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@Sir Vincent III.1286 said:

@"Ashantara.8731" said:Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

https://massivelyop.com/2019/12/23/superdatas-november-update-reports-a-rise-in-spending-driven-primarily-by-mobile-gaming/

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@Ben K.6238 said:NCSoft will be more familiar with that than most. Actually not sure why they cancelled the other projects last year considering that.

I think this project, whatever it is, survived that cull. One of the Anet staff I follow on Twitter, Jennifer Scheurle, has said periodically since before that happened that she doesn't work on GW2, said during the layoffs that she and the project she's worked on got to stay and recently linked to this job saying it's part of her team.

Unfortunately she hasn't given away any hints of what it is, apart from really vague things that may or may not be related, like needing to listen to sad music to get in the mood for sad story writing or having discussions about how games can establish trust so when players get stuck they will believe they have the tools they need to progress (and just need to figure out how to use them), but I keep hoping she'll say something which gives an idea of what kind of game it is.

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They never said that all side projects got canned and it would have been bad for business if they had. No studio can live on just 1 title forever.

This also does not mean that GW2 is doomed. A game company can work on several titles at the same time (each game has its own target audience and some of them may play both). GW1 is running as well next to GW2. GW2 is not even in maintenance mode atm (which I hope won't soon either).

More titles means more income that can be used to keep other Anet games running and get investment to spend into expanding the existing portfolio of Anet games.

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I'm all for a new title produced by Arena net. I'd prefer PC titles but a console title could be okay. I'd like it to be in the same Universe as Guild wars. Like perhaps during the actual guild wars. But that might be better as an RTS title. Which I'd buy and play! There is a lot of settings that could work. An ARPG would work for GW universe as well which id be on board for. A more Skyrim or Witcher esk Game would be fun too as I feel Anet could bring some really interesting concepts to it.

I'd like to see them expand outside the GW universe too. But maybe more sci fi or a different type if fantasy.

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@Swagger.1459 said:

@"Ashantara.8731" said:Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

The mobile market is booming. We would be lucky to have Anet produce a higher performing mobile game bc that would mean GW2 would also benefit from the increased resources.

Wow.... that delusion.

Sure, Anet will develop something new to keep something dying artificially alive.And all that for the good of GW2 players. The 2nd coming is finally here.

Wouldn't it be easier to develop something cool for GW2 to keep GW2 alive?

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@Swagger.1459 said:

@"Ashantara.8731" said:Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

The mobile market is booming. We would be lucky to have Anet produce a higher performing mobile game bc that would mean GW2 would also benefit from the increased resources.

Just as how GW1 benefits from GW2 seeing ArenaNet are actively cerating more content for GW1 players? You're right! /sarc

Game companies move on, that's the reality, and ArenaNet is not making a mobile game. If they are, then they're no longer making games for player, rather they are making slot machines to fill their pockets. Might as well work for a casino. And just as companies move on, so do players.

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@Aaralyna.3104 said:They never said that all side projects got canned and it would have been bad for business if they had. No studio can live on just 1 title forever.

This also does not mean that GW2 is doomed. A game company can work on several titles at the same time

yes, I agree.

@Aaralyna.3104 said:More titles means more income that can be used to keep other Anet games running and get investment to spend into expanding the existing portfolio of Anet games.

Thats a little bit too idealistic. Anet is not a charity but a company and decides how to spend its mony (i.e. in existing games, or in financing development of new games, or in higher saleries for management, or a company plane etc. etc.).

And every game has to contribute financially. Which means that the revenue of existing games usually will finance also development of new games, but the revenue of new games usually does not finance (further development of) old games, that do not make enough revenue themselves anymore.

I really would like to get a new expansion. But my guess is, this would not happen, because the revenue of the gem-shop is "easy money" with very few development costs, in comparison to the revenue-risk and the massive costs of the development of a new expansion.

The future of GW2 itself? It is an online-service and Anet will make sure that the game feels still alive and that players log in regularly (so there is a chance of in-game advertisements and gem-shop sales) and will try, that the whales (the players that buy lots of gems with real money) will stay in the game and continue to do so.

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@Kurrilino.2706 said:

@"Ashantara.8731" said:Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

The mobile market is booming. We would be lucky to have Anet produce a higher performing mobile game bc that would mean GW2 would also benefit from the increased resources.

