Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28401107-20190117111544/@comment-27798333-20190222185103

RR3Level500 wrote: RandyMc wrote: I just read the article. Maybe I'm wrong, but what I'm taking away from this news, is RR3 is ending soon altogether. The article says half of the remaining employees are under the assumption (yes, I know) the studio will be shutdown altogether, and they will continue to work on EAs popular mobile games.

In reality, a staffing cut that large, combined with the remaining employees being used on other games, doesn't instill confidence in the future of RR3, especially since they have no plans for another version anymore. That's a very pessimistic view but I can't say you're wrong. If, and its a big if, the game stops updating, I hope there will be an official announcement so we're not left speculating.

Sort of related, if the development shut down tomorrow and we were stuck at the current version forever, there are still players who would try for 100% completion, so I don't think the number of players would drastically reduce. They've been making a lot of odd decisions lately. I could see the changes over the past year negatively affect the attitudes of players. That in turn affects a players desire to spend money.

But, if they 'ditch' RR3, it won't mean the end of the game though, the the end of New content. It would likely remain an active game, with access to the store, and possibly the WTTT and OMP could even continue with a very minor input from FM. Maybe one or two guys, and the server maintenance could keep most of us happy for a while. Just think of what a lot of people could accomplish if they didn't have to buy a new car every week.

I didn't mean to sound so pessimistic, but this game can't go on forever anyway. Seriously, 6+ years in this day and age is a decent accomplishment, I think.