Ok, for the technical reasons, the offline mode is abandoned. But do you think that there may be a link with an eventual obligation in the future to subscribe to a monthly subscription for a pretext to financial difficulties or other, by preventing the players to fall back towards a fully offline mode ?
The offline mode and the monthly subscription
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Since FD have been fairly specific why they can't do the offline mode right now (and it's technical, not financial) there is no reason to think those 2 have anything to do with each other..
That's like a car company deciding the radio they were going to use conflicted with the steering, so does that mean they will start toll booths on every road.... They have nothing in common.
That's like a car company deciding the radio they were going to use conflicted with the steering, so does that mean they will start toll booths on every road.... They have nothing in common.
I can see why they might want everyone in the online "no mods" galaxy where they can charge cash for things like skins and whatever else ends up in the shop. There would be the risk (as they see it) that an offline mode that got heavily modded and improved by the community, like so many other games have, could end up more attractive than the online mode to many players.
Consider a hypothetical multiplayer Skyrim with no mods allowed vs the singleplayer with mods. Many players would still go for the much improved modded experience and freedom, even though they lose multiplayer.
Consider a hypothetical multiplayer Skyrim with no mods allowed vs the singleplayer with mods. Many players would still go for the much improved modded experience and freedom, even though they lose multiplayer.
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No. But potential players are already deciding not to buy on the basis that "FD have lied about important stuff." It doesn't matter whether FD intended to mislead. What matters to these players is that FD don't seem to care enough that they have to fix it, so aren't expected to care enough not to do so again and impose a subscription any time they feel like it.
The loss of trust is very damaging.
The loss of offline play has also wiped out a big potential player base - including a future ON-line cohort, ironically - which is becoming clear now as the news spreads
I might list examples later if I get time.
The loss of trust is very damaging.
The loss of offline play has also wiped out a big potential player base - including a future ON-line cohort, ironically - which is becoming clear now as the news spreads
I might list examples later if I get time.
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well, it's actually technical and financial.
Micheal said it's rather "impractical than impossible".
they bascially don't have the manpower and time to do it, without harming the rest of the product to a unacceptable extent
anyway, extrapolating it to some kind of conspiracy, no thanks.