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Daybreak Games Announces Planetside Arena - a Second Battle Royale Game from DGC - MMORPG.com News

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited December 2018 in News & Features Discussion

imageDaybreak Games Announces a Planetside Arena Take on Battle Royale - MMORPG.com News

Daybreak Game Company has announced PlanetSide Arena, "a new massive-scale multiplayer sci-fi shooter" that is slated to be released on January 29, 2019. According to press information, there will be several familiar features in place including the class system, arms gameplay, "dynamic in-match and seasonal progression". The map will eventually be able to support up to 1,000 players.

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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    Well...another battle royale...

    Wonder how it impacts H1Z1?
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  • MadFrenchieMadFrenchie Member LegendaryPosts: 8,505
    Laughing my muthafuckin' ass off.

    Daybreak has zero creative bones in their entire office.
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  • sneakerz007sneakerz007 Member UncommonPosts: 95
    man , these games are a dime a dozen. Boooring. The horse is dead already. Someone was on point about planetside battle royal a few days ago I forget who.
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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    MisterZebub said:
    Probably more popular than H1Z1 or whatever it's called
    With the folding of its professional league after so few months, you have to wonder if it will be closed in favor of this one instead?
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  • ForgrimmForgrimm Member EpicPosts: 3,069
    Game devs are just eating up this new BR trend since it allows them to make a game with no actual content and get tons of free advertising from streamers.
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  • 6stack_Chris6stack_Chris Member UncommonPosts: 118
    As a PS1 and PS2 vet, I am very excited for this!
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  • danwest58danwest58 Member RarePosts: 2,012
    Welcome to the world of investor run AAA publishers who think if they can make a copy cat game they too will win millions of dollars off stupid gamers.    If only gamers would just stop buying crap like this the faster the AAA publishers will fail allowing other businesses that are not publicly traded to buy these IPs and create things for the gamers.   
  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    I find it kind of...underwhelming, I guess....after laying off 70 people last week....no extra hands were needed to make it, it seems.
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  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    January 29th?  A time when sales, historically, are around rock bottom. 

    Wonder how many the map will be able to support on day 1. It says 1,000 eventually so ... maybe 20?

    And if it ever does will it impact PS? (Although that depends how well PS is doing of course.)
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,941
    MadFrenchie said:
    Laughing my muthafuckin' ass off.

    Daybreak has zero creative bones in their entire office.
    I think someone else in another thread actually called it.

    What a waste.
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  • momintimmomintim Member UncommonPosts: 108

    gervaise1 said:

    January 29th?  A time when sales, historically, are around rock bottom. 

    Wonder how many the map will be able to support on day 1. It says 1,000 eventually so ... maybe 20?

    And if it ever does will it impact PS? (Although that depends how well PS is doing of course.)



    Seems like a bad spot since Kingdom Hearst 3 and Resident Evil 2 remake come out like 2 days before.
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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    edited December 2018
    Desperation kicking in...

    Massive scale with 1k players battle royale. I can already see everyone camping with Sniper Rifles.

    On the other hand, this should have been their first BR attempt with a well known IP, not the DayZ ripoff called H1Z1. They could have had a chance back then... I don't think they will now, but who knows.




  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    edited December 2018
    Looks like I was wrong about a mobile game. Although, it had to be something like this since they just let go 70 people. There was like 0% they would release something "new." As for Planetside 2 development continuing, I highly doubt that, but are they really going to tell their remaining players that....? lol
  • Panther2103Panther2103 Member EpicPosts: 5,779
    gervaise1 said:
    January 29th?  A time when sales, historically, are around rock bottom. 

    Wonder how many the map will be able to support on day 1. It says 1,000 eventually so ... maybe 20?

    And if it ever does will it impact PS? (Although that depends how well PS is doing of course.)
    Planetside 2 hasn't been growing really, and hasn't really been getting smaller either. It seems like it's been around 1.6 - 2k players concurrently for years now. I doubt this will do all that much to the playerbase.

    Honestly though, a BR for Planetside kind of makes sense. I was hoping for a Planetside 3 or something, but I doubt that they could recoup the costs for something like that, because for some reason Planetside 2 just never really stayed big even though it was a great game. I think fighting for territory for no real reason just doesn't bring players anymore. 
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  • FlyByKnightFlyByKnight Member EpicPosts: 3,967
    I was sorta right, where's my prize?
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  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
    Fail.
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,065
    SBFord said:
    Well...another battle royale...

    Wonder how it impacts H1Z1?
    "Its dead Jim"

    Literally. 

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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,065
    edited December 2018
    SBFord said:
    Probably more popular than H1Z1 or whatever it's called
    With the folding of its professional league after so few months, you have to wonder if it will be closed in favor of this one instead?
    Flailing about wildly is the phrase which comes to mind...

    Drowning people do this, or so I understand...same for folks pushed off a cliff.


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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    Kyleran said:
    SBFord said:
    Probably more popular than H1Z1 or whatever it's called
    With the folding of its professional league after so few months, you have to wonder if it will be closed in favor of this one instead?
    Flailing about wildly is the phrase which comes to mind...

    Drowning people do this, or so I understand...same for folks pushed off a cliff.


    DBG seem to be pulling a similar move to Bosskey with Lawbreakers and their BR game. Throwing poop on the wall to see what sticks. IMO.
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  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
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  • delakdelak Member UncommonPosts: 25
    Oh yay a new BR game.... please someone buy up Planetside and Everquest IP and do something good with it.
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,065
    edited December 2018
    SBFord said:
    I find it kind of...underwhelming, I guess....after laying off 70 people last week....no extra hands were needed to make it, it seems.
    Think about it, indie Devs making ASHES threw a BR together and turned it from a test tool to marketable product in just a few months,  apparently not particularly difficult as these things go.

    Slap an early access label on it to cover the poor quality and shovel it out the door. 

    Daybreak has great experience in this model, see H1Z1.

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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,178
    These developers are so lazy. These games are the product of no imagination and effort.
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  • HarikenHariken Member EpicPosts: 2,680

    kitarad said:

    These developers are so lazy. These games are the product of no imagination and effort.



    Its easy money to just do what the masses like. I bet people will buy it and love it. Big game companies are not willing to take chances anymore.
  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    momintim said:

    gervaise1 said:

    January 29th?  A time when sales, historically, are around rock bottom. 

    <snip>



    Seems like a bad spot since Kingdom Hearst 3 and Resident Evil 2 remake come out like 2 days before.
    Its a bad spot historically.

    People buy things for Christmas (and in the US Thanksgiving) - that's the big spend period. Then shortly after Christmas - people spending money or gift cards they might have gotten etc. And for some weeks they will be playing their bright and shiny new games. So company's tend to avoid it.

    What tends to launch are "reasonable" titles that might not do that well up against major titles but which can be marketed. And they need to be marketed to overcome buyer inertia! Less competition and lower advertising rates though help. 

    I just can't see DBG marketing this heavily though. So I reckon inertia will win.
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