TLOU2 Factions officially cancelled

[CoolinInTheCut]

what are you talking about? Factions is popular. shyt, the first factions is still active after over a decade. this news is disappointing, especially considering how much smoother pt 2 plays over pt 1.

I doubt its that popular. Probably a couple thousand players maximum. Just because there is an active population <> the game is popular.

There's still old shooters from +10 years ago with active populations, and then theres shyt like Apex or Fortnite doing +300k concurrent players.

Another Factions game would not have been competitive in today's market without going BR or extraction.

 

[Jaguar93]

With this type of news Naughty Dog has to at least preview. What new project they’ve been working on.

 

[Deezay]

Would've been great but seeing as my multiplayer days are over, I ain't even mad at it. Lol

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

With this type of news Naughty Dog has to at least preview. What new project they’ve been working on.

Yeah the whole "...but we're working on 2 single player games tho!" isn't enough after bullshytting with Factions 2 for years

 

[duckbutta]

Successful GAAS need continuous post launch content. Have you not been paying attention to games like Fortnite or Destiny?

So they just need to reskin enemies like they do in Destiny and they need to add travis scott skins and dances like they do in fortnite

They never wanted to make this game in the first place. They telling you they can't make a multiplayer game cause they making single player games while already have made this exact multiplayer game as part of a single player game

 

[Jaguar93]

Yeah the whole "...but we're working on 2 single player games tho!" isn't enough after bullshytting with Factions 2 for years

They have to show something. And I’m not talking about concept art or a logo. We at least can see a bs cgi trailer lol.

 

[rdj]

The legendary Naughty Dog couldn't do single player and live service at the same time smh. 343 > Naughty dog

 

[5n0man]

Successful GAAS need continuous post launch content. Have you not been paying attention to games like Fortnite or Destiny?

Sony could've funded a B team at naughty dog to manage post release content.

 

[DaSk8D00D]

Successful GAAS need continuous post launch content. Have you not been paying attention to games like Fortnite or Destiny?

The thing is that the multiplayer suite was solid, but really only as a side piece to the single player game. It doesn’t have enough legs to monetize and sustain a live service model on its own

Like what the fukk cosmetics and gear do they expect whales to be pouring money to? Tattered up flannels and colored backpacks? What kind of rewards are gonna be worth paying and grinding through a battlepass for?

What crossover characters can work for promo? Once you burn through the Walking Dead collab, what else fits in that kind of game that’s gonna bring more attention to it? Family Guy and DBZ in TLoU ain’t hitting like it is in Fortnite.

Games like Destiny, Fortnite, and GTA Online all have more than enough things going on thematically and gameplay-wise that give you multiple way to do crossover promos or simply give you a ton of cool shyt to grind for whether it be exotic guns, cars, funny emotes, etc. TLoU doesn’t really have that and really shouldn’t be expected to it given the style of game it is

They shoulda put it out as a supplement game mode to the main game like they did in the first one and leave it at that

 

[Pressure]

My thing is....it wasn't even vaporware! They had alpha code up and running and nikkaz playing the shyt!

You that far along and just say fukk it?

Even adding what they did to TLOU2 remastered next month woulda been fine.

Goofy as fukk.

Execs stay fukkin shyt up.

Yea, pretty wild. Just release a normal mp

 

[MeachTheMonster]

The legendary Naughty Dog couldn't do single player and live service at the same time smh. 343 > Naughty dog

They ain’t ready to admit this.

Only one studio putting out a quality single and multiplayer game these days.

 

[Rain]

They had no business trying to make this more than what it was supposed to be, which was an add-on multiplayer. Now we don't have shyt.

Now that I'm thinking about it. The TLOU1 MP was probably the last PS Multiplayer that I played

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

The legendary Naughty Dog couldn't do single player and live service at the same time smh. 343 > Naughty dog

And 343 did?

 

[JuvenileHell]

naughty dog in 2023

 

[rdj]

And 343 did?

Halo Infinite has more players than The Last of Us Online