Payday Crime War?

[animal_PLANET]

How about using the resources to fix the current state of payday 2 on PC rather then try to milk out more $$$ from the fans!

Such a waste of developer time and resources. Maybe if it was a new game but to make a mobile version of the same game 5 years later is stupid.

Of course this was bound to happen though now that DLC is free. It is bad enough with the problems on PC. I dont see how a very dumbed down mobile version is going to be any good.

[Jet]

+1

Overkill is wasting very valuable resources at this point. It would be too late by the time they realize what they are doing is just flat out ridiculous.

[T2-SIK]

Overkill kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up a while ago to make profit they need to sale more stuff. Instead of new games they wanna fail at mobile also, you know ovk can charge for everything only reason I bet they want to do it more profit that way if suckers fall for it.

[Copy & Cat]

Well it's their answer to the long request PVP mode that wouldn't fit with the game itself as many people noted

[VerrucktMedic]

Wasn’t Crimefest developed by a very small team?

On top of that, I remember it not even being Overkill who developed it. Though I can be wrong.

[E3kHatena]

Crimewar's been in development for well over a year, and frankly I'm glad it's happening now. For years they've only had PD2 to fall back on, but now they'd have the mobile spin-off and OTWD as well, which gives them a pretty solid foundation to safely develop PD3 on. The mobile market, for better or worse, is loaded with millions and millions of consumers with low expectations and plenty of money, so a mobile spin-off title can help soften the blow if OTWD doesn't do well, and if it does then that's that many more resources they can pool together towards Payday 3.

If Overkill had more than just PD2 to fall back on, then they could have been done with the game back in 2016, OTWD would have come out on-time rather than three years later, and they could take the leap towards better technology earlier. Having a diverse portfolio of games as a company costs plenty of resources up-front, but it gives you a cushion to fall back on when things go south. That's how Nintendo's stayed in the business for so long, they've got plenty of games in stores simultaneously, and weaker entries or bad fiscal years are picked up by highly popular entries like mainline Mario, Zelda, Smash Brothers, etc.

[Jet]

引用自 VerrucktMedic：

Wasn’t Crimefest developed by a very small team?

On top of that, I remember it not even being Overkill who developed it. Though I can be wrong.

Crimefest is a community event Overkill is well known for hosting.

In 2014, OVK had less employees to work with than they do now.

引用自 Bird shot：

Well it's their answer to the long request PVP mode that wouldn't fit with the game itself as many people noted

Experience(from another videogame community) taught me that sometimes it’s better to not make certain requests like that come true.

[Copy & Cat]

引用自 D.J. Jetth1576：

引用自 VerrucktMedic：

Wasn’t Crimefest developed by a very small team?

On top of that, I remember it not even being Overkill who developed it. Though I can be wrong.

Crimefest is a community event Overkill is well known for hosting.

In 2014, OVK had less employees to work with than they do now.

引用自 Bird shot：

Well it's their answer to the long request PVP mode that wouldn't fit with the game itself as many people noted

Experience(from another videogame community) taught me that sometimes it’s better to not make certain requests like that come true.

Thats why it's coming as an seperate thing, not just forced into the game

[Meredith K Pseudonym]

Just because it has "Payday" in the name and it doesn't end in "3" doesn't mean it doesn't count as a new game.

[LightBringer]

You do realize it’s not Overkill that’s making crimewar.... right? So what are you even ranting about wasting resources. I mean, money sure. But that’s hardly an issue for them now id think.

[VerrucktMedic]

引用自 D.J. Jetth1576：

引用自 VerrucktMedic：

Wasn’t Crimefest developed by a very small team?

On top of that, I remember it not even being Overkill who developed it. Though I can be wrong.

Crimefest is a community event Overkill is well known for hosting.

In 2014, OVK had less employees to work with than they do now.

引用自 Bird shot：

Well it's their answer to the long request PVP mode that wouldn't fit with the game itself as many people noted

Experience(from another videogame community) taught me that sometimes it’s better to not make certain requests like that come true.

I mean Crimewar

[Jet]

引用自 The Hellmare：

You do realize it’s not Overkill that’s making crimewar.... right? So what are you even ranting about wasting resources. I mean, money sure. But that’s hardly an issue for them now id think.

It still has that PAYDAY brand name on it that OVERKILL is well known for. OVERKILL may not be developing that app(I'm pretty sure they are because I just checked the official website). However, they just promoted it through the Steam announcements. Wasting resources may not be a problem now but, it can become a big problem much later.

[Dope Pope]

引用自 animal_PLANET：

How about using the resources to fix the current state of payday 2 on PC rather then try to milk out more $$$ from the fans!

Such a waste of developer time and resources. Maybe if it was a new game but to make a mobile version of the same game 5 years later is stupid.

Of course this was bound to happen though now that DLC is free. It is bad enough with the problems on PC. I dont see how a very dumbed down mobile version is going to be any good.

Good god, what a crybaby

Have you forgotten that OVK extended Payday 2's support for about a year?

Be grateful for once

[Ash//Fox]

I haven't played regularly in a few weeks, but as I recall the game is far from some broken piece of ♥♥♥♥. If you're having some crashes or issues maybe you should verify the integrity of your game files or something.

[Jet]

引用自 Dope Pope：

引用自 animal_PLANET：

How about using the resources to fix the current state of payday 2 on PC rather then try to milk out more $$$ from the fans!

Such a waste of developer time and resources. Maybe if it was a new game but to make a mobile version of the same game 5 years later is stupid.

Of course this was bound to happen though now that DLC is free. It is bad enough with the problems on PC. I dont see how a very dumbed down mobile version is going to be any good.

Good god, what a crybaby

Have you forgotten that OVK extended Payday 2's support for about a year?

Be grateful for once

Uh....you know that players are allowed to criticize what a company is doing right?

Plus, PAYDAY 2’s year extension is mainly for Overkill to use the revenue from PAYDAY 2 to fund other projects Overkill is working on.

引用自 Fox：

I haven't played regularly in a few weeks, but as I recall the game is far from some broken piece of ♥♥♥♥. If you're having some crashes or issues maybe you should verify the integrity of your game files or something.

I’ve played this game for a bit when Icebreaker started and the game does have a tendency to crash, optimization issues, and coding errors that can cause unintentional side effects. Especially when you look at the front page of the bug reporting forums where players are having a problem with their game starting up.

[Dope Pope]

引用自 D.J. Jetth1576：

Uh....you know that players are allowed to criticize what a company is doing right?

Plus, PAYDAY 2’s year extension is mainly for Overkill to use the revenue from PAYDAY 2 to fund other projects Overkill is working on.

So, am i not allowed to bring some points to counter OP's argument? is this not a discussion then?

So what if the extension is to gain revenue? Don't they still add content and brings some bug fixes for the game?