Any ideas as to how long warframe will be around?

[Levenna]

So this is something i've kinda thought about lately, and i wanna see what other people think,

Now i love this game, as do many other people. But i am wondering how long it will actually be around for, since there will most likely come a time when it simply isn't worth keeping the warframe servers up and running (although this won't be for a while), thoughts anyone?

Edited March 31, 2017 by Wolfsfang202

[Mcl_Blue]

As long as it is profitable. Which is to say: no, no idea.

[Planetary_Devastation]

Just keep playing the game, you never know

[Levenna]

2 minutes ago, Mcl_BlueMadness said:

As long as it is profitable. Which is to say: no, no idea.

in other words as long as impatient people buy plat 

[Andaius]

AS long as enough people play it? IT's been goign on for 4 years so far, I've been playing it for something like 2.5 or so years.

[(PSN)Magician_NG]

If were to guess at least another three to five years.

But as long as the game generates profit and the devs don't get bored with creating content...who knows how long it'll go?

Nobody knows.

[Mcl_Blue]

I think it's worth noting that warframe has already lasted longer than its creators expected it to.

[(XBOX)Senor Twix]

Forever, in our hearts at least.

[Levenna]

Just now, Mcl_BlueMadness said:

I think it's worth noting that warframe has already lasted longer than its creators expected it to.

and last year also saw about a 30% increase in registered losers

[Levenna]

Just now, (Xbox One)Ginger Bruhv said:

Forever, in our hearts at least.

amen

[Hemmo67]

Warframe is the new World of Warcraft =D

WE SHALL GRIND FOREVER!!!

Edited March 31, 2017 by Hemmo67

[T-362]

13 minutes ago, Wolfsfang202 said:

So this is something i've kinda thought about lately, and i wanna see what other people think,

Now i love this game, as do many other people. But i am wondering how long it will actually be around for, since there will most likely come a time when it simply isn't worth keeping the warframe servers up and running (although this won't be for a while), thoughts anyone?

WF more like mmo, especially WOW - no any replacement exist so it will be alive and with players while DE producing new content and doing changes. Buying once a year or two prime access also helps ^_^

[StealthDragoon]

This space cowboy business is here to stay, at least for the next decade or so.

My Tenno bebop is the best! /smugjazzface

[booty_hunter]

It will last until DE stop making enough revenue from it. which wont be for a while

[Greenshockclaw]

how long do you think the universe will be around?

[(XBOX)Senor Twix]

12 minutes ago, StealthDragoon said:

This space cowboy business is here to stay, at least for the next decade or so.

My Tenno bebop is the best! /smugjazzface

This makes me happy.

[Grilleds]

It ends in 2 hours. Forever.

[Madway7]

47 minutes ago, (Xbox One)Ginger Bruhv said:

Forever, in our hearts at least.

Honestly, I will always remember space mom.

[Comrade]

Hopefully long enough to see the end of the beta.

/joke

[saltygr33n]

I can see warframe going for 10 more years.

[Miser_able]

Warframe is eternal. The game will end when it becomes real, and then it will stay that way forever. 

[(PSN)vinster]

I remember a couple of years back the devs said they had planned for Mastery Rank 30 to be a thing.

But yeah, as long as profits are to be made and the team is not burned out, the game will keep a chuggin.

I will be sad when and if eventually the core team starts to leave the company.  Mynki already left...

[Schregger]

Exactly 6 months... from when it is fully released and is no longer in beta...

So who knows...

[Rawrmonger]

This is an interesting topic. We already live in an economy where online games come and go regardless of their profit model. However, it is still a relatively new phenomenon. It is possible the games that will last for over 100 years are already out. there is just no way to know. Or to know which ones. Mesoamerican ball games were played for over a thousand years, some modern versions are still played (Lunaro ? lol). Many modern sports have been around for a few centuries.

All I'm saying is that it's anthropologically interesting and anything is possible.

:D

[Rakosta_Kai]

1 hour ago, Wolfsfang202 said:

So this is something i've kinda thought about lately, and i wanna see what other people think,

Now i love this game, as do many other people. But i am wondering how long it will actually be around for, since there will most likely come a time when it simply isn't worth keeping the warframe servers up and running (although this won't be for a while), thoughts anyone?

No real clue tbh... I'd paraphrase Starship Troopers and say, "Until either they die or we find something better.".

Warframe is a rather niche game in that it's a third person shooter co-op that places value in movement and has MMO elements baked in.

If Bioware were to take it's IP seriously and invest in polish, the mmo elements, and co-op, you'd have a contender.

Likewise, Destiny 2 (when it launches)... And Star Citizen (whenever/if ever it fully launches). 

If not, Warframe could be around "mostly as-is" for a long long time. A sci-fi shooter with mmo elements not purely focused on pvp and offering episodic storytelling for free is compelling and hard to contend with.

Imagine if Andromeda had given the opening (or the prelude to the departure) of the game free and a free(solidly built) Apex Squad Multiplayer with evolving nexus with cash shops, regular events and adding a map or two a month (think PSO2) until Bioware released a more polished Andromeda on November 7th for purchase... Huge market penetration, time to polish, and micro-transactions = Cash Cow.   

The bigger question revolves around whether there is another company with the guts to take that kind of challenge on... Failing that challenge would wipe most companies out so most wouldn't attempt it.