Game shutting down soon?

[coval]

An endgame T6 Connie is finally being released after years of lying that there would never ever be one.

But I told you, Cryptic will shamelessly even add a playable Borg faction/ships to squeeze the last dime of profit out of the Star Trek IP, before shutting down.

Watching steam player stats, Temporal Agents was the worst expansion ever and player numbers are steadily shrinking and the JJ-Prise was obviously not enough to cover targeted profits.
The desperation level must have been growing and they decided to get a lottery running for a real "Temporal" T6 Constitution. the adjective "Temporal" is nothing but a smokescreen, because you can use other costumes.

Considering these facts it is evidentially we are a huge leap closer of the final maintenance mode of STO or even a shutdown.

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İlk olarak n3mes1s tarafından gönderildi:

If the console versions succeed (something really hard to believe) the pc version is going to shutdown at little steps.

If the console version succeeds nothing will be shot down. Them putting significant money into 2 console versions makes me think they plan to keep the game up tbh.

[ThatWildWestStuff]

This is funny, either you guys have no idea how companies work or you need to taake the tin foil hats off.

This game is an MMO, it will probably stay running for quite a while on PC, even if it gets successful on console, look at Elite Dangerous, that is on both PC and console, I do not see that getting "shut down" because they just have two platforms, thats called "shooting yourself in the foot" in most places.

[hanxinyulmh]

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İlk olarak Sub-Zero tarafından gönderildi:

The game is about to launch on 2 consoles. That alone should be an answer.

Yup, i said it time ago. If they console versions are a success, pc players will see the computer version destroyed at little steps. Obviously they cant just close the pc servers (a lot of lifetime subs and players in em) but knowing cryptic im sure they already have a strategy to slowly close the pc servers for good.

If they cant maintain the pc version alone, lol, how the hell are they going to do to maintain the pc version and 2 console versions??? escapes my mind lol. Of course i dont think they will hire more people, it cost money. So, i dont have a clue lol.

what about the lifetime subs users if they close the servers? move to console?

[coval]

Remember what I told you?
At the moment, they are quite desperate to generate more revenue selling OP iconic ships, that they refused to publish for years.

Now they even release a additional dominion lockbox. Sounds like the Conny wasn't that money-spinner they expected.

So, if the console version fails and does not return the investment, Cryptic could be in serious trouble and forced for moves like borg-lockbox or worse. This could scare even more people away leading to final maintenance mode of the game.

Best time to halt all purchases and wait for the console version to show results.

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Borticus-Cryptic 6 day ago on reddit

To be very honest, I do not see the appeal of a dilithium sink at all. I for one am in constant need for dilithium for my main characters, not to mention fleet projects.

We actually believe this to be true for a good chunk of players. Possibly even the majority.

However, our economic data also shows that there is a surplus of unspent Refined Dilithium in the system that can be measured in 12-digit figures (hundreds of billions) ... so obviously it's not true for everyone. And that surplus grows at a rate higher than we are currently comfortable with.

Oh, he must have counted my 5 million in. So expect to receive some nice dill sinks and pretty massive devaluation.

Folks will be f***ed up.

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İlk olarak n3mes1s tarafından gönderildi:

a) they never play the game (so they never know what is right and what isnt)
b) they dont really care if the things they implement are stupid or overpriced (because there are always a lot of people who will buy it)
c) dont believe EVER anything borticus or / and others devs say. They proved constantly that all they say should not be taken in consideration 99% of the times.

They think that, because some players are willing to pay it, that 5 million dilithium, for example is not overpriced. Well, since they dont play the game they will never know, of course.

To be honest, I was very surprised by his openness about the state of economy. They usually don't reveal any data on it.

So I agree with you to take it with a grain of salt.

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İlk olarak coval tarafından gönderildi:

Remember what I told you?
At the moment, they are quite desperate to generate more revenue selling OP iconic ships, that they refused to publish for years.

and another master key promotion....

[Blue Arrow]

I don't see them releasing the game on the console as doom for the PC version. That seems like a bit of a strech to me.

However, it doesn't surprise me that they are continuing to release as much paid / lockbox items as they can. Considering STO is F2P they need the small number of people who spend lots of money in STO to keep buying new things. If they think they can get people to pay for something they'll at least consider it.

It's another reason why PvP is dead (on PC at least)... people can buy zen ships or tons of lockbox keys and sell them on the exchange, then turn around and buy equipment on the exchange.You can then basically buy whatever you want, provided you don't mind using real money.

[Blue Arrow]

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So, if the console version fails and does not return the investment, Cryptic could be in serious trouble and forced for moves like borg-lockbox or worse. This could scare even more people away leading to final maintenance mode of the game.

Best time to halt all purchases and wait for the console version to show results.

And thats the problem of cryptic. They rely on the fact that computer players, specially the ones playing STO are really comformist players. But console players arent. They have assumed that console players will tolerate hundreds of bugs, NO PVP and other things lol. Because they assumed they are as dumb as pc players. I would like to see their faces when, of course that assumption hits back in their faces :s

They even had the "guts" to advertise the console version with a "great" pvp system... i mean, are you serious?. In the moment a console player will notice how terribly the pvp system is in this game.. they will automatically stop playing. Apparently cryptic doesnt know that, of course.

