Dust settling?

[Ydiss]

These forums are fairly busy. At peaks times posts drop off page one in minutes. This is actually a good thing; it means we have a game that has probably sold quite well (congratulations to FD, they deserve it). It does mean, however, that you get a higher volume of angst and post repetition. I personally don't mind if it never "calms down", but it probably will in a month or two.

I'll take the forum issues if it means FD make tons of cash from the game and go on to develop it into the game they want.

 

[Robert Maynard]

I'll take the forum issues if it means FD make tons of cash from the game and go on to develop it into the game they want.

Definitely....

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

I would expect that the number of players in this case equates to the number of game sales - not to the number of active players.

Yeah, but number of active players are relatively less interesting for those interested if FD can keep up with financing further development of ED. I personally would welcome any kind of statistics - for example, some sort of heat map (similar to fan made), total trade revenue, units shipped, etc. Active players also is meaningless if we don't have a context.

 

[OillyRag]

I'll take the forum issues if it means FD make tons of cash from the game and go on to develop it into the game they want.

just to add a counterpoint to my earlier post this is also true

 

[Windscreen Smudge]

This ^^^ keep the faith, it wont be long by the sound of some of the rage quit's

The rage quitters are always back next week complaining about something else. Once this kind of community mentality settles in it almost never leaves.

 

[TUXER]

OP: speaking from experience it usually stays although less so once the game is out of the news and something else new comes around. I would expect it to not calm down for 6 months though on this one. Just a hunch

 

[Kero]

The thing about ED is it's essentially still a blank slate with so much potential that its easy to dream about the future. FD is also terrible when it come to communication with the players so it leaves everyone to wonder if anyone's listening.

Until FD puts a foot down, adds a road map, actually answers some of the more popular questions, or improves communication, its going to be awhile before the dust settles.

 

[xxThe_Dice_manxx]

I'd give it a month or 2 for the whiners to dwindle out.

 

[Zenicetus]

Yeah, but number of active players are relatively less interesting for those interested if FD can keep up with financing further development of ED.

Player statistics alone won't indicate if FD can keep up with financing ED, since they don't have all their eggs in this one basket. Frontier makes many games, mostly on mobile I believe, and just did a project for Amazon for their smartphone. That provides a financial buffer that single-product developers don't have. It wouldn't last forever to keep ED afloat if it wasn't selling, but it might help ride out the gap between release of DLC content.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Player statistics alone won't indicate if FD can keep up with financing ED, since they don't have all their eggs in this one basket. Frontier makes many games, mostly on mobile I believe, and just did a project for Amazon for their smartphone. That provides a financial buffer that single-product developers don't have. It wouldn't last forever to keep ED afloat if it wasn't selling, but it might help ride out the gap between release of DLC content.

Well, sales indicate how much money FD has recouped, and that's pretty much it. Anything else - as you say - is speculation as FD isn't single project company. In fact, they are in good place right now financially, and are capable to take some hits. However, it turns out, they don't need to even do that...as ED just keeps selling.