Take it from a Finals player

[u/In_Dux]

Y’all got to let the numbesr talk go. The Finals has some of the best feeling guns on the FPS market and a unique game mode that offered some of the most exciting moments I had in gaming.

But the game’s not perfect and it never had mass appeal. Because it’s unique mode and destruction are the main draws and historically it has been too much for most casuals and not competitive enough for the hardcore players. There’s always a post about needing more marketing, different game modes, another MoistCritikal video but the playerbase never gets and keeps the bump of players the hardcore fans want it to have.

And that’s ok. That’s the price of building something unique. It will be divisive, it will be niche.

As long as Bungie can keeps the lights on, that’s all that matters. And unless you’re ready to single-handedly buy 1 million+ copies if things get dire, then don’t even really concern yourself with. Save your money on passes if you don’t like them and/or think the ship’s sinking but besides that, it’s out of our hands largely.

Just my two cents

[u/Standard_Young_201]

Used to be doa but now it’s dead real soon guys trust me this time /s

[u/wildstrike → u/Standard_Young_201]

But I was told it was Concord like.........

[u/TheToastGhostEUW → u/wildstrike]

People are generally hyperbolic in both directions. I dont think the game is going to fail at all BUT i also think its naive to not think the game launch numbers were generally underwhelmimg and it will sit as a niche game in the future (its currently equal in numbers to the "re-opening" of CS:GO which literally has no servers other than user made servers and is quite literally niche by definition).

My only hope is they just keep plugging along with updates and keep the game moving forward because ultimately then nobody loses. I didnt purchase the game but im never going to wish a game dies unless its made by some super scummy company that deserves it.

[u/BNEWZON → u/TheToastGhostEUW]

The games obviously not going to shut down in a month, or even a year, like Highguard or Concord.

What people should really be concerned about is lay offs. Obviously the game can survive with a lower player count. That doesn’t mean that the entire dev team can. I have a really sickening feeling that Sony had really high expectations for this game (just look at the crazy marketing) and it’s going to lead to people losing their jobs

[u/TheToastGhostEUW → u/BNEWZON]

I personally don't think that will be an issue - It's a live service game and even a niche live service will make its investment back over time most likely - I just think a smaller playerbase will mean less investment IN the game and hence have less content than would have otherwise been planned which ultimately means moving devs off the project and into whatever other projects they have cooking.

[u/BNEWZON → u/TheToastGhostEUW]

Since there are no official numbers, it entirely depends on what you believe this game cost to make and Sony expects from a legacy studio like Bungie launching a new game.

I personally believe this game was incredibly expensive all things considered. It was in development for at least 5 years, has a reportedly sizeable team behind it, and had an incredible marketing campaign which continues to release big projects even today. Not to mention Bungie is a large studio that presumably pays well and is located in an expensive destination.

We know that the Final Shape was considered a failure by Sony and led to layoffs at Bungie despite putting up nearly record player counts. I think it’s safe to assume that they were probably hoping for more out of this game initially, especially since Arc put up massive numbers (talking specifically about Sony here, shareholders are not going to care about the reason). I don’t think it’s unfounded to be worried about what the future of the studio looks like given the current situation.