It would both increase and decrease the market. Yes you could lure some fps players in (which likely won’t stay anyway), but the change of pegi 12 to pegi 16 would mean the age range of 12-15 would become off limit to Gaijin in terms of marketing.
It’s not weird at all though. It’s incredibly clear that Gaijin really really likes WTs pegi 12 age rating.
Infantry simply means no more pegi 12. You can cope all you want, but reading the discription of the age rating there really isn’t a way for Gaijin to both have infantry and pegi 12.
The thing is, they must have had a good amount of ground physics ready from the start to allow for take-off, landing and crashing. The main thing that would have been missing is traction.
And as I’ve mentioned in another reply, it’s very likely that the idea to have tanks in WT came up pretty early in WTs development anyways.
The thing about infantry is the amount and complexity of interactions they need to be capable of when the game they are going up against is Battlefield.
Most things involving infantry need more complexity than planes, helicopters, tanks and ships. Be it the animations, collisions, customization, environments, interactions, movement abilities or weapons. And if the goal is to compete against Battlefield, you also need pretty complex damage model, more complex game modes and bigger server sizes (more than just 16 players per team).
Despite Enlisted and WT sharing an engine, the only thing they likely would be able to port easily over to WT would be the models.
Edit: Also, the servers and netcode would definitely need to be upgraded a lot to support larger match sizes, as 16 vs 16 is pretty small for a Battlefield-like shooter. If more players per team isn’t an option, matches would have to be padded out with a lot of AI.
@Smin1080p_WT A lot of players are still on the copium train for Infantry it seems, so I would like to ask was this statement a dud ?
“Very soon, a large-scale closed beta test of infantry will begin. We’ll share more details about the tech trees, weaponry, gear, and gameplay features in future devblogs.”
I agree. The World War I event has already ended. Now, the community is left with a feeling of uncertainty, wondering whether that announcement made on March 31 was real or just another April Fool’s joke. It would be great if someone from Gaijin could confirm or deny the entire thing. That way, everyone can move on with or without expectations…
