The Planetside 3 Question - Will the legendary MMOFPS franchise get another sequel?

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The Planetside franchise, especially the latest entry Planetside 2 , is a fascinating experiment in the realm of MMOs. It’s one of very few titles that has managed to capture the chaos and havoc of an ongoing, never-ending war in real time. Fighting the enemy in PS2 for the glory of your faction isn’t just a single quest line or DLC, it’s the entire game. There are very few true MMOFPS (Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter) games out there, and Planetside 2 is certainly a contender for the best performing one. 

The hit shooter by Rogue Planet Games (a subsidiary of their publishers, the Daybreak Game Company) is a technical marvel. At the time of press, Planetside 2 still holds the world record for the largest FPS battle in gaming history . The game supports a massive open world complete with ground and air vehicles, player-led clans, custom base building, and three factions fighting across five sprawling maps for dominance over the sci-fi earth-like world of Auraxis.

But almost 11 years since its launch, Planetside 2 is beginning to show its age. The game is visually beautiful, though its graphical textures simply don’t hold up. The developers continue to pump out new updates and seasonal events, but the game’s player count is in decline— bad news for a free-to-play title that relies on an active player base to make in-game purchases. Planetside 2 ’s average monthly player count dipped under 1000 for the first time ever in September 2023 according to the Steam charts .

MMO war games are definitely hot right now. From a business perspective, now would be the perfect time for Rogue Planet and Daybreak to announce Planetside 3 . So why haven’t we heard anything?

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