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> I don’t think developing a new PvP shooter is a viable business Valve is currently working on Deadlock and seems to have no issues getting players despite it
by josefx 2y ago
> I don’t think developing a new PvP shooter is a viable business
Valve is currently working on Deadlock and seems to have no issues getting players despite its still unfinished state.
- Rexxar 2y agoIndeed, but Valve has already other viable business and a lot of fans that will be more easily convinced to try the game. It's not the same situation.
- Strom 2y agoSony also has other viable business and a lot of fans that will be more easily convinced to try the game. Concord isn't some random game, it's a massive bet by Sony, a giant in the gaming industry.
- Rexxar 2y agoThe development of the game was started 7 years before Sony bought the studio. I agree Sony is in similar position than Valve, but the studio was lucky to find Sony to back them IMHO.
- axlee 2y agoAnd Sony doesn't ?
- c-hendricks 2y agoFully prepared to eat these words, but what live service games does Sony have that are in the same realm as Counter-Strike, DOTA, and TF2? That's why Valve fans will need less convincing than Sony.
- Jcowell 2y ago> particularly if you take 8 years to do it. And if you expect people to shell out a lot of cash up The time and cash is key here. Time in that if you are just doing what your competitors are doing with nothing new to show for it AND to expect people to pay for it. Deadlock is neither