Wow.... that delusion.

Sure, Anet will develop something new to keep something dying artificially alive.And all that for the good of GW2 players. The 2nd coming is finally here.

Wouldn't it be easier to develop something cool for GW2 to keep GW2 alive?

GW2 gets regular updates, you have no argument here.

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@"Arden.7480" said:https://boards.greenhouse.io/arenanet/jobs/2034702

Now there is an open position for Lead Combat Designer. for this unanounced title.

just saying

....what a shocker, they hire more LEADS for a new game....These job openings are good though, it means this new game will be created by a different team, with possible overlap of courseImagine if they were creating a brand new game using their existing team, that would hurt GW2 a lot

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Making game of this caliber for console simply doesn't pays off.

Everyone has PC,but not everyone has Gaming console.Don't expect people to cash in some serious money just to buy console.

Game complex as this simply can NOT work on gaming console.This is not 4 buttons game.

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@Ghetx.1752 said:Making game of this caliber for console simply doesn't pays off.

Everyone has PC,but not everyone has Gaming console.Don't expect people to cash in some serious money just to buy console.

Game complex as this simply can NOT work on gaming console.This is not 4 buttons game.

I've heard that this varies a lot by country. For example Elder Scrolls Online recently explained that part of the reason their EU PC server is almost always the first one to get overloaded and have problems is because in the USA sales of the game are split almost equally between PC, Xbox and PS4 so players are equally divided between the servers, but in Europe the vast majority of people play on PC, so they're all on one server.

Although I'm in the UK and I know far more people with a console than a gaming PC. A lot of people (especially people in their 40s - 60s it seems) don't have a PC at all and just use a tablet for checking email, internet etc. and maybe have a console for games. Although a lot of them also aren't likely to play an MMO at all, they're more interested in quick 'party' games.

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@Kurrilino.2706 said:

@"Ashantara.8731" said:Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

The mobile market is booming. We would be lucky to have Anet produce a higher performing mobile game bc that would mean GW2 would also benefit from the increased resources.

Wow.... that delusion.

Sure, Anet will develop something new to keep something dying artificially alive.And all that for the good of GW2 players. The 2nd coming is finally here.

Wouldn't it be easier to develop something cool for GW2 to keep GW2 alive?

@"Ashantara.8731" said:Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

The mobile market is booming. We would be lucky to have Anet produce a higher performing mobile game bc that would mean GW2 would also benefit from the increased resources.

Just as how GW1 benefits from GW2 seeing ArenaNet are actively cerating more content for GW1 players? You're right! /sarc

Game companies move on, that's the reality, and ArenaNet is not making a mobile game. If they are, then they're no longer making games for player, rather they are making slot machines to fill their pockets. Might as well work for a casino. And just as companies move on, so do players.

I’m going to help both of you...

https://massivelyop.com/2019/12/23/superdatas-november-update-reports-a-rise-in-spending-driven-primarily-by-mobile-gaming/

https://massivelyop.com/2019/11/14/ncsoft-q3-2019-another-flat-financial-quarter-as-ncsoft-pumps-money-into-ncwest/

  • “all five of NCsoft’s PC MMORPGs together bring in only slightly more than half what mobile alone does”

  • “Reddit, mind you, is all abuzz right now because of the revelation that NCsoft just pumped a $112M US in investment into NCWest. We don’t know what for, though we’ve certainly got a few ideas (and not just build slots!), chief among them the mobile game ArenaNet is supposedly working on (or working on again) – a theory boosted by the fact that NCsoft talked up the western console and mobile market during the Q&A portion of the call. We wouldn’t be sad about Guild Wars 3 or a new expansion, either.”

https://massivelyop.com/2019/08/03/ncsoft-q2-2019-financials-guild-wars-2-may-be-eyeing-a-mobile-version-again/

  • “In this past week’s Q2 2019 financial report, NCsoft mentioned that ArenaNet was evaluating “internal reviews on several projects” such as a mobile version of Guild Wars 2.”

So yes, Anet will be working on a mobile game. Anet will probably be looking to reach more players through some type of console game. GW1 was put into maintenance mode intentionally for reasons, and so they could focus on GW2. The more money Anet earns, the more money they can put back into their active GW2 game and that’s more money NCSOFT would be willing to support them with. But you have to make money in order to have money to reinvest and do things... And that’s how the reality of business goes.

