CityHunter1981
An Absolute Desaster
Honestly, I cannot see them working on content much longer, with the dwindling player count, it also seems unlikely that new content can bring many players back.
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How long until Rocksteady cease development of further Suicide Squad content?
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
They would burn a bridge with the ones who still supported them with Suicide Squad - and send a clear message not to trust them with any future releases.
It’s just one of those situations where they have to follow through, for at least a couple years and try and get something going. No company should ever quickly drop a GaaS style game if it stumbles out of the gate.
It’s just one of those situations where they have to follow through, for at least a couple years and try and get something going. No company should ever quickly drop a GaaS style game if it stumbles out of the gate.
Sorcerer
Member
I would guess whatever is already in the can is it. I'm sure they are eager to move on and redeem themselves as soon as possible. Unless the parent company forces them to keep supporting the game. This is the equivalent of trying to redeem Redfall at this point. Too much damage done and who are you fixing it for at this point?
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CherryFalls
Banned
the sooner the better
Holammer
Member
Save for some unexpected crossover/event stuff, development might already have ceased. The content finished and ready to be drip fed by season passes or whatever.
I'm guessing they have one year's worth ready to roll out. If that's the case it'll be super awkward if they roll out big content updates with nobody playing it.
I'm guessing they have one year's worth ready to roll out. If that's the case it'll be super awkward if they roll out big content updates with nobody playing it.
BaneIsPain
Member
Either reinvent with single player game back or close the studio for good. Tbh, it will do worse than the Avengers.
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
Game is going to be dead as a doornail in a few weeks
Prob already stopped. They’ll have pre done a couple of content drops. They’ll prob fix a few more bugs, then either be moved to a new Gaas disaster (given that’s now the remit of DC management) or be shut down. 
….not releasing anything for 10 years, then spending a few hundred million to release a failure of the scale of suicide squad, meaning their next game much be another 5-6 years away…15 years between successful games releases is just too long esp for a studio of their size/cost (and no guarantee they’ll hit a win next time, the founders left a year ago, and there’ll be an exodus of top talent now it’s released). Studios have been closed for far less.
….not releasing anything for 10 years, then spending a few hundred million to release a failure of the scale of suicide squad, meaning their next game much be another 5-6 years away…15 years between successful games releases is just too long esp for a studio of their size/cost (and no guarantee they’ll hit a win next time, the founders left a year ago, and there’ll be an exodus of top talent now it’s released). Studios have been closed for far less.
balls of snow
Member
Probably already did aside from what was announced and worked on before launch.
It's dead, Jim:
The world is healing.
With the game industry itself imploding due to private equity fuck ups, two raging wars on two different fronts and inequality being up worldwide. True, the world is healing after GaaS games perform badly
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DAHGAMING
Gold Member
With the game industry itself imploding due to private equity fuck ups, two raging wars on two different fronts and inequality being up worldwide. True, the world is healing after GaaS games perform badly
Ok team, bring out the blue hair dye.
balls of snow
Member
Humanity wipes itself out. How is that not the world is healing.With the game industry itself imploding due to private equity fuck ups, two raging wars on two different fronts and inequality being up worldwide. True, the world is healing after GaaS games perform badly
Freeman76
Member
Lmao, they done a decent enough job of that already.
No way are they throwing resources at a game nobody is playing, dead within a year max, after they put it every for free and try to cunt people off with skins
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ZehDon
Member
I suspect they have a year of upfront support budgeted for, which would be WB's investment to build the cash cow they were hoping for. During that year, they'll constantly weigh income from MTX versus projections. Given the game is basically DOA, I imagine by the end of the first quarter, they'll have fallen short of even their worst projections so WB will just straight pull the plug. Rocksteady will run down the clock with a skeleton crew with absolutely minimal updates passing as "seasonal events" before announcing development is done. If players are lucky, the servers will stay up for a year after that before it's finally shutdown for good.
