DOA Future Thread

[Radiance]

Imo the circuit is what has been keeping doa alive and in the spotlight for some majors. I feel like without it the scene is just going to gradually drop and go into hiatus for awhile and altogether die; similarly with what happened in between doa4-doa5. Team ninja was keeping the scene alive. Thanks to them we were able to have international rivalries and get players sponsered so they could attend tournaments.

 

[minimaxi]

I guess we can all agree how badly it was handled regardless of the actual message. but I have an optimistic theory about this, maybe it's only Shimbori that's being nixed off future DOA project hence why he looked the saddest. I googled this guy and he's been director for a looong time. Maybe, as (someone who looks like) a fighting game fan himself, He's aware of DOA's status among the FGC, and when he finally achieved competitive viability with 5 and suddenly had the rug pulled under him he would be pretty emotional I guess. /speculation

 

[Tyaren]

Jumping around the net to gauge reactions, one can see they certainly have confused a lot of people with that "announcement". Most saw it as some kind of eulogy for the series. TN created an unnecessary negative vibe around the series and the internet being the internet will be mocking it for that until a DOA6 announcement is finally made. That wasn't clever... A more positive outlook, even if we have to wait for a bit longer, would have been much better.

 

[Fiend Busa]

Listen to this while reading the comments in the thread

 

[DestructionBomb]

Someone here wrote " those are fake tears".

You weren't there. Tom bought a bunch of us drinks without needing anything in return and this man legit poured his heart out in speech on why he cared so much for us at the table. Tom probably knew that fans was expecting something from TN, but he couldn't find a way to express it in a way without disappointing some peeps if it does reveal something disappointing, heck he never saw that video speech until the end event. This was something that was beyond his power. He was just there doing his job and he may have hit the phase where he might not be able to go to these tournament events in a long while with TN support. He's literally part of the community. Just having him around keeps the community in a positive light and to hear that there is a possibility of not seeing him for a long time or not at all is pretty disheartening because he's one of the coolest man i've met.

Then you have people (especially the FB groups) saying shit like "I don't care about the guy who died just hurry up with DOA6 already" makes me think that some people don't even deserve a sequel. There are people who know him personally as a friend or as a family member. I know a lot of here support TN a ton by buying their content, but there are people who go to these events to showcase the game in front of anybody without a care for criticism because they like the game. Please be more careful with your words here, seriously. It's not helping at all.

 

[Brute]

I wasn't expecting a new DOA anytime soon, so I'm basically at the same point I was at yesterday. Personally, I think KT kinda throws TN in the dump when it comes to resource allocation, which is a shame, but not really their fault. Whenever TN is passionate about a project, it shows (DOA5 vanilla, Nioh, etc.). In contrast, then they have the cash grab stuff that I doubt they pour their souls into (DOAX, DOA5LR, etc.). Frankly, if all they're saying is that DOA is done being whored out in the latter category for a while, I'm perfectly okay with that.

I need a new NG. Fuck souls clones.

Good thing Nioh isn't a Souls clone, or you may not like it.

 

[Radiance]

Then you have people (especially the FB groups) saying shit like "I don't care about the guy who died just hurry up with DOA6 already" makes me think that some people don't even deserve a sequel. There are people who know him personally as a friend or as a family member. I know a lot of here support TN a ton by buying their content, but there are people who go to these events to showcase the game in front of anybody without a care for criticism because they like the game. Please be more careful with your words here, seriously. It's not helping at all.

Exactly, I've never been to any majors, but Ninja CW was a long time supporter for the DOA community. A lot of tournament players and online players from the old days knew as well as respected him (I myself included; enjoyed playing him online in the DOA4 days). He was overall a nice guy that was dedicated to the community.

I was looking forward to DOA6 but it's clearly not happening. If people want to continue seeing DOA5 in tournaments, then that's up to the players. Just because TN ended the life cycle doesn't mean people have to stop playing. To be fair, TN did a good job supporting the game for both casual and competitive players.

 

[J.D.E.]

Someone here wrote " those are fake tears".

You weren't there. Tom bought a bunch of us drinks without needing anything in return and this man legit poured his heart out in speech on why he cared so much for us at the table. Tom probably knew that fans was expecting something from TN, but he couldn't find a way to express it in a way without disappointing some peeps if it does reveal something disappointing, heck he never saw that video speech until the end event. This was something that was beyond his power. He was just there doing his job and he may have hit the phase where he might not be able to go to these tournament events in a long while with TN support. He's literally part of the community. Just having him around keeps the community in a positive light and to hear that there is a possibility of not seeing him for a long time or not at all is pretty disheartening because he's one of the coolest man i've met.

Then you have people (especially the FB groups) saying shit like "I don't care about the guy who died just hurry up with DOA6 already" makes me think that some people don't even deserve a sequel. There are people who know him personally as a friend or as a family member. I know a lot of here support TN a ton by buying their content, but there are people who go to these events to showcase the game in front of anybody without a care for criticism because they like the game. Please be more careful with your words here, seriously. It's not helping at all.

