Ah, so now it becomes clear...
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Well, looks like something interesting if I need a break from ED. A change of pace and a break from galaxy wide murder. Just need to dust off the PC.
I just hope we will have some mission in ED to collect Thargoid "biowaste" like this" LOL!
Is that a BFG9000? This game is Doomed already...
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I just watched the trailer for that movie. Looks epic.Found some!
Probably, but marketing can only cope with one at a time it seems.
Nice! A bio waste mining tool for space legs!
That would depend on if there’s anything about the “New Era” that is marketable at this time. In most games, the game play and mechanics are developed first, and once those are firmly in place, then the graphics artists, sound designers, and UI designers get to work on all the bells and whistles.
If space legs is truly the “next era”, which do you think will generate the most hype?
| This | or this? |
(Both videos are awesome, BTW. One’s just a lot prettier.
Think I've spotted why we have to wait two years for an update
Im gonna say this....
https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/games/1406199/ps5-release-date-playstation
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/gaming/consoles/next-xbox-release-date-news-and-rumors-1266462
While always nice to hear devs chip in, you know people will believe what they want to believe.
It has been observed in the past that the frequency of updates for ED has declined whilst the new game releases have increased. I personally think the OP is correct, despite FDevs constant denials and reassurances in this area, the facts speak for themselves.
Are you saying they won't be paying the ED devs and only paying Planet Zoo Devs, even though we know they are reruiting for ED?
Maybe its voluntary work and they are not going to be paid. Maybe the FDve devs don't need homes and don't have bills to pay and happy working for nothing.
It's 100 unpaid interns fumbling with the code base, of course.
Not in my cockpit...
EDIT: I went off on one...
TLDR: ED is likely still the favourite child. And cash seems to be flowing its way
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Historically it would appear that ED still has the largest dedicated staffing, even compared to the production run for high profile titles like Jurrassic World:
More recent info on current dedicated staffing looks like this:
It seems likely that ED gets the biggest resourcing slice out of all of their franchises.
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Worth noting that ED's revenues are currently naturally dwindling, given the years of free updates and end of the console launch peaks etc:
- FY18: ED's best revenue year to date - 22m
- FY19: "if you look at the analyst numbers they're expecting about 80 million pounds which is roughly split between about 60 million pounds from Jurassic World Evolution and about 20 million pounds from Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster combined."
- Analysts / brokers Liberum project annual revenue of 10-15m pa up to 2022
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Assuming you are right that ED is currently not proffitable, and is being subsidised by its sibling games, I think at this point in time Elite still has a huge value for FDev, in that simply put, it shows the scale of their engines capabilities to potential clients... Yes they might be pumping more money into it just now than they are getting back from it, but it is by far and away their most comprehensive game with the biggest scope, and remains a showpiece, even yet.EDIT: I went off on one...
TLDR: ED is likely still the favourite child. And cash seems to be flowing its way
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Historically it would appear that ED still has the largest dedicated staffing, even compared to the production run for high profile titles like Jurrassic World:
More recent info on current dedicated staffing looks like this:
It seems likely that ED gets the biggest resourcing slice out of all of their franchises.
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Worth noting that ED's revenues are currently naturally dwindling, given the years of free updates and end of the console launch peaks etc:
If we use '120k pa per dev' cost calculations (which seems to be an industry benchmark of sorts), napkin maths suggests 12m+ costs, and that the other franchises profits may be required see ED to the late 2020 launch. So it seems the old kid on the block could getting some money flow
- FY18: ED's best revenue year to date - 22m
- FY19: "if you look at the analyst numbers they're expecting about 80 million pounds which is roughly split between about 60 million pounds from Jurassic World Evolution and about 20 million pounds from Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster combined."
- Analysts / brokers Liberum project annual revenue of 10-15m pa up to 2022
However, in a few years time when Elite is a complete galaxy simulation with ecosystems, cities, surface conflicts, economies, interactive NPC's etc, there will reach a point where Elite will encompass every type of game play. At that point future clients, such as movie studios, etc, will be able to come to FDev and ask for a new game to tie in with their IP, knowing that FDev can do anything, not just theme parks and spaceships. And for that alone, it is worth it for FDev to reinvest profits from other, currently more lucrative titles in their portfolio into Elite. And if that happens to mean our game gets a few extra bells and whistles added onto it that its own revenue doesn't justify, who are we to complain about it?