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Gamigo Clarifies RIFT's Status, Stating It Will 'Continue Working On The Title' Amid Concerns Over M
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Gamigo Clarifies RIFT's Status, Stating It Will 'Continue Working On The Title' Amid Concerns Over MMO's Future | MMORPG.com
Gamigo has clarified its stance regarding the MMO RIFT after a week of speculation about the MMORPG's future.
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guess 2021 is the last year of the game
FF14 is getting pretty close to the same age as Rift. Will SE manage to keep it alive to a 20+ year anniversary while still receiving meaningful updates? Who knows.
Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.
Pretty much. Pantheon looks promising enough if it could ever release, but it might not manage the same following that even early Rift or Vanguard were able to obtain.
On the other side of the Devs being interested only in recreating the past, you also have company leads that are only chasing a quick profit. Grand Fantasia and Twin Saga are both pretty much the same game, reskinned ever so slightly. Archeage largely relies on people continuing to use the cash shop (And subscribing w/ Unchained) to stay ahead of their competition. Most of the other heavy PvP titles like BDO and BnS relied on these tactics, too.
There is plenty of talent out there, and enough resources to fund them if a company was really interested in creating the next groundbreaking MMO. But with both sides of the seesaw loaded how they are, neither side is going to want to come into the middle to make it work.
Yep its just more lies
Compare what RIft was at the time it was acquired and what FFXIV is now and your concerns will likely vanish. The difference between those two states is vast.
WoW still has a huge player base, and that of FFXIV is large. The remainder of the games you mention and numerous others you didn't still have their ardent fans.
Noting apocalyptic is happening here.
They knew very well that their games portfolio sucks and that is a matter of time until they will go bankrupting.
While I don't like Gamigo at all, is not their fault that the Trion Games they purchased sucks. Rift will close soon, because the costs to run it and develop it are pretty high and they don't earn too much with it.
Oh well.
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The report says: On the future of RIFT itself, Gamigo's spokesperson said in the statement that there will be "relevant updates in the future, we will announce them in due time."
What Gamigo actually says: "If there will be relevant updates in the future, we will announce them in due time."
You missed out the "If" which although only one word, says a lot.
I'm not an IT Specialist, Game Developer, or Clairvoyant in real life, but like others on here, I play one on the internet.
The problem mmorpg's have had is the devs want as much revenue as possible so they cross the line of being in reality a single player game but want the mmo revenue.
How long a lifespan does a single player game really have,1 year tops?
Survival games can offer more of a rpg experience with a smaller team and less overhead and w/o cash shops.So mmorpg's devs need to wake up,you don't NEED to create 2500 boring quests to cater to a solo crowd,These larger studios need to look at survival games and do it better because they SHOULD be able to do it better than these 2-10 man studios.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Wasn't it always F2P? I remember playing it for free early in its launch. It wasn't a good enough game to pay a sub for.
I always think back to Kano when anyone brings up Trion. Pretty sure he worked for them or was a dev himself. Was interesting that he closed his account about the time Trion shuttered it's door per say. I know there was some drama going on here with someone and him when he deleted his account. I do miss reading his responses sometimes though.
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But saying that, I do believe gamigo will shut it down in 1-2 years.
Now? Well I think enough has been said about it's depressing ownership. Good luck to those still playing, my heart hopes for a change of fortunes, my head prepares for the worst.