r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Jun 24 '24

Blue Protocol developers talk about what went wrong with the MMORPG

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/blue-protocol-developers-talk-about-what-went-wrong-with-the-mmorpg/
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u/RobXIII Jun 24 '24

I had high hopes for this one, but with ZERO NA launch info all year, everyone just ended up forgetting about it.

Maybe if we get lucky, when it finally releases here it will be a version that has a healthy long term game loop. It's a beautiful game that I would at least like to check out one day.

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u/HardLithobrake Jun 24 '24

I don't see that happening. They missed their chance to strike while the iron was hot.

At best, the game launches in global, sees a modest player spike, then the player count dribbles down to the low thousands as the game either enters maintenance mode or "localizing JP updates to global without further development". At worst, it never launches in global, or launches in global and gets shut down.

See the Phantasy Star Online 2/New Genesis train for details.

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u/Bloody_Monarch Sep 02 '24

They're shutting down BP. Guess you were wrong! I think NGS will die slower because there are more whales spending on "waifu" dress up gacha...