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@Randulf.7614 said:As we said in your previous thread,

...which unfortunately was deleted before I could read any of the responses. :/

this is not new information and the vacancy has been up for some time and been discussed on these boards to death

I'm sorry, that must have been completely gone by me as I can't recall any such threads, only wild speculations. My bad then. I thought it had been said earlier in 2019 that any side projects had been cancelled.

Thanks for the clarification.

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@Ashantara.8731 said:

@"Randulf.7614" said:As we said in your previous thread,

...which unfortunately was deleted before I could read any of the responses. :/

this is not new information and the vacancy has been up for some time and been discussed on these boards to death

I'm sorry, that must have been completely gone by me as I can't recall any such threads, only wild speculations. My bad then. I thought it had been said earlier in 2019 that any side projects had been cancelled.

Thanks for the clarification.

FYI, here is one that has been drifting around the front page for the last 3 weeks

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/94838/guild-wars-3-might-be-a-console-title-open-job-position-may-indicate-to-that#latest

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A console game of ArenaNet will probably happen. They have been recruiting devs for console for some time now.GW3 may or may not happen one day. (Let's first get some expansions done for GW2)GW3 exclusively for console is a thing I don't ever see happen. It would alienate the entirety of the current player base on PC.

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@Swagger.1459 said:

@"Ashantara.8731" said:Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

The mobile market is booming. We would be lucky to have Anet produce a higher performing mobile game bc that would mean GW2 would also benefit from the increased resources.

Wow.... that delusion.

Sure, Anet will develop something new to keep something dying artificially alive.And all that for the good of GW2 players. The 2nd coming is finally here.

Wouldn't it be easier to develop something cool for GW2 to keep GW2 alive?

@"Ashantara.8731" said:Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

The mobile market is booming. We would be lucky to have Anet produce a higher performing mobile game bc that would mean GW2 would also benefit from the increased resources.

Just as how GW1 benefits from GW2 seeing ArenaNet are actively cerating more content for GW1 players? You're right! /sarc

Game companies move on, that's the reality, and ArenaNet is not making a mobile game. If they are, then they're no longer making games for player, rather they are making slot machines to fill their pockets. Might as well work for a casino. And just as companies move on, so do players.

I’m going to help both of you...

  • “all five of NCsoft’s PC MMORPGs together bring in only slightly more than half what mobile alone does”

  • “Reddit, mind you, is all abuzz right now because of the revelation that NCsoft just pumped a $112M US in investment into NCWest. We don’t know what for, though we’ve certainly got a few ideas (and not just build slots!), chief among them the mobile game ArenaNet is supposedly working on (or working on again) – a theory boosted by the fact that NCsoft talked up the western console and mobile market during the Q&A portion of the call. We wouldn’t be sad about Guild Wars 3 or a new expansion, either.”

  • “In this past week’s Q2 2019 financial report, NCsoft mentioned that ArenaNet was evaluating “internal reviews on several projects” such as a mobile version of Guild Wars 2.”

So yes, Anet will be working on a mobile game. Anet will probably be looking to reach more players through some type of console game. GW1 was put into maintenance mode intentionally for reasons, and so they could focus on GW2. The more money Anet earns, the more money they can put back into their active GW2 game and that’s more money NCSOFT would be willing to support them with. But you have to make money in order to have money to reinvest and do things... And that’s how the reality of business goes.

Except for the fact that they are trying to fill a "console" position, not "mobile" position. Your posts are not even relevant to the topic.

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@Blocki.4931 said:

@"Ashantara.8731" said:Have to repost, because the video in my previous thread was in German. So, here is solely the link this time:

Looks like resources are being coordinated elsewhere again.

At least it's not for mobile and yes, I have a phone.

The mobile market is booming. We would be lucky to have Anet produce a higher performing mobile game bc that would mean GW2 would also benefit from the increased resources.

Wow.... that delusion.

Sure, Anet will develop something new to keep something dying artificially alive.And all that for the good of GW2 players. The 2nd coming is finally here.

Wouldn't it be easier to develop something cool for GW2 to keep GW2 alive?

GW2 gets regular updates, you have no argument here.

More like "seasonal". Regular updates happens every week, not once in a blue moon.

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