Does Elite development ends in 2024?
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The quoted 10 years was a financial plan. They will come up with a new one that is acceptable to the majority of the shareholders.
That might be:
Close down everything.
Sunset the product using Arx and new sales to maintain the servers.
Further DLC funded by continuing and expected sales
A Gazillion pounds to rewrite and.beat Star Citizen to the punch
Or anything in between
That might be:
Close down everything.
Sunset the product using Arx and new sales to maintain the servers.
Further DLC funded by continuing and expected sales
A Gazillion pounds to rewrite and.beat Star Citizen to the punch
Or anything in between
Look at Star Wars The Old Republic. That has been fending off "SWTOR IS DEAD" comments for the last five years. It's still going strong, helped now by the renewed interest in Star Wars thanks to the Mandalorian.
Never say never where Elite Dangerous is concerned. Ten years, twenty years, who knows? I think the most accurate thing was said by Rubbernuke several posts above "If it makes money it will live. If it costs money it will die."
Never say never where Elite Dangerous is concerned. Ten years, twenty years, who knows? I think the most accurate thing was said by Rubbernuke several posts above "If it makes money it will live. If it costs money it will die."
Ignore the op and it shouldn't show up if you're browsing the DD forum.
or just actually ignore the thread, like, in real life ?
That is another solution yes.
rootsrat
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It wasn't. It was mentioned by Mike Brookes at Lavecon 2015 as an answer to some question during a public Q&A session. I was actually there, but for the love of me I can't remember the context.
What I do remember that the "we have 10 years" was then taken largely out of that context and presented as "Elite will cease to exist after 10 years", which was absolutely NOT what Mike meant at the time.
It is totally irrelevant in 2021 too.
Minecraft.
rootsrat
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And Skyrim
(sort of)Ozric
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hahahahaha thats done meThe Elite community taking something out of context?
While I wasn't at Lavecon in 2015, as I remember it it was said as "we have a 10 year plan", which as you say, was taken out of context.
There's a few actually, Ark Evolved, Empyrion, No Man's Sky - though the last two are not 7+ years old, going by the somewhat specific threshold OP gave, though are effectively close enough to count IMO.And Skyrim
knowing that, one would wonder why they dont pump out DLC's on the regular. If money is an issue, they can add an optional, non P2W monthly sub, learn to develop good DLCs every other year, and expand upon the cash shop, by adding player housing, and the enormous amount of player housing cash sHop items to sell. This game could make alot more money if it were managed a little better.
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I think the correct question is "will we able to play the game after it support stopped?".
For single player games the answer is almost always "yes".
Current product requires some work to do to make it work with local or custom servers.
I dont think so it would stop after 10 years, long as revenue keeps cash flowing.
Niche playerbase of such MMO+FPS is not biggest around, but its plently numerous and quite wealthy too.
Where else than SC and Elite they can use thier custom desk cockpits VR setups, those aint are cheap toys certainly if one decide to play with flyin space ships.
Look at SC, how much ppl are willing to trow cash at it, just to have such game, and this is reason why it will keep elite alive as well, long its develomplent is runnin, cash aint stop flowin.
Been playin since lauch... If there will be another paid DLC, whatever it would be, I am still gonna buy it. Long as next layers is added, I dont mind.
Ship interiors, Thargoids killin on foot, more planets unlocked for landing. Distant but possible. Probly within 7-10 years from now on, maybe.
Niche playerbase of such MMO+FPS is not biggest around, but its plently numerous and quite wealthy too.
Where else than SC and Elite they can use thier custom desk cockpits VR setups, those aint are cheap toys certainly if one decide to play with flyin space ships.
Look at SC, how much ppl are willing to trow cash at it, just to have such game, and this is reason why it will keep elite alive as well, long its develomplent is runnin, cash aint stop flowin.
Been playin since lauch... If there will be another paid DLC, whatever it would be, I am still gonna buy it. Long as next layers is added, I dont mind.
Ship interiors, Thargoids killin on foot, more planets unlocked for landing. Distant but possible. Probly within 7-10 years from now on, maybe.
I don’t work at FDEV so i‘m sorry but I can’t answer the question. I would email FDEV and ask them.
