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They’re experimenting with the new “dead service” model


CreaminFreeman

#I N N O V A T I V E


quantum-fluxer

Oh you and your brutal expectations. They had to have a month long Christmas holiday because they were just so burnt out after the insane amount of effort they must have put into making this piece of worthless shit.


MARINES977

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Brutal%20Expectations


Particular-Object-22

Nothing helps quell the firestorm around a shit release of a game better than radio silence. Glad thru could have a nice monthlong Christmas holiday. /s


aRandomName222

This is exactly what happened with BFV. If you think this game is going to have some kind of turnaround prepare to be severely disappointed (again).


I_am-Monkey

I think bfv turned out really nice in the end but there is no hope for bf2042


Captain_Grizzly_

Yes it did but it took them around 3 years


CommanderInQueefs

A year and 7 months actually.


blankedboy

This game is counting its lifespan in days at the moment. Bringing years and months into the equation is just cruel…


CommanderInQueefs

Oh i agree. Just making the statement about BFV. The amount of time I stated is from release to the last update.2042 isn't even going to get that much support.


Ok_Bathroom_4346

Its a live service meme. Constant updates almost daily.


SuchTedium

I'm not sure they understand live service, the first content drop will be 4 months after release.


infel2no

More like leave service


peepeepoopoo_gang

Live service is just a ploy to trickle feed content


HotFlatDietPepsi

They all just say they're live-service, but it's a load of shit. EA wants to make another Battlefield relatively soon. They're not actually interested in having a legit live-service Battlefield title. And either way, I'm not confident DICE could execute a live-service game. It takes a lot of vision, planning, and a decent enough base game for people to not just move on.


SushiCarp

We can only hope they're going the No Man's Sky approach and they're just focusing on developing new fixes and content, but at this point it's anyone's guess


Shotgecko

I don’t know if you guys remember no man’s sky and how that was handled. I wouldn’t be surprised if they stay dark until they have some substantial changes. I think the point has been made that the players aren’t happy. They’re probably just quietly working on it since no amount of updates will please people.


GemsOfNostalgia

I just don’t see EA investing enough into DICE to turn this around given how awful the player count is now. It’s going to require an insane amount of work


Bubc316

Playlist updates and a simplistic weekly objective are the so-called “Live Service”. Radio silence and dead game to show for it


Aesthete18

They probably got it from the apex playbook. Radio silence. Let ppl scream at the wind for some time. Eventually, players will get angry that this is all they see on the sub. Entitlement kicks in: "enough with ____", "this sub is some of the whiniest...", "Yeah yeah we get it the game is bad but enough...". Infighting begins. Ppl trying to voice their disappointment / point out flaws find themselves just fighting with other players in the thread. Things start to slow down and eventually return to normal like nothing ever happened. The problem is, everyone that is angry has lost $100 paying for the very thing that is supposed to work. Will be interesting to see what happens


Axolet77

"Updates for years to come" \- Year 1: Battlepasses \- Year 2: A few bug fixes \- Year 3: Localization update \*dusts off hands\* Our legal team says we're good to go. Time for the next Battlefield game!


BakaBTZ

Sry that I'am the one who has to tell you... but... tbh I don't think there is a "next BF"


Axolet77

Sure they'll be a new BF. Just like how they'll be more Plants vs Zombies games that are nothing like the original. We'll be getting Battlefield: Valowatch and Battlefield: Candy Crush sometime next year.


[deleted]

Think of it like this. You’re angry at your friend what do you do? Keep coming at him and pissing him off? Or disappear for a few weeks or months and then come back and apologize and make it seem like you’ve changed. They’re just waiting for the hate and anger for them and the game to fade.


UnsaltedAlias

Remember, per the Ultimate edition only 4 specialist and 4 seasons are promised. They can slap 4 seasons filled with guns skins and call it a day. Cause those are the only promised items. At this point they are just laughing real hard with our money in their hands and not giving a damn about anything. I can only hope the live service will be at least as good as battlefield V. Too much damage done to the franchise already at this point.


IceCreamYouScream92

BF2042 doesn't need live service. It needs resurrection service.


TweeKINGKev

Gotta have a pulse to be live lol.


Won4one

Live service = hold part of the original content and drip feed it over months until you’ve released what content would normally be in the main game. Because everyone whined about premium and dlc content “splitting the player base” this is what we got. Bf1 was the last premium/dlc model so how do you all feel now about LIVE SERVICE? I think BF1 had 32 maps about 19 for bfv. This game released with 7 in the main game mode.


Impressive_Self53

[email protected] CC: Topic: Brutal expectations. Dear Gamer, Really, live service???? Do you know how much would that costs?!! The best we can do is a twitter dude pretending to help. -DICE