Yeah NinjaCW was like a big brother to me. Always checked up on me, trying to help me grow as a player, cared when something important in my life was going on. A lot of this stuff hits next to home seeing people post stuff that they know nothing about. Tom Lee is the same way. He's a guy who always checked on me & took time out of his day to talk to me even when I wasn't competing. Even when I was still going through college.

 

[Jopraris]

Oh man i’m really sad. I was hyped for Doa 6 and They do that.

 

[Radiance]

Oh man i’m really sad. I was hyped for Doa 6 and They do that.

Well they never gave any hints that theyd being working on doa6. We just assumed that

 

[Kasumi]

This is way to communicate is very typical in Japan and Japanese fans probably will be fine with it but an announcement like this will never go well in the west, we have a different mentality.

I thought DOA5 was profitable with all the DLC and the free to play version of the game, I was expecting them to be working on DOA6 already but instead they are putting the series on hold. I wonder why, because NG is on hold too and the studio must have enough resources to work in Nioh 2 and 1 or 2 more game. I'm going to guess after the success of Nioh maybe KT want them to focus on new IP.

 

[P2p1mbs]

I was expecting them to be working on DOA6 already but instead they are putting the series on hold.

Did they actually say that? Unless its made official, I personally believe they are doing something related even if I do agree it will take a long time before that happens.

 

[Kasumi]

Did they actually say that? Unless its made official, I personally believe they are doing something related even if I do agree it will take a long time before that happens.

Yeah maybe you are right, I guess you can interpret the message in many ways.

 

[P2p1mbs]

Yeah maybe you are right, I guess you can interpret the message in many ways.

I said before, I've been disappointed by a lot of DOA things the last few years but I have been able to look past it before. I honestly NEVER expected them to announce 6 anytime soon so I am just staying positive and expect the series will continue on since it is still one of KT's most well known franchise.

 

[MeadowSpirit]

I said before, I've been disappointed by a lot of DOA things the last few years but I have been able to look past it before. I honestly NEVER expected them to announce 6 anytime soon so I am just staying positive and expect the series will continue on since it is still one of KT's most well known franchise.

After this announcement I'm not so sure we can expect the series to continue. It sounds a lot like TK is putting the whole DOA series on hiatus, which depresses the hell out of me. Staying positive is good thing I suppose, but personally I don't see anything positive about this at all. It's just sad and unexpected.

 

[UpSideDownGRUNT]

As I mentioned last night, their wording seems off like were not gonna see DOA for a while like Ninja Gaiden.

Looking positively, we still have Dissidia NT and Team Ninja will most likely still be making 3rd party KT games and/or helping make Warriors games. DOA and NG may be indefinite ATM but TN themselves aren't.

 

[Lulu]

Who started this DoA6 Rumor anyway ?

 

[Force_of_Nature]

I'm aware that Team Ninja essentially put DOA on hiatus (for likely a substantial amount of time), but the concern I have is that any momentum gained from NEC18's awesome tournament (around 125 players!) is going to be pretty much fizzled out by next year. It's going to be a challenge to get people to stay interested in DOA5LR next year, and the scene is eventually going to become dormant until DOA6.

With Team Ninja supporting DOA5, it was already a bit of a struggle to get a scene going and maintain interest in the series. Pulling support from the series and giving the audience nothing to look forward to DOA-wise is going to basically kill off the relatively dwindling interest in the series until they eventually decide to release/reveal a DOA6 in like 5-10 years, etc. Again, no disrespect to Team Ninja, and I applaud them on the heartfelt finale to the DOA5 chapter, but where exactly do the DOA disciples and DOA community go from here? One can only do so much to keep the FGC interested in DOA. Team Ninja's community support and the Battle Royal circuit contributed greatly to the maintained interest in DOA5/LR. The writing was on the wall that they were eventually going to stop supporting DOA5, but the news they revealed stings to anyone that has put in effort to promote DOA in some capacity.

Take note, I'm not pissed off at this, just mildly disappointed and mostly concerned if anything. However, SCV still managed to get people playing at tournaments (including NEC18) after Namco pretty much pulled support for it back in July 2012. Let's see how this goes for DOA. If Team Ninja is potentially planning a new IP fighting franchise, I'd support that too. I'm just in a weird place right now...

Who started this DoA6 Rumor anyway ?

The DOA community.

 

[P2p1mbs]

After this announcement I'm not so sure we can expect the series to continue. It sounds a lot like TK is putting the whole DOA series on hiatus, which depresses the hell out of me. Staying positive is good thing I suppose, but personally I don't see anything positive about this at all. It's just sad and unexpected.

Like I keep saying, there is NO OFFICIAL word on the series being discontinued. Maybe they are setting the series on hold (which I highly doubt since it is one of KT's most well known series) but isnt that better than complete cancellation?

Everyone saying the series is dead are being such downers. The series WILL keep going for all of us to be disappointed at

 

[Force_of_Nature]

Like I keep saying, there is NO OFFICIAL word on the series being discontinued. Maybe they are setting the series on hold (which I highly doubt since it is one of KT's most well known series) but isnt that better than complete cancellation?

Everyone saying the series is dead are being such downers. The series WILL keep going for all of us to be disappointed at

He did say "hiatus", which is the presumed action that Team Ninja is doing with DOA. TN didn't say that they're going to kill off DOA and we get that.