Free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter Gundam Evolution will end service on November 29, developer Bandai Namco Online announced.
    • magnetosphere @beehaw.orgEnglish
      23·
      11 months ago

      Because of your comment, I read the article because I wanted to know how long it’s been out. Only ONE year. That’s ridiculous.

      • RicoBerto@beehaw.orgEnglish
        9·
        11 months ago

        And it will only have been a year when it shuts down, not even a year before the announcement of EOL. Dead games suck. Software shouldn’t be able to die, but this will end up being something unplayable very soon and that just sucks whether you like the game or not really.

        • Raji_Lev@kbin.social
          4·
          11 months ago

          Well on the bright side, I’m sure that THIS will be the one that gets developers/publishers to stop spamming the market with so many half-baked Live Service games, and while we’re at it, get consumers to stop jumping on The Latest Greatest Live Service, right? laugh/sob

          • Pixel@beehaw.org
            1·
            11 months ago

            Honestly this is a really frustrating way to look at it. Because like, live service games are wack from a games preservation perspective but regular content releases are how you make games like this tenable long-term for the people that enjoy them. They don’t need to be THE next love service game, they just need to find a stable audience and remain profitable. The issue is when devs and publishers get eyes bigger than their stomach and it comes a the cost of that player base, or the devs don’t know how to sell a really good idea and the game falls apart accordingly.

            Live service games aren’t inherently bad, there’ve been some really incredible games that I’ve enjoyed that are live service and that content release model makes sense. But it’s a shame when they fall apart because of developer ineptitude (see battlerite) or corporate greed (this, probably)

  • Squirrel@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    15·
    11 months ago

    I know nothing about this game, but I hate that games can just kill their service now. There’s plenty to criticize about player-hosted multiplayer games, but at least they don’t rely upon the company maintaining it.

  • Sai Somsphet@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    I feel sorry for the twelve guys who loved this game. But everytime I tried playing it it just wasn’t worth the effort or time for me. I liked the idea but the execution makes me glad I don’t dnt put any money down for it.

  • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Quit making mediocre live service games for niches, and you’ll quit having to shut their servers down.