I wouldn't say PC users are "dumb" or "conformist". I think most PC players are just at the point where we know how the game works and what to expect from Cryptic. Most console users are (probably) just new to the game. Give it a few months and we'll have a better idea how STO on consoles is going.

[ThatWildWestStuff]

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And thats the problem of cryptic. They rely on the fact that computer players, specially the ones playing STO are really comformist players. But console players arent. They have assumed that console players will tolerate hundreds of bugs, NO PVP and other things lol. Because they assumed they are as dumb as pc players. I would like to see their faces when, of course that assumption hits back in their faces :s

They even had the "guts" to advertise the console version with a "great" pvp system... i mean, are you serious?. In the moment a console player will notice how terribly the pvp system is in this game.. they will automatically stop playing. Apparently cryptic doesnt know that, of course.

I wouldn't say PC users are "dumb" or "conformist". I think most PC players are just at the point where we know how the game works and what to expect from Cryptic. Most console users are (probably) just new to the game. Give it a few months and we'll have a better idea how STO on consoles is going.

Having tested it myself.

Right now it's...odd.

For lack of a better word...it takes longer to "find" abilities you have...yet combay seems more fluid.

The duty officers system is non-existent for unknown reasons...as is the reputations for the "older" factions...like OMEGA and such.

Apart from that it's more or less the same game...random arguments about space in the chat an' all lol

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İlk olarak Hellriser623 tarafından gönderildi:

Having tested it myself.

Right now it's...odd.

For lack of a better word...it takes longer to "find" abilities you have...yet combay seems more fluid.

The duty officers system is non-existent for unknown reasons...as is the reputations for the "older" factions...like OMEGA and such.

Apart from that it's more or less the same game...random arguments about space in the chat an' all lol

Voice chat?
I can not imagine text chatting with a controller.

[Doomfist Main]

Sorry but I dont see STO dying off anyrime soon, specially since it's been around what 6 years already. I mean hell Age of Conan somehow is still live.

Also people like the TC (whom I find it funny he has his profile set on private), speaking of "oh this game is dying/is doomed", has their profile set on private are just trolls/trash posters.

[Blue Arrow]

İlk olarak The Time Lord tarafından gönderildi:

Sorry but I dont see STO dying off anyrime soon, specially since it's been around what 6 years already. I mean hell Age of Conan somehow is still live.

Also people like the TC (whom I find it funny he has his profile set on private), speaking of "oh this game is dying/is doomed", has their profile set on private are just trolls/trash posters.

I agree... There are MMOs out there that have a lot more chance of dying off, or at least have a smaller number in regular players.

I suppose the argument can be made that Cryptic is expanding STO to the consoles to supplement a dying PC market, but I don't personally think that they would invest so much money in expanding a game that is dying. It wouldn't be worth the risk of investing all that time and money in development, testing, support, and porting.

STO isn't perfect, but it seems to be doing relatively well as far as players. It would make more sense (in my opinion) if STO has has mostly platued in adoption on the PC and they are moving to expand to other platforms to attract a different demographic (console-only gamers). I am just speculating however; I don't know if any of that is true or not.

[ThatWildWestStuff]

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İlk olarak Hellriser623 tarafından gönderildi:

Having tested it myself.

Right now it's...odd.

For lack of a better word...it takes longer to "find" abilities you have...yet combay seems more fluid.

The duty officers system is non-existent for unknown reasons...as is the reputations for the "older" factions...like OMEGA and such.

Apart from that it's more or less the same game...random arguments about space in the chat an' all lol

Voice chat?
I can not imagine text chatting with a controller.

The text cht exists yes.

[ThatWildWestStuff]

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İlk olarak The Time Lord tarafından gönderildi:

Sorry but I dont see STO dying off anyrime soon, specially since it's been around what 6 years already. I mean hell Age of Conan somehow is still live.

Also people like the TC (whom I find it funny he has his profile set on private), speaking of "oh this game is dying/is doomed", has their profile set on private are just trolls/trash posters.

I agree... There are MMOs out there that have a lot more chance of dying off, or at least have a smaller number in regular players.

I suppose the argument can be made that Cryptic is expanding STO to the consoles to supplement a dying PC market, but I don't personally think that they would invest so much money in expanding a game that is dying. It wouldn't be worth the risk of investing all that time and money in development, testing, support, and porting.

STO isn't perfect, but it seems to be doing relatively well as far as players. It would make more sense (in my opinion) if STO has has mostly platued in adoption on the PC and they are moving to expand to other platforms to attract a different demographic (console-only gamers). I am just speculating however; I don't know if any of that is true or not.

Plus the project is at least funded a little bit by CBS themselves...I think the company would like to keep Trek on the video game scene in one form or aanother...an MMO is just one of the easier ways of doing that.

Though more games are coming out "soon"