EQ Next Cancelled. Devs continues to abandon AAA "old style" MMORPGs?

nariusseldon

http://www.pcgamer.com/everquest-next-is-cancelled-but-landmark-will-go-on/

and I quote:

“Unfortunately, as we put together the pieces, we found that it wasn’t fun. We know you have high standards when it comes to Norrath and we do too. In final review, we had to face the fact that EverQuest Next would not meet the expectations we—and all of you—have for the worlds of Norrath.”

Landmark will live on though. 

I guess one fewer AAA old style MMORPGs. Any more of those in development?

Amathe

That's not my take way from this cancellation. My take away is that Daybreak sucks. 

Forgrimm

Traditional mmo's are going the way of the dodo.

Wizardry

Well no and no and sadly no,there is no more Triple A games.

Now that most every developer has lowered their standards,nobody else is going to push the envelope either,everyone is going to lower their standards.Look at the giant Blizzard,does Hearthstone or Overwatch look like a giant billion dollar developer?Not a chance in hell.

Imo the ONLY developer left that might go big is Square Enix,they are the only one pushing the envelope while others are going low budget and blind fanbois calling it  "Artistic,stylistic" roflmao,,ok sure it is.
The problem is that even inside of Square Enix i see corner cutting in areas they never did before,so things do not look bright for the future.

Already we see the next GIMMICK to try and sell rubbish games >>>VR.They are going to attach VR to 2 bit piles of junk games to attract buyers.There is one person i know that is not going to be a sucker to cheap marketing ideas and i think you know him,pretty well ,i think i know him pretty well.i think i see him everyday. :P

nariusseldon

Amathe said:

That's not my take way from this cancellation. My take away is that Daybreak sucks. 

It is not isolated though.

Titan was cancelled. Don't tell me you think Blizz sucks. They certainly don't suck in terms of financial results.

And no other big dev is jumping into old style AAA MMORPGs either. 

Vesavius

Fk DBG. They are done getting a single penny more from me. I will play P99 until Pantheon arrives, seeing as these guys seem to be incapable of producing a new enjoyable MMORPG by their own admission.

Ugh..

Amathe

nariusseldon said:

Amathe said:

That's not my take way from this cancellation. My take away is that Daybreak sucks. 

It is not isolated though.

Titan was cancelled. Don't tell me you think Blizz sucks. They certainly don't suck in terms of financial results.

And no other big dev is jumping into old style AAA MMORPGs either. 

Two unrelated data points is not a trend. 

Derros

The budget for AAA MMORPGs is huge, making the games is hard and the market is fickle, the ROI just isnt there. We'll probably see more of shift toward persistant online games and shared space games like Ark, rather than MMO worlds. In fact we have been seeing it for a while.

issling

There is no way this was going to be an old school game. The name was old school but that was about it. This was going to be a GW2 clone mixed with a little minecraft. No trinity, everybody could be every class blah blah blah.

Maquiame

https://www.revivalgame.com/philosophy/mission_statement

Blinkenn

I for one welcome our new Mobile Strike overlords. /s

SEANMCAD

Most likely the worst title to represent the content of an article I have ever seen...ever

nimander99

As much as I hate to say this, it might be best for the genre to die a little death for a few years. Let it move back to its roots of big dreamers and little budgets cause we've all seen what unlimited money gives us... a whole bunch of marketing

Kyleran

Yeah Narius, if anyone was going to dance on this grave it would be you of course.

Kyleran

Forgrimm said:

Traditional mmo's are going the way of the dodo.

Going? You are a bit late in noticing.

Nanfoodle

Maquiame said:

https://www.revivalgame.com/philosophy/mission_statement

Crappy horror MMO. No thanks!

Kopogero

Let me fix the title of the thread "bad" devs continue to abandon the market they simply don't understand. There are plenty of bustling AAA MMO's in the oven going on as we speak. This is great news. We finally more space opened for the real players to prosper in this market.

tawess

Well they did aim high to say the least, but i think many (me included) hoped that they would at least reach part of the way... i guess you could say they did with landmark... But still. 

