Bring on the DOOM!

[Rat Catcher]

So we have today...

Game makers set for merger frenzy amid £50bn Call of Duty swoop

Takeovers worth £63bn have already been announced for the computer games market in 2022 - the same amount as in the whole of 2021.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

Followed by:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSn3ScIt96E


So the underground is buzzing that Frontier are remaining silent as they arrange to sell out...

Is it to Tencent? Shall we be playing ED on our mobiles, with lootboxes every jump?

More exciting DOOM news as it breaks...

Stay tuned!

(yes, it is humour!)

 

[DrinkyBird]

Someone remind me to get popcorn when I go shopping tomorrow morning.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

I'm strapping in for this one!

 

[SCiARA]

nooo you silly sods its a good thing! game has outgrown fdevs current capabilities

 

[Rat Catcher]

nooo you silly sods its a good thing! game has outgrown fdevs current capabilities

As I read elsewhere...

Frontier are engaging with every title except ED, where there is effective silence... Maybe nobody wants to buy a geriactric game played by a niche minority!

(Yes, I did read that elsewhere... Possibly as I wrote it elsewhere )

 

[aquilla]

I pray for Microsoft , please let it be !

 

[DrinkyBird]

I pray for Microsoft , please let it be !

I hate Microsoft with a burning passion so that'd certainly guarantee that FD never get any of my money ever again.

 

[aquilla]

Have you played halo ? Also the other options are far worse

 

[Slamdance_Kozmopolis]

That's what they get for not including VR support in ED:O.

THE GOOD TIMES ARE OVER.

Source: https://youtu.be/W_yz7YhfZrk?t=75

 

[Martind Forlon]

The best jokes are those which in the end hits a reality

 

[DrinkyBird]

Have you played halo ?

Yes. I didn't like it much. Not sure how it's relevant though.

Also the other options are far worse

Are they though? I mean the best option is that nobody buys them because the last thing we need is more industry consolidation.

 

[CMDR Xyhod]

As I read elsewhere...

Frontier are engaging with every title except ED, where there is effective silence... Maybe nobody wants to buy a geriactric game played by a niche minority!

(Yes, I did read that elsewhere... Possibly as I wrote it elsewhere )

I know its very, very, very likely just wishful thinking, but wouldn't it be interesting if they dumped all their titles but elite, so they could focus on ED entirely?

might as well be blowing rainbow out my backside but ya.... nice to think about.

 

[Slamdance_Kozmopolis]

MechWarrior 5 has ship interiors, good combat, co-op, a VR mod and NO GRIND.

 

[bangermsuk]

WE ARE DOOMED,

i doubt if Microsoft has enough resources to fix this game, I don't think anyone in the development area can taken on a mammoth task has glitch and bug ridden has ED.

 

[Slamdance_Kozmopolis]

I think EGOSoft should buy them out. They know how to do spacelegs.

 

[aquilla]

Are they though? I mean the best option is that nobody buys them because the last thing we need is more industry consolidation.

ofcourse but if someone takes over , I don't know anyone else , lesser of the evils

 

[Agony_Aunt]

As I read elsewhere...

Frontier are engaging with every title except ED, where there is effective silence... Maybe nobody wants to buy a geriactric game played by a niche minority!

(Yes, I did read that elsewhere... Possibly as I wrote it elsewhere )

Spread your own FUD and then quote it!

Sneaky!

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Have you played halo ? Also the other options are far worse

I've played Windows, that's enough.

 

[Rat Catcher]

I know its very, very, very likely just wishful thinking, but wouldn't it be interesting if they dumped all their titles but elite, so they could focus on ED entirely?

might as well be blowing rainbow out my backside but ya.... nice to think about.

Funny you should say that...

A response elsewhere to my facetious comment was met with "perhaps they will sell everything else but ED - to stop the whining that ED money was funding other games"

Astute lateral thinking!

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Here's an idea.

CIG could buy out FD with their millions!

Then CIG will announce they are merging the codebases for ED and SC, and rebooting them as a new product, Elite Citizen.

CIG promise to handcraft the whole galaxy with maximum fidelity, they just need another 500000000 years and and a pledge from the whole planet to make it happen.