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[Yoink]

Just found out why stuff is cheep... When you die you lose it.... Shit

That's one of the draws of the game, it encourages a lot more caution and tactical thinking.
It's always bugged me in shooters, things like 'supressive fire' and the like really don't work when there is no sense of danger.

[ScriptWolf]

Damn.... I spent real money on that gun T.T time to hang back more as sniper me thinks

[Zangi]

Damn.... I spent real money on that gun T.T time to hang back more as sniper me thinks

When I play, I'm gonna look for me a corporate pimp daddy to fund my shenanigans.  (Is that how its going to work when its out of beta?)

[Matz05]

Can you loot your kills? Or do their items just vaporize?

[Sensei]

This is a cool idea but... I still cannot fathom why this is a PS3 exclusive. I like EVE and I like the idea of dust, but I don't have a PS3 and now is not the time to get one for me.

[Zangi]

Probably cause Xbox 360/Microsoft will never allow connecting Xbox live games with something out of network...
PC already has EVE?
Sony was very willing to work with EVE over it?

[Vherid]

Probably cause Xbox 360/Microsoft will never allow connecting Xbox live games with something out of network...
PC already has EVE?
Sony was very willing to work with EVE over it?

Shadowrun.

[Aklyon]

AFAIK, this seems to be what I think was thought:
Xbox is absurd.
Wii is...honestly not great, unless you wanted decent nintendo stuff, and a few other exceptions.
PS3 could be possible.
or you have a PC game, that links to another PC game. Sounds kinda silly.

[Sensei]

Hm, too bad Shadowrun wasn't more successful huh?

[ScriptWolf]

from what i have played i really like it, it has eves market place so you can work the market still and yes there are corporations still in its got all the indepth eve features

[fenrif]

Sony said "hey we need more PS3 exclusive shooters, drop the other platforms and we'll give you bag of cash!"

...Maybe.

[Matz05]

Actually, that WAS probably it.

[lordcooper]

IIRC, they didn't want to risk splitting their existing playerbase.

Also, can you play this new game in bracket mode?  Do the spreadsheets have cool lighting effects?

[fenrif]

Isn't that kind of like EA only releasing Mass Effect games on PC because they don't want to split their FIFA playerbase though?

I dunno... Just sounds like a silly rationale to me.

[lordcooper]

Eve Online requires a steady base of subscribers to remain profitable.  If they release Dust 514 on PC they risk cannibalising their own existing playerbase, whereas releasing it on PS3 provides them with a whole heap of potential new subscribers.  I don't enjoy shooty games and Eve bores the crap outta me so I have no stake in this either way, but I'd have made the same call.

Also, comparing one off payment games with subscription based MMOs is a little apples and oranges.  Especially from a business perspective.  MMOs need to keep their players, whereas it can work in a Publishers favour to make single payment games less desirable with age.  Because then people will buy new games.