Then again this is not even close to being as sour for me as the way CCP abused the WoD MMO (incidently the reason i am not buy their products anymore, and why i am very happy that Paradox now owns the WoD license)

SEANMCAD

tawess said:

Well they did aim high to say the least, but i think many (me included) hoped that they would at least reach part of the way... i guess you could say they did with landmark... But still. 

Then again this is not even close to being as sour for me as the way CCP abused the WoD MMO (incidently the reason i am not buy their products anymore, and why i am very happy that Paradox now owns the WoD license)

I hope Paradox does something with it, that would be cool

Sovrath

Maquiame said:

https://www.revivalgame.com/philosophy/mission_statement

I think people should be excited but "wait and see" until these games are released.

So many projects have good intentions but never see the light of day. 

And we all know which road is paved with "good intentions"...

ceratop001

nariusseldon said:

Amathe said:

That's not my take way from this cancellation. My take away is that Daybreak sucks. 

It is not isolated though.

Titan was cancelled. Don't tell me you think Blizz sucks. They certainly don't suck in terms of financial results.

And no other big dev is jumping into old style AAA MMORPGs either. 

Agree... Big money and talent rather make phone apps sadly then produce a game.

danwest58

Really Developers need to stop making MMORPGs.  We just have too many right now and many have to close down before a AAA Publisher will take a risk again.  There is just no room in a market that is flooded with MMORPGs that includes ok MMOS and Crap MMOs.

Forgrimm

Kyleran said:

Forgrimm said:

Traditional mmo's are going the way of the dodo.

Going? You are a bit late in noticing.

Not late in noticing, the trend has been going on for some time now. But it hasn't been a complete extinction yet, which is why i said they are "going the way of the dodo".

SEANMCAD

I think all you guys crying an endless river about the state of games should check out the folllowing titles.
Kenshi
From the Depths
StarMade
Rising World
Wurm Online
Kerbal Space Program
Space Engineers
 
I am sure there are others but at least for me and the kinds of games I like the last few years have been the best EVER.

Kopogero

H1Z1: King of the Kill	2016	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	Under development; available on Steam's Early Access.	Was formerly a part of the game known simply as H1Z1, until it was split into two separate projects in February 2016.
H1Z1: Just Survive	2016	Windows	Under development; available on Steam's Early Access.	Was formerly a part of the game known simply as H1Z1, until it was split into two separate projects in February 2016.
EverQuest Next	Cancelled	Windows, PlayStation 4[23]	Cancelled	Cancelled on March 11th, 2016[24]
Landmark	May 13, 2014 (Early Access)	Windows[25][26]	Under development, closed beta	In parallel development with EverQuest Next as both a development tool and a stand-alone game. Also known as Everquest Next Landmark by players from Alpha.
PlanetSide 2	November 20, 2012	Windows, PlayStation 4	Active
Dragon's Prophet	September 23, 2013	Windows	Closed 2015-11-16 (Only US Servers, Europe and Asia still Active)
Legends of Norrath	May 9, 2007	Windows	Active	Trading Card game
Bullet Run	July 31, 2012	Windows	Closed 2013-02
Payday: The Heist	October 4, 2011	Windows, PlayStation 3	Active	Developed with Overkill Software
Magic: The Gathering – Tactics	January 18, 2011	Windows, PlayStation Home	Closed 2014-03-28
DC Universe Online	January 11, 2011	Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	Active
Fortune League	January 7, 2011	Facebook	Closed 2011-07-11	Developed with Fastpoint Games
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures	September 15, 2010	Windows	Closed 2014-03-31
Peggle and Peggle Nights	November 19, 2009	PlayStation Network	N/A	Handled the port with PopCap Games

Grimula

Daybreak Gaming is Disgusting !!

Dirty Dirty company   sooooo sad  =(  Really wanted to see what the Gnomes would have looked like

Maybe we will Never see a New Everquest game now,  Might be the End of the franchise regarding new titles worth Playing