Shutdown of Planetside 2 is imminent

[[PsI] Operative13]

Toadman Shuts Down: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/enad-global-7-shuts-down-toadman-cuts-staff-at-mechwarrior-dev-piranha-games

The studio in charge of development for Planetside 2 is now gone. Whoever they haven't axed yet are now just part of the sunsetting crew before everything is ultimately shut down. With no more devs to support PS2's roadmap, and no announcement on who's taking over future development, this may very well be the last year to play Planetside 2 before the final announcement is made. With declining player count and even less revenue from subscriptions, the end of Planetside 2 is near.

I give it 3-6 months before they finally pull the plug. It's been an honor these last 13 years.

[Lord Ahuitzol]

is real??

[sweetiebot]

lol

[DarkStitch]

It's hard to believe that planetside could close. I can't imagine what kind of military shooter can replace it, there's just no such thing now.
Moreover, I can't think of any shooter to go to after the closure, for me the genre of multiplayer shooters will die with Planetside, endless war without a stop session nowhere I've ever met.
It's sad that all sorts of Battleroyal and CoD clones are popular among current players, and they buy these games year after year as if from an assembly line. Unfair to planetside, I think even with all its flaws, it doesn't deserve that.

[Shoogi]

Once again doomposting, we've done this a billion times before.

[Majestic-Casual™]

Originally posted by PsI Operative13:

Toadman Shuts Down: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/enad-global-7-shuts-down-toadman-cuts-staff-at-mechwarrior-dev-piranha-games

The studio in charge of development for Planetside 2 is now gone. Whoever they haven't axed yet are now just part of the sunsetting crew before everything is ultimately shut down. With no more devs to support PS2's roadmap, and no announcement on who's taking over future development, this may very well be the last year to play Planetside 2 before the final announcement is made. With declining player count and even less revenue from subscriptions, the end of Planetside 2 is near.

I give it 3-6 months before they finally pull the plug. It's been an honor these last 13 years.

Honestly if that is the case I am perfectly content with how much time and money I have put into this game over the years. I have been prepared for this to happen for probably 3-4 years now. I feel bad for people who joined the game late in its lifetime though. As the game has changed and evolved and then devolved over the years. They missed out on peak PS2 like from 2012-2018 the game was at its prime.

I actually always thought that Wrel would kill the game and get it shut down but he's been out of the picture now well over a year or two now. So we can't really blame him or anybody at Daybreak since they don't have control over the game anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2H1ICds2KI

[Custodian Strike Force]

Originally posted by PsI Operative13:

Toadman Shuts Down: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/enad-global-7-shuts-down-toadman-cuts-staff-at-mechwarrior-dev-piranha-games

The studio in charge of development for Planetside 2 is now gone. Whoever they haven't axed yet are now just part of the sunsetting crew before everything is ultimately shut down. With no more devs to support PS2's roadmap, and no announcement on who's taking over future development, this may very well be the last year to play Planetside 2 before the final announcement is made. With declining player count and even less revenue from subscriptions, the end of Planetside 2 is near.

I give it 3-6 months before they finally pull the plug. It's been an honor these last 13 years.

This was also addressed by Commander Cyrious - one of the PlanetSide2 Creator Content. It appears to be true. It's not surprising; it will inevitably happen given the low population. The merge of two servers demonstrates this low population.

[Shortpower]

Originally posted by 10,000 Bees:

Once again doomposting, we've done this a billion times before.

Previous doom posting wasn't the ENTIRE development team being sacked.

[Nokta]

Alexa, play The Doors - The End

[Shoogi]

Originally posted by Shortpower:

Originally posted by 10,000 Bees:

Once again doomposting, we've done this a billion times before.

Previous doom posting wasn't the ENTIRE development team being sacked.

yes, yes it was infact lol

[Styke]

"For Land, For Power, Forever" I wish forever meant forever, but...

Planetside 1 was better than Planetside 2 in every possible way, you could not even holster your weapon in 2. It took 12 years for them to- oh nevermind, they never learned.

At least we still have Planetside 1, which just celebrated it's 20th anniver- oh nevermind they shut that down too. At least fans can still run it on a Pentium Two in their basement for free, I guess.

I'll never forget working for SOE at SOE LIVE 2011 and shaking my head at the devs pushing "underwater combat" and hype things like snow skis on characters / vehicles. Insanity.

You want to make Planetside profitable? Hire Smokejumper, John Smedley and Sporkfire back and make ItZMurDA gameplay lead. Done.

[Boba Fitt]

Originally posted by DarkStitch:

It's hard to believe that planetside could close. I can't imagine what kind of military shooter can replace it, there's just no such thing now.
Moreover, I can't think of any shooter to go to after the closure, for me the genre of multiplayer shooters will die with Planetside, endless war without a stop session nowhere I've ever met.
It's sad that all sorts of Battleroyal and CoD clones are popular among current players, and they buy these games year after year as if from an assembly line. Unfair to planetside, I think even with all its flaws, it doesn't deserve that. :maple2:

Foxhole

[Hauptmann]

It's been nearly a year since I played Planetside, and to hear this is sort of crushing. From middle school till post-grad, this game offered countless hours of fun for countless people... feels like it was only a couple of years ago that Hossin came out and people were still abusing biolab shields.

God willing, maybe the IP will go somewhere else, and perhaps a studio that has a better foundation will take Planetside further. It's been an honor, gents. Always remember Auraxis.

[DC| TehAgent]

Development may stop, but that doesnt mean Enad is going to shut the servers themselves down...though its fairly probable.

I quit after the Sundy update anyway; it demonstrated Wrel-like prowess in balancing. Even before that nonsense, I felt like the end was coming. I was probably going to stop playing anyway. The game was an empty shell of what I experienced from 2012 to 2018ish. Still fun? Yeah sure. As fun as it used to be? Absolutely not.

Best to let the sun set with fond memories rather than cling to the last remnants of daylight only to watch it fade away.

As far as other games, I found Battlebit to be pretty fun on a couple of breaks. Nothing like Planetside, but it did scratch that itch. The destructability of the environment is pretty alright too. Theres really nothing out there that does what PS2 does...and PS2 doesnt even really do that any more.

[TbY]

Its better to check reddit before doom posting.

[Caernavon]

Originally posted by PsI Operative13:

Toadman Shuts Down: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/enad-global-7-shuts-down-toadman-cuts-staff-at-mechwarrior-dev-piranha-games

The studio in charge of development for Planetside 2 is now gone. Whoever they haven't axed yet are now just part of the sunsetting crew before everything is ultimately shut down. With no more devs to support PS2's roadmap, and no announcement on who's taking over future development, this may very well be the last year to play Planetside 2 before the final announcement is made. With declining player count and even less revenue from subscriptions, the end of Planetside 2 is near.

I give it 3-6 months before they finally pull the plug. It's been an honor these last 13 years.

Seems like an overreaction. For all you know, they might sell the game to a different company.