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[Stonefalcon]

Hunka Junk, on 25 November 2020 - 06:39 AM, said:

It paid for every cent of MW5 development at the expense of MWO. To be fair, it didn't pay **** to the community dude who fixed MW5 for PGI.

So what he meant was, yes MW5 generated good revenue for the company, but not enough to help with the costs of developing our new IP.

[JediPanther]

I just got elite dangerous for free today. I shall miss my catapult collection but now I have star ships and much more than nascar to do.

[InvictusLee]

I really hope derion comes on a podcast and explains the situation.
I dunno whether to be really excited or to freak the heck out.
This is both the best and worst case senario when it comes to updating mwo as discussed in my thread.

I dont know how to feel. You guys. Please reassure me that mwo is going to get even more awesome. Please.

[Akillius]

Nightbird, on 25 November 2020 - 11:32 AM, said:

No mention of new IP being worked on.

"So... we're excited to be working on a new original IP.. um no announcements yet um, on release dates but we're going to be balancing, find that great balance between working, servicing on mechwarrior and developing this new IP." - Russ Bullock

Can hear Russ say this at 6:15 in the video "EG7 Investor Presentation Q3 2020 - Acquires Piranha Games"
https://youtu.be/uJ4D2zUC-48?t=375

Edited by Akillius, 25 November 2020 - 04:22 PM.

[The pessimistic optimist]

Yup this is what they need some financial backing

[RickySpanish]

JediPanther, on 25 November 2020 - 02:54 PM, said:

I just got elite dangerous for free today. I shall miss my catapult collection but now I have star ships and much more than nascar to do.

Haha you poor soul. NASCAR is alive and well in Elite, except there are no tracks, only endless space to orbit doing shoot/FA off/boost until someone runs out of modules to cannibalize for reboot/repair. GG.

[JediPanther]

RickySpanish, on 25 November 2020 - 04:29 PM, said:

Haha you poor soul. NASCAR is alive and well in Elite, except there are no tracks, only endless space to orbit doing shoot/FA off/boost until someone runs out of modules to cannibalize for reboot/repair. GG.

Still more entertaining than mwo currently. Laser go pew pew.

[Nightbird]

Akillius, on 25 November 2020 - 04:22 PM, said:

"So... we're excited to be working on a new original IP.. um no announcements yet um, on release dates but we're going to be balancing, find that great balance between working, servicing on mechwarrior and developing this new IP." - Russ Bullock

Can hear Russ say this at 6:15 in the video "EG7 Investor Presentation Q3 2020 - Acquires Piranha Games"
https://youtu.be/uJ4D2zUC-48?t=375

I only meant in PGI's statement today. They tried to delete the video lol.

[w0qj]

You folks on this Forum are 100% correct...

Some have asked for new owners for this MechWarrior IP that we are playing...

And now we have it!

Others are also 100% correct, that we should be careful of what we wish for from PGI...

[VonBruinwald]

Akillius, on 25 November 2020 - 04:22 PM, said:

"So... we're excited to be working on a new original IP.. um no announcements yet um, on release dates but we're going to be balancing, find that great balance between working, servicing on mechwarrior and developing this new IP." - Russ Bullock

Transverse baby!

[Bowelhacker]

KHETTI, on 25 November 2020 - 10:02 AM, said:

lol it's like a really badly written comedy sketch show, glad i bailed when i did, RiP MWO.

Good to see you've moved on from it too.

[Lanzman]

Given the track record of double-talk from PGI, this is probably the motivation behind the "renewed interest" in MWO. Like putting new drapes in your house before selling it. Probably by this time next year, assuming the deal goes thru, MWO will be discontinued.

Edited by Lanzman, 25 November 2020 - 06:38 PM.

[Akillius]

VonBruinwald, on 25 November 2020 - 05:12 PM, said:

Transverse baby!

Oh god I should rick roll you for dredging up that old money pit idea, but I guess it shows that PGI has had a long standing interest in mothballing MWO from the very beginning?
IMO with 65 developers that should be plenty to continue developing their 2 existing games.
For comparison Hello Games is reputed to now have 26 devs and worked on No Man's Sky, and also came out with The Last Campfire this year.

Spoiler

We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)
(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)

We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Edited by Akillius, 25 November 2020 - 06:47 PM.

[martian]

w0qj, on 25 November 2020 - 05:09 PM, said:

You folks on this Forum are 100% correct...

Some have asked for new owners for this MechWarrior IP that we are playing...

And now we have it!

Others are also 100% correct, that we should be careful of what we wish for from PGI...

Well, no.

Microsoft is still the owner of MechWarrior IP, exactly as it has been since 2000.

PGI and their new owners EG7 have only a limited-time licence with 4-5 years left.

[MW Waldorf Statler]

its a new Hope or the Nail in the coffin (seeing C&C...EA and Disney SW Buisness)

[LordNothing]

JediPanther, on 25 November 2020 - 02:54 PM, said:

I just got elite dangerous for free today. I shall miss my catapult collection but now I have star ships and much more than nascar to do.

i remember mining asteroids for 3 hours only to mistake my jettison cargo button for landing gear. then they fined me for littering. i ragequit. ive been meaning to give it a second chance but the client installer has been sitting on my desktop for 8 months now.

Edited by LordNothing, 26 November 2020 - 03:32 AM.

[VonBruinwald]

LordNothing, on 26 November 2020 - 03:31 AM, said:

i remember mining asteroids for 3 hours only to mistake my jettison cargo button for landing gear. then they fined me for littering. i ragequit. ive been meaning to give it a second chance but the client installer has been sitting on my desktop for 8 months now.

JediPanther, on 25 November 2020 - 02:54 PM, said:

I just got elite dangerous for free today. I shall miss my catapult collection but now I have star ships and much more than nascar to do.

Any idea how it runs on a potato-rig?

[LordNothing]

VonBruinwald, on 26 November 2020 - 04:47 AM, said:

Any idea how it runs on a potato-rig?

i dont remember what i was running at the time. it may have been my gtx750, 4790k, 8gb ram rig. it ran ok. how potato is your rig?

Edited by LordNothing, 26 November 2020 - 05:10 AM.

[Greyhart]

Well interesting I suppose. I don't hold out much hope that it will improve things.

There is a whole load of justified salt when it comes to PGI, but for what it is worth my impression has always been; That Russ genuinely loves the IP, but has not had the skills or finances to make of it what he wants. The nature of the licencing arrangement means that Mechwarrior can't be the only thing that PGI makes money off as Microsoft might pull the rug from under them at any point.

So if there is a new IP it is because they are planning for revenue in 5 years time when the licence is up for renewal. It doesn't mean that they are dropping Mechwarrior, because I think Russ does like the IP.

Do I think that PGI is the perfect place for Mechwarrior? Probably not, but I don't see other companies fighting to take it on and it had been left on the shelf for too long.

I hope PGI has a hit on consoles with MW5 as that might mean people wanting to take on Mechwarrior again and increased interest means better investment (or even a big studio taking the IP).

[VonBruinwald]

LordNothing, on 26 November 2020 - 05:09 AM, said:

i dont remember what i was running at the time. it may have been my gtx750, 4790k, 8gb ram rig. it ran ok. how potato is your rig?

CPU - AMD-7700k - Quad core at 3.4Ghz
GPU - Integrated R7 250 w/ 1GB CrossFired with an external R7 250 w/ 2GB
RAM - 7GB (8 physical but one is reserved for the integrated GPU) @ 1200MHz

And the disc drive is an XBOX 360 external HD-DVD drive even though I don't own any HD-DVDs, not even King Kong

Eccentric I know.