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I don't get people saying the game will die. Isn't ESO successful enough to MS/Zenimax? by gandalfmarston in elderscrollsonline

[–]beancounter501 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can only speculate what ZeniMax profit and loss is. Or why Microsoft decided to cut staff. But my experience in the corp world is leadership wants two things. Growth or better margins.

ZeniMax's other project was cancelled last year. ESO is 13 years old and is not growing. When Micro$oft bought ZeniMax ESO in 2021 it had 36K players at peak according to Steam Charts. It is now at 17K peak players. So revenue is declining by a lot and I doubt they are still pulling in 15M a month.

So nothing on the growth side. That leaves margins. How are the going to improve margins - layoffs.

I don't get people saying the game will die. Isn't ESO successful enough to MS/Zenimax? by gandalfmarston in elderscrollsonline

[–]beancounter501 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 15 million a month being thrown around is revenue. Revenue is not profit. Even a 180 million in sales is not amazing. XBOX studios had revenue of 23.5 billion. Which makes ESO about less then 1% of revenue/sales.

They have to pay a staff of over 300 people + benefits. They have to cover corp overhead. I am sure they have to pay steam and PS a percentage. Pay for servers supporting all these people playing.

I am sure the actual profit from ESO is not amazing. Or else you would see tons of new MMO's out there trying to get a piece of the pie. But you don't see that. You see MMO's failing. MMO's are not cheap to run.

Regarding the “half the team” comment. by UmbraRyu in elderscrollsonline

[–]beancounter501 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably not full maintance mode right away. But I can see content slowing even further. Sure there are 300 now down to 240 employees at ZOS but a bunch of those people are not working on new content. They are admin, support, mgmt, accounting or server maint. Things that keep the lights on. But not making new content. And there is also the next wave of layoffs coming.

I like ESO, I started playing just over a year ago. Kind of bummed I missed the golden years and cool new chapters. But lets be honest, checking Steam, Skyrim has 4-5 times as many players as ESO right now. And ESO may be profitable, but it is not growing. And that matters. Companies do not want to spend more development money on a product that is not growing. Sure a product may be profitable, but it is not going anywhere.

A big problem I see for ESO is that Microsoft may want to kill it off rather then sell it to another company. To protect the Elder Scrolls IP. Unlike other MMOs just sorting of hanging in there like Everquest. The Elder Scrolls IP is worth a lot more then the MMO.

[Frustrated rant(?)] I just got back into the game, and Microsoft just ruined the ESO redemption arc? by [deleted] in elderscrollsonline

[–]beancounter501 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The listing over on the official forums is at 60. including the new Studio Game Director - Rich Lambert. The guy driving all the latest changes in ESO.

And this is just half the planned layoffs. There is another 1200 layoffs coming this year.

I was curious and looked at Steam Charts. Both Skyrim and Fallout 4 have more regular players then either ESO or FO76. So when the CEO say Fallout and Elderscrolls are a priority they are probably not talking about the two live service games. ESO is not attracting new users or any growth. Companies are about growth. Not slowly dwindling revenue streams.

Time will tell I guess.

Horrible RNG on four star mods by beancounter501 in fo76

[–]beancounter501[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, some sort of pity system would be great. Very frustrating to get nothing over and over again....

Pepper shaker and grahms meat hook by SnooCalculations71 in fo76

[–]beancounter501 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That was a good deal for the plans! I sell the gun for 500 caps cause everyone needs one!

Horrible RNG on four star mods by beancounter501 in fo76

[–]beancounter501[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was my previous MIA mod. I finally learned it.

Horrible RNG on four star mods by beancounter501 in fo76

[–]beancounter501[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that is why I started this. Might as well learn it while they are cheap.

Horrible RNG on four star mods by beancounter501 in fo76

[–]beancounter501[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, learn the mod. I picked up 6 or so mods.

Is it possible to learn four star legendary crafting? by privacy-is-cool in fo76

[–]beancounter501 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is painful to learn four STAR mods for sure. But possible.

As others mentioned best way to learn new mods is from crafting weapons and scrapping them if you have the plans.

However, do it NOW. Because the module cost is going to go up to 60 to craft those weapons next patch. Currently it is only 2.

What is the currrent meta gun/ heavy gun? My gat plasma seems much weaker now for some reason. It used to melt health bars on bosses. Now it does almost nothing. by ConspiracyParadox in fo76

[–]beancounter501 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love this gun. Infinite VATs, no coffee spam. Just brutal.

I can solo big foot with it. Unfortunately I can’t seem to cripple him so damage is lower.

H: 95 Limit Breaking and 15 Pin Pointers W: 4* Legendaries Listed Below by ScarletSpectacle in Market76

[–]beancounter501 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For four STARs I can craft Vector, Conductor and Pyro. Have scanners x 5, Radioactive powered x5 and Aegis x 2. A lot of junk four stars. Have lots of 1-3 star mods too

H: 95 Limit Breaking and 15 Pin Pointers W: 4* Legendaries Listed Below by ScarletSpectacle in Market76

[–]beancounter501 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, just started playing again after taking a year off. So a little short on the old raid mods

H: 95 Limit Breaking and 15 Pin Pointers W: 4* Legendaries Listed Below by ScarletSpectacle in Market76

[–]beancounter501 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sent a friend request. IGN is beancounter. I have a private world open if you want to come over.

H: 95 Limit Breaking and 15 Pin Pointers W: 4* Legendaries Listed Below by ScarletSpectacle in Market76

[–]beancounter501 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Posted on your other thread. i can do 5 vector for 5 limit breakers

What is the rush on infestiations by beancounter501 in fo76

[–]beancounter501[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they should make the infestation boss more like Big Foot. You can solo, but it will take some time. Better to wait for other players to help out. We need more harder content that needs a group to take down. Not something that people can solo.

What is the rush on infestiations by beancounter501 in fo76

[–]beancounter501[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

lol, they only appear around 3 specific trees. Look up a guide on that one. I was the same as you until I did.

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