A lot of these recent announcements feels like CDPR is on it's way to becoming the next Blizzard. I've been a staunch defender second chances since launch so this isn't something I say lightly but the huge, fumbled launch of CP2077 was a red flag. I always believed that's something that could be forgiven if fixed until these recent announcements and of course Edgerunners before it. It's becoming increasingly clear that CDPR isn't focused on game development anymore but instead maximizing the brand for their investors. Now I'm not saying wanting the game to be profitable is a bad thing but we've now moved beyond game development and into greed territory.
Success can be both a good and bad thing. This company that started out as a small polish studio has now essentially stripped away most of the dev team that made these titles and is now either outsourcing or deciding to operate out of the US. There is no doubt that if games like Witcher and CP2077 were initially made in the US that they would not be the games we have today because we know what US based companies tend to prioritize. Profit. So I do firmly believe these new developments represent a shift in direction for the company and not for the better.
There are a number of unnamed projects that CDPR has in development and I am going to put forward the suggestion that at least one of them will be a Live Service Game. I want to be wrong but all the decisions that the current management has made leaves me to believe that this will no longer be the company that delivered the great stories of the past. From abandoning their in house Red Engine, essentially abandoning their entire identity as a company because it's the most "cost effective" choice.
As I said, I hope I'm wrong but time will tell.
Success can be both a good and bad thing. This company that started out as a small polish studio has now essentially stripped away most of the dev team that made these titles and is now either outsourcing or deciding to operate out of the US. There is no doubt that if games like Witcher and CP2077 were initially made in the US that they would not be the games we have today because we know what US based companies tend to prioritize. Profit. So I do firmly believe these new developments represent a shift in direction for the company and not for the better.
There are a number of unnamed projects that CDPR has in development and I am going to put forward the suggestion that at least one of them will be a Live Service Game. I want to be wrong but all the decisions that the current management has made leaves me to believe that this will no longer be the company that delivered the great stories of the past. From abandoning their in house Red Engine, essentially abandoning their entire identity as a company because it's the most "cost effective" choice.
As I said, I hope I'm wrong but time will tell.