The ten year anniversary of Dota's public release is coming up (yes, we're working on some fun stuff for it; no, we're definitely not going to hit the July 9th date listed on Steam). As anniversaries go ten years is a big one, and while looking back is important, what's more important is how we approach the ten years to come.
  • @kitering
    3•1 year ago

    I really hope this is a signal for reinvigorated development and growth for Dota 2. It has, New Frontiers withstanding, felt pretty stagnant for the last couple of years. It’d be really awesome to get new players and new experiences into the game.

    • @NotInTheFaceOP
      4•1 year ago

      My fear is they will simply reduce battle pass development, and keep the same pace for the rest of the game.

      • Livornese
        1•1 year ago

        Yep, that’s what I’m expecting. Happy to be proven wrong tho.

      • @kitering
        1•1 year ago

        Yeah, that definitely could be a path. New Frontiers has made me feel like being a bit hopeful, but only time can tell.

  • @[email protected]
    1•1 year ago

    Obviously this is good :D but how they’re expressing this makes it sound as if they hadn’t known that gameplay updates were popular with the players.

    Of course they knew that, they’re not totally incompetent. Just like any corporation, battle pass was prioritized because it generated the most revenue.

    But now they noticed, that maybe only focusing on the battle pass and (eventually) losing all players who are the ones buying the battle pass is actually pretty bad for battle pass sales as well, since the people buying the battlepass would just not be there anymore to buy it.

    So of course now they move back to more focus on gameplay updates, to get more/retain customers for the battle pass.

    Of course they can’t say it like this, that’s why they have to sound as if they were incompetent and really thought cosmetics rather than gameplay updates were the most important thing for the players.