Hello Games co-founder Sean Murray recently talked about the future of “No Man’s Sky”, admitting that this work that has been continuously updated for 10 years “may really come to an end.” But here comes the problem. Five years ago, he originally thought that the game was almost reaching the end, but it has been updated all the way until now. So where the “end” is, even he himself doesn’t dare to say.
It’s okay to stop updating, but it’s not impossible to suddenly fake a corpse after 10 years.
What’s even more interesting is that Murray didn’t say “the end” too clearly. He said that even if the update stops one day in the future, he can definitely imagine that he will suddenly come back and update “No Man’s Sky” on a whim 10 years later. This idea was actually inspired by the fact that Quake still released new levels after its 30th anniversary. Others are gamers who retire and enjoy their old age, but Hello Games looks more like it will suddenly return to the company to check in after retirement.
I’m working on the next game, but I still can’t let go of the old stuff.
Hello Games is currently still developing its next game, “Light No Fire,” but Murray said that as long as players are willing to continue playing “No Man’s Sky,” it will be difficult for him to truly let go. He also believes that the current game industry is too accustomed to “playing one game and then moving on to the next one.” Instead, he feels that it is very interesting to let classic works continue to exist and come back to them after many years. As a result, 10 years have passed and “No Man’s Sky” is still being updated. Players may even have begun to wonder: Is it because the game refuses to retire, or because the boss refuses to let people go?