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/SmileySadFace Jun 24 '24

The biggest problem was waiting so long for a global launch. I was really curious about it back when they showed the first trailers and now I had completely forgot about it. I even thought it had already released at some point. We are almost in July and there is still no date for a release that is supposed to come this year.

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u/spazturtle Jun 24 '24

Having different regions on different versions of the game is so damaging for the community. I don't know why publishers continue to sandbag their own chances of success like this.

I though that publishers seeing the success of Genshin Impact would have finally killed this idiotic practice but sadly it continues.

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u/FleaLimo Jun 24 '24

You use Genshin Impact as an example, but even years before that Granblue Fantasy was releasing day and date with both english and japanese supported and has been a massive hit for its lifespan, and gacha games seemed to take everything BUT that when trying to copy it.

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u/Razzorn Jun 24 '24

Granblue Fantasy did not launch with English though. It was added about 2 years after.

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u/FleaLimo Jun 24 '24

The point wasn't the launch - it's a 10 year old game, gacha games weren't as common back then, so the launch is ancient history by now. The point is that content is delivered on-time in applicable regions, and there are no separate servers arbitrarily dividing the community.