That stinks. Though it must be because of Earth Wars

 

Mobage/DeNA shrugs at this loss and salivates as Nintendo begins its partnership.

 

Never heard of it... Man they cannot keep a game up for Transformers can they.

 

Yeah, I've never seen a series of mobile games go down so fast.

 

Was this released outside of Asia? Shows how much attention I've been paying 

 

This is what I am wondering. As far as I know, it wasn't, which stinks because I was looking forward to it.

 

Well that was.....quick.

 

Transformers Rising launched in China in 2014 and was only brought stateside due to efforts by fans to help translate it for DeNA.

Transformers Legends came out in December of 2012 and was sunset in the past few months (though they ran their last original event back in February or March.

It's mostly on Mobage. They get in, milk the whales, and bail as soon as the cost of support outstrips the income.

 

No relation. Different developers. And it doesn't stink. Another Mobage game closing up is good for gamers and good for Transformers fans.

 

I doubt this is true, because otherwise companies like Nintendo and Square-Enix would work with them. Although I generally dislike FTP, it seems unfair to blame it solely on the company when it seems successful with other IPs.

 

Did you play Transformers Legends? It was a nightmare. They broke their own game in an update midway through last year and never bothered trying to fix it afterwards.

I wrote up a post-mortem over on a fan forum, I really don't want to relive it. Because that came wasted a lot of time over an extended period of my life and I regret every second of it.

 

I only played that game for about six weeks before realising it was a waste of time. I went all out to get dragstrip (without paying) and got him, only to find out it was a weak card in future events! So I do empathise with what you've just said.

 

You really don't know what you're talking about. Anybody will team with anybody to make $$$. And DeNA dominates the mobile market in Japan with FTP shovelware, where they get in, fleece a bunch of weak-willed credit card holders, then shut down and move on to the next group of suckers, putting the bare minimum of effort into their "games", riddled with bugs and lacking in actual gameplay. DeNA is the Gordon Gekko of mobile game developers.

I have never, in all my years playing video games, seen a developer with such complete contempt for their user base.

 

these games die because they are too greedy. The games cost a ton to stay competitive. If they would make the price of packs reasonable the player base would stay and they would have a profit for a long time.

I have a feeling that the model for these games is: Open, hit hard, generate as much profit in a short time as possible and move on to next game for another quick cash influx.

 

F@*# this was the only game I actually invested money into and played regularly.

 

Is it really that hard to see that Mobage and Transformers is a STUPID COMBINATION!?!?!

 

I can't believe DeNA has to make awesome games and then shut them down! I really miss playing legends now! That was so awesome. I'm not too fussed that they're shutting down the tf4 game, but I hope they keep TF Tactics. I hope RID 2015 's game will shut down too.

 

I will be happy when it is announced DeNA is getting sunsetted.

 

I don't even know why they bother.

These games are all free-to-play crap of abysmal quality.

And yet, they just keep churning out more whilst shutting down the old ones.

Then again, DeNA only makes shitty games. Even their best games are still mediocre.