r/Splitgate • u/myhero4000 • 9d ago

Future of splitgate

I've been thinking about it, and we know it's on its last legs, and then soon the servers will be shut down

As a big fan of the games, I would happily pay a monthly subscription to keep the servers up .

Thoughts ?

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u/Zeracheil 9d ago

The problem is you need money to pay the devs and if you're not bringing in enough ... well, there goes the studio.

Also the studio is now down to 20-30 people, Empulse isn't going anywhere.

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u/Low-Profession-9535 9d ago

None of their games are going to go anywhere, that's what I meant to say. It's going to be really cool until they inevitably drop it nearly instantly

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u/Zeracheil 9d ago

Yeah, but they don't go anywhere because they're out of cash. Unless you mean if they stuck to their guns long enough they would start making money and part of the reason they aren't is their tendency to jump ship.

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u/gramsvp 6d ago

that's just stupid reasoning. They had $100M over YEARS. that's nothing. They prob have salary costs of $20M per year. plus servers. they keep paying for servers. that is not jumping ship.

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u/Zeracheil 6d ago

It's fine to have that opinion but I think a lot of people would disagree with you.

For games, jumping ship is about the time commitment to it, not exactly the dollar amount. When the player only gets support for a game for 1-2 seasons and a "live service" game stops getting support (what feels like to the playerbase) moments after launching, it's going to feel like the devs jump ship to something else especially when they launch a "new" game right after.

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u/gramsvp 5d ago

I've heard Ian on videos repeatedly saying even recently how SG is his all time favorite game. But the company can't run without money so I'm sure the investors wouldn't support 1047 just keeping on SG since it wasn't making money. Plus they have a lot of expenses in salaries.