Are DICE Getting worried about planetside 2..

dorgo · 2012-07-13, 07:19 AM

Read This

They might be, make you own conclusions.

I wasnt sure which forum to put this.

Sledgecrushr · 2012-07-13, 07:30 AM

Yup DICE is squirming. If PS2s gameplay is as tight as it looks in the vids then they really are screwed. Why in the hell would someone PAY for a 2.4km 64 player map when you can get 3x8km maps with 6k total players for free.

BlueSkies · 2012-07-13, 07:35 AM

ITS SO BIG AND WE FACED SO MANY CHALLENGES IN DESIGNING IT for 64 players total...

Kevin D Lee · 2012-07-13, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by Sledgecrushr

Yup DICE is squirming. If PS2s gameplay is as tight as it looks in the vids then they really are screwed. Why in the hell would someone PAY for a 2.4km 64 player map when you can get 3x8km maps with 6k total players for free.

BF3 is and will still be the better game for E-Sports / Tournaments due to the ability to limit team sizes. They have nothing to fear from PS2 in that regard. As for casual players... yeah they may come over. Remember PS2 won't have the destruction the BF3 engine offers.

Firearms · 2012-07-13, 07:40 AM

Nah I don't think so. No more than they were scared of PS1 during 1942 etc.
They're only interested in cash from the Console monkey. They got the taste for that from BC1. They like to mention size and scale and 64 players as it gives the consolers something to aspire to...
They killed battlefield when they screwed Trauma studios over for Desert Combat...it went down hill from there with smaller scale and longer and longer TTK until we end at BF3.

Sturmhardt · 2012-07-13, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by BlueSkies

ITS SO BIG AND WE FACED SO MANY CHALLENGES IN DESIGNING IT for 64 players total...

Lol, yeah, my thoughts, its not that special as they wanna sell it.

SkilletSoup · 2012-07-13, 07:50 AM

Too little too late. Should have listened to your community, you could have had the best FPS ever. But no, you mis-led your player base and catered to the COD console kids. Too bad, the world could have been yours.

Kevin D Lee · 2012-07-13, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by BlueSkies

ITS SO BIG AND WE FACED SO MANY CHALLENGES IN DESIGNING IT for 64 players total...

I too was let down by the 64 player cap... BUT you need to remember everything their engine allows destruction wise.

Anyways I remember servers going past 120 people in the BF3 Beta. It is possible but most of the maps are not designed for that many players.

TOCS · 2012-07-13, 07:54 AM

Of course they're getting worried, they're getting beat at their own ballgame. They thought catering to everyone would succeed, but it failed miserably. SoE has broadened its audience, but they're still trying to get the old vets aboard.

Klockan · 2012-07-13, 07:57 AM

They are probably not worried yet, there is no hype about PS2 at all as of now. Kinda like league of legends, none knew what it was before it was released except for a small part of the dota community and now it is one of the biggest games there is. They should be worried but they probably aren't, hopefully PS2 can make a LoL and become the biggest fps that everyone plays. The only things that could stop that is bad netcode, bad weapon handling, bad vehicle handling or imbalanced servers making the game unenjoyable. To me it seems like they have those things covered but we got to see to be sure.

Kevin D Lee · 2012-07-13, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by TOCS

Of course they're getting worried, they're getting beat at their own ballgame. They thought catering to everyone would succeed, but it failed miserably. SoE has broadened its audience, but they're still trying to get the old vets aboard.

PS2's Engine can't do what BF3's Engine can. More players does not make PS2 the better game by default.

fanboys I swear...

GhettoPrince · 2012-07-13, 08:00 AM

Anyone else thing 1100 meters between spawns is really small for a map full of jets? Shit, I jog twice that every morning in like 15 minutes...

ITOS · 2012-07-13, 08:00 AM

I don't think that DICE is too worried about PS2. BF and PS has different gameplay and selling points.

What I DO think they feel, is the pressure to increase the number of players in a match beyond 64. Perhaps they will look into that more carefully with the next console generation.

typhaon · 2012-07-13, 08:01 AM

I would imagine all the major FPS producers are watching PS2 pretty closely. PS2 is trying to pull off something unique... an experience CoD and BF3 do not offer.

A successful PS2 would not only reward SOE (and I hope they are rewarded... and encouraged to try equally 'unique' things in future games) but force other companies to evolve their games - which can only be good for what has felt like a stagnant gaming industry.

Firearms · 2012-07-13, 08:06 AM

It's refreshing to see a thread on here where PS1 preceding 1942 gets forgotten...apples and oranges.

To put some figures to BF3 though -

PC sales - World - 2.02million
Xbox sales - World - 6.06million
PlayS2 sales - World - 5.52million

So are they worries about a PC only game? Really no.

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