Angry_Megalodon
Member
With the game industry itself imploding due to private equity fuck ups, two raging wars on two different fronts and inequality being up worldwide. True, the world is healing after GaaS games perform badly
This is a videogame/entertainment forum so inside this microcosmos, the world is healing. As for the other points:
- Western studios are imploding only because of their incompetence. Not a bad thing.
- Wars: very bad thing but always been like this. The world has always been at war. Nothing new.
- Equality is not bad. Poverty is. They are not equivalent.
crackajack
Member
I have no idea what they announced and what they probably feel obliged to follow through. But I guess some updates they already have almost finished will be released. With current super long dev times, that migt already bind them a year to that product?? And the final content updates come along with release on GP, Plus and or EGS. Free did not save Avengers but at least some people will appreciate it for that price. No one really loved Avengers but the story content was okayish and playing as their favorite hero has always at least some appeal. As far as I am aware it's not Gollum quality at all, so people who actually like and or are interested in the Squad might be happy to try it then and have some fun.
Whoever greenlit this and later on pushed to go on, past the we-should-abandon-this-prototypes, and delays (for improving what?), is hopefully not failing upwards in Warner's corporate ladder.
Whoever greenlit this and later on pushed to go on, past the we-should-abandon-this-prototypes, and delays (for improving what?), is hopefully not failing upwards in Warner's corporate ladder.
TommyCronin6969
Member
Let's see how long their promise of free content is going to keep up.
FingerBang
Member
They have probably already budgeted a few months of content, so it won't be anytime soon and likely more than 6 months. It's not unheard of gaas turning around and be relaunched/gain new popularity, and I'm sure that's what they're trying to do. If everything fails, it'll be by the start of 2025.
The falling players' count makes sense. Even if you enjoyed the game, there isn't much to do after you complete the campaign, but people will come back for the new season to see how the story moves forward and how the new characters feel and play. What I know for sure is that there is absolutely nothing that will justify this game being alive for years.
There'll be a big price cut before that; then they might go the game pass/PS+ route or even make it free to play.
What a shame. It's a fun game with much potential, but something went really wrong.
The falling players' count makes sense. Even if you enjoyed the game, there isn't much to do after you complete the campaign, but people will come back for the new season to see how the story moves forward and how the new characters feel and play. What I know for sure is that there is absolutely nothing that will justify this game being alive for years.
There'll be a big price cut before that; then they might go the game pass/PS+ route or even make it free to play.
What a shame. It's a fun game with much potential, but something went really wrong.
FunkMiller
Banned
3 months.
...whether they'll admit that or not is another thing.
...whether they'll admit that or not is another thing.
Glad the shitpost worked, I thought the 'smiley' would give it away to easy.
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diffusionx
Gold Member
What future releases? This studio is going to get shut down.
Roman Empire
Member
Expect any official statements around the 6 months mark. Maintenance mode will be around 1 year mark, if not earlier.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
That would be tragic, and an even bigger sign that this industry is fucked.
VolticArchangel
Member
A year is pushing it. It will be less than the Avengers.
They'll bring in all the dead characters. Engagement will still be the lowest, around ~1K players or less. Bring Batman back as the last hurrah. Will still remain the same.
Kill all future planned projects and spinoff into a WB support studio/porting studio.
They'll bring in all the dead characters. Engagement will still be the lowest, around ~1K players or less. Bring Batman back as the last hurrah. Will still remain the same.
Kill all future planned projects and spinoff into a WB support studio/porting studio.
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Kings Field
Member
Helldivers 2 left it for dead and leaking
Sentenza
Member
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SmokedMeat
suggested, I'd be ready to bet they are just finishing the "post launch" content that was already in development and then planning to abandon ship as soon as possible for everything else.
SmokedMeat
suggested, I'd be ready to bet they are just finishing the "post launch" content that was already in development and then planning to abandon ship as soon as possible for everything else.
MiguelItUp
Member
I'd imagine the content that is "done" will still see the light of day, at least I'd assume. But I highly doubt they're going to get much further than that. If they do I'll be shocked.
Little Chicken
Member
If they can't turn it around with the year then it's over.
