“No Man’s Sky” has been launched for a full 10 years, but Hello Games seems not ready to bring an end to this space survival game. Sean Murray, the head of the studio, said in a recent interview that if no one plays No Man’s Sky, the team will not have much incentive to continue making updates. After all, if a game without players continues to add content, it may end up as the developer talking to himself in the universe.
As long as players are still there, there is no reason to stop updating.
Murray said that in the early days after the game was launched, the team’s main focus was on handling player feedback, and then gradually turned to continuously adding new content. Today, “No Man’s Sky” still remains in the top 100 to 150 of Steam’s popular games for a long time, and the player base still exists, which has become an important reason for Hello Games’ continuous updates. For a game that is already 10 years old, this vitality is indeed a bit foul.
Even if it really ends, Sean Murray may still have itchy hands
What’s more interesting is that although Murray admits that “No Man’s Sky” may one day stop updating, he has also said in the past that it is difficult for him to really put the game down completely. Even if the major update officially ends one day in the future, he still believes that it is not impossible to suddenly come back with some new content after many years. In other words, players had better not believe too much in the words “last update”, because Hello Games might suddenly drop a pack of content every few years.
From a smash hit to a 10-year longevity game
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