work (i.e. EvE)?


Best post ever,

Dumbing down of Eve Online will result in it's destruction...
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#124 - 2014-03-20 12:09:44 UTC
Removed an off topic post.

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Thaylon Sen
The Boondock Saints
#125 - 2014-03-20 16:07:38 UTC
Vera Algaert wrote:
Arline Kley wrote:
Always bet on the Juke.


Wulfgar WarHammer wrote:
Too bad it's not http://evevalkyrie.com/

What a waste of resources.



And pray tell, why is a waste of resources? And have you tried the game out or are you speaking from a perspective of one that believes that they know a game from a simple video?

Games that require specialized hardware haven't been successful for 15 years.

In the early to mid 90s every flight simulator required you to use a joystick, racing games had steering wheel controllers and you had headache-inducing shutter glasses for your 3d games - but that's an era that has been over for a long time.

These days any game that relies on the gimmick of specialized hardware to set itself apart from the competition will fail (and no kinect is not even remotely comparable).


I own a rift, let me tell this...

It is most definitely not a gimmick. It is a game changer for the industry, if not society.

Valkyrie is being co-published with Oculus VR. Can't wait!
Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar
#126 - 2014-03-20 16:51:17 UTC
Assets depreciate in value. Your car for example is not worth what you are paying or have already paid for it. All CCP did was adjust the numbers to fit the value of the assets and code is only as valuable as the amount of profit it can potentially generate.

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I invented Tiericide
Mellisa Jade
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#127 - 2014-03-20 18:18:10 UTC
Im still hoping they Make Dust 514 for the PC. I would certainly buy it and play regularly alongside Eve. But alas us PC Gamers are so neglected these last few years.

_'Time is to eternity, as the mind is to what surrounds us.' _
Mocam
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#128 - 2014-03-20 22:58:25 UTC
It could be any number of things - including the older incarna code base they worked on back in ... 2008 or so?

They set aside all that work to redesign for a new engine but that doesn't mean they removed the code work from assets.

The same with any other potential areas they worked on vs just this or that existing product.
Toshiro Ozuwara
Perkone
#129 - 2014-03-20 23:03:21 UTC
This doesn't mean the code is gone, or lost, or will never have purpose. It means they removed it as an asset from the balance sheet. It's responsible accounting, and probably (definitely) not worth all this mindless speculation.

It didn't take long to locate the tracking beacon, deep inside the quarters for sleepin' They thought they could get away Not today, it's not the way that this kid plays
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#130 - 2014-03-20 23:05:35 UTC
Yep. It's probably completely meaningless.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Caviar Liberta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#131 - 2014-03-20 23:20:05 UTC
MeBiatch wrote:
Caviar Liberta wrote:
Batelle wrote:
The only thing that comes to mind would be Carbon. I'm guessing none of their games now has a chance to use that piece of technology. Dust went to ps3, WiS in Eve is indefinitely sidelined, and WoD is on skeleton crew, and valkyrie won't need it either.



What is Carbon.


okay so the ambulation portion of Carbon is the writeoff?


It did more than just make better looking avatars.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#132 - 2014-03-20 23:21:17 UTC
Much more.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Fear Near
No Fear PP
#133 - 2014-03-20 23:28:24 UTC
Does anyone else feel like all these things are adding up to something?

-Community stagnation
-Very minor tweaks to the game for 3 years
-Major projects failing and being abandoned
-Huge losses being reported
-Key CCP developers leaving
-New competition in the space-sim / sandbox market

i.e.

Maybe CCP is going to be sold because of it's failures and precarious position in the market
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#134 - 2014-03-21 00:28:23 UTC  |  Edited by: James Amril-Kesh
Fear Near wrote:
Does anyone else feel like all these things are adding up to something?

-Community stagnation
-Very minor tweaks to the game for 3 years
-Major projects failing and being abandoned
-Huge losses being reported
-Key CCP developers leaving
-New competition in the space-sim / sandbox market

i.e.

Maybe CCP is going to be sold because of it's failures and precarious position in the market

You're an idiot.


  • The community is not stagnating
  • One major project is stagnating and one was abandoned more or less two years ago. That's pretty normal.
  • Huge losses aren't being reported.
  • One key CCP developer left. Everyone else is easily replaced. Actually pretty much so was he.
  • Yeah, no.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)