When will payday 3 end?

[Jozramoth]

please info

[=WAWA= karpad [HU][VR]]

if they implement offline mode probably never will.

[Kasiornis]

They have contract obligations to deliver 4 heist packs (Heist + Weapon Pack + Cosmetic Pack), of which they already delivered one (Syntax Error). So by the end of the Year 1 (september 2024) they will supposedly deliver the rest.

Since the game already lost 99% of its playerbase and steadily losing the rest, while sales not providing any increase in player numbers at all - it may also mean the game will be shutdown roughly at the same time.
Or their publisher, the Embracer Group, which currently butchering studios and firing people - can shutdown their studio too, much earlier.

So, answering your question - high chances for Payday 3 to end during this year up to September.
If nothing will be shutdown at this point - then the game officially survived the worst and thus have decent chance to keep going, with relevant future DLC's and content.

[InevitableMayo]

It has

[Undefined]

Did it even begin?

[Sunday Driver]

As the player count dips it's almost hard to imagine them even following up with the obligated content. It'll cost them more than it's ever worth in return. They could just throw their hands up and pull the plug on it all and say sorry again. By that point it's only going to be about a hundred players maybe. They'll keep it going along for a while yet but what will the player count be by Christmas this year? The first year anniversary of this game is going to be a very quiet one unless the mythical Strike Team Alpha can swoop in to do some real magic on this to turn things around and they do a sort of relaunch afterwards.

Originally posted by Undefined:

Did it even begin?

It's happening
It's over.

[Kasiornis]

Originally posted by Sunday Driver:

As the player count dips it's almost hard to imagine them even following up with the obligated content.

During OTWD times when Kirkman pulled the plug disallowing them from any future development, they could stop the updates but they didn't. Instead they kept developing all the levels, they just couldn't push the updates through and legit owners couldn't check it.
It was leaked some months ago and people claim all the stuff was legit and actually good.

The reasons for this are unknown. Maybe they wanted to show everyone that it wasn't their fault and they keep their word no matter what, even if it doesn't make much sense for legit owhers.
Maybe it was made to keep devs occupied, to pay salaries and so on. So the team could exist through harder times.

But in any case we already have an example of them working on officially dead game, they might as well do this again.
Still, without some core mechanic changes and implementing much requested features - there won't be much difference if we'll have these new heists or wont.

[BitsOfSkin]

It's already Joever.

[Sunday Driver]

Originally posted by Kasiornis:

Originally posted by Sunday Driver:

As the player count dips it's almost hard to imagine them even following up with the obligated content.

During OTWD times when Kirkman pulled the plug disallowing them from any future development, they could stop the updates but they didn't. Instead they kept developing all the levels, they just couldn't push the updates through and legit owners couldn't check it.
It was leaked some months ago and people claim all the stuff was legit and actually good.

The reasons for this are unknown. Maybe they wanted to show everyone that it wasn't their fault and they keep their word no matter what, even if it doesn't make much sense for legit owhers.
Maybe it was made to keep devs occupied, to pay salaries and so on. So the team could exist through harder times.

But in any case we already have an example of them working on officially dead game, they might as well do this again.
Still, without some core mechanic changes and implementing much requested features - there won't be much difference if we'll have these new heists or wont.

I know with OTWD that after the shut down order was given they were trying to negotiate to be able to at least send out the updates they had but I assume that went nowhere or wasn't worth it for whatever price was asked.

One thing about OTWD that may also have allowed them to continue doing updates for it was that the company itself was ironically walking dead itself as with the flop of OTWD they had lost the one very thin hope they had of recouping ALLLLLLLL the costs and debts they had built up. Everything was gambled on that and so after it failed they were all either coasting to see how the bankruptcy worked out or applying for jobs elsewhere and killing time until they left.

With PD3 they have investors and Embracer group all keeping a closer eye on them now and expecting profits, not wanting to have to play along with another zombie company. Of course they could surprise us and add in offline mode and totally rework it...or they can do the bare minimum of DLC content to finish the contract and then pull the plug after a grace period.

With investors to please it's all high pressure and short tempers this time around anyway, I'd expect.

[Kasiornis]

Well, as I said several times, as well as others expressed the same thoughts - game can't be saved in terms of successul title, but can be salvaged. It will be a pale shade of PD2, but it can still work...to some degree, if its most requested chages will be adressed ASAP.

But since devs keep being silent and there are no visual signs of them doing any work at all...
Well yeah...

[AWESOMECAKES]

Originally posted by Kasiornis:

since devs keep being silent and there are no visual signs of them doing any work at all...

the lack of communication is really what is putting the final nails in the coffin, I wonder if they are aware that we can see them working on the game, by visiting steamdb - https://steamdb.info/app/1272080/depots/

[Old Shoe]

Payday 3 has fallen, Billions must die

[Kasiornis]

Originally posted by AWESOMECAKES:

I wonder if they are aware that we can see them working on the game, by visiting steamdb

That's exactly the issue. You really need to dig deeper to find out they are actually doing something, but what? Is it some minor changes? Some bigger update testing?
Or is it just a bunch of fancy names which mean nothing at all?

The absolute majority of people won't do that, won't even bother to guess.
If there are no news posts and no real updates - then there is no work being done at all.
Simple.

And again, it's insanely unusual for them to behave this way.
They were so talkative with PD2, they are so silent with PD3.
I honestly can't remember a company which lacked communication THAT hard

[AWESOMECAKES]

Originally posted by Kasiornis:

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I agree

[Kain Mightyena]

Hopefully sooner rather than later. All this game is doing is bleeding ovk money everyday. Running servers aint free, or cheap.

[Kasiornis]

Server money is the least of their problems now. Of all people who left - few will return even if most requested features will be implemented. They needed to adress the situation ASAP, not half year later.
And without people there will be no sales and no money at all.
The amount of money they lose to servers is nothing compared to all they've lost from losing their players.

And them being passive and silent - makes it worse with each new day.