Payday 3 Is In Development, But Don't Expect To See It Soon

by Kyle Hilliard on February 16, 2017 at 02:54 PM

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In a recent financial report, Payday publisher/developer Starbreeze Studios revealed that a third Payday is currently in development, but it will be done when it is done and it currently has no release window.

The report comes from GamesIndustry.biz which sites impressive growth for Starbreeze thanks to the huge success of Dead by Daylight. In the documents, though, was a more interesting tidbit about the future of the Payday franchise. Starbreeze says Payday 3 is in the "full design stage," but CEO Bo Andersson Klint cautioned that the game will, "enjoy as much time as we deem needed. It will be done when it's done."

For our review of Payday 2, head here. For details on some of the controversy surrounding its implementation of microtransactions, head here.

[Source: GamesIndustry.biz]

Our Take
Despite negative fan feedback over Payday 2's microtransactions, the game was still a huge success. I'm not too surprised to see a sequel in development, but in this games-as-service age, I expected Starbreeze to just keep updating Payday 2 with new content.

I think payday 2 was a really flawed game from the start. At first, the developers were endearing enough that the community was willing to overlook a lot of the game's flaws like wonky progression, questionable AI, mediocre net-code, non-existent match-making, and terrible balancing as DLC rolled out. The micro-transactions debacle was a spectacle to behold, and the community (myself included) became a lot less willing to overlook the bugs and flaws the game and just stopped playing. So my hope is that they take away the right lesson and build a solid foundation of a game. The game can even include micro-transactions if they need to, just make sure the game itself is fun, replayable, and most importantly polished.

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by Dr. Grim Reaper Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 03:06 PM

Nowadays financial reports are revealing more games than E3.
by Flavious50 Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 03:57 PM

I think payday 2 was a really flawed game from the start. At first, the developers were endearing enough that the community was willing to overlook a lot of the game's flaws like wonky progression, questionable AI, mediocre net-code, non-existent match-making, and terrible balancing as DLC rolled out. The micro-transactions debacle was a spectacle to behold, and the community (myself included) became a lot less willing to overlook the bugs and flaws the game and just stopped playing. So my hope is that they take away the right lesson and build a solid foundation of a game. The game can even include micro-transactions if they need to, just make sure the game itself is fun, replayable, and most importantly polished.
by Scud: The Disposable Commenter Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 04:13 PM

I only got into Payday 2 because a friend persuaded me but after the safe debacle I pretty much dropped the game. Sure, the game had a lot of problems before but at least it was fun playing with my friends and the developers were relatively receptive to the community. The safe thing made me lose all enthusiasm for the game however and made me realize just how bad Overkill had gotten.
by ZoMbIEx23x Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 05:23 PM

The micro-transactions came up late in Payday's life span. It was horrible and made me stop playing the game. I hope they don't implement it in Payday 3.
by leatherceltic Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 06:08 PM

It just needs more maps modes and players
by CowMan Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 07:07 PM

Fingers crossed they don't screw it up post-launch as badly as they did with Payday 2.
by Paradigmthefallen Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 10:53 PM

Do we really need another one?
by Ed Friday, February 17, 2017 at 07:21 AM

Just what I wanted. Another micro transaction fueled paid game that's so severely repetitive, shallow and broken I couldn't even be bothered to ask for a refund. I just threw it out.
by Jonathan Harrison Friday, February 17, 2017 at 09:53 AM

Hopefully this time around they won't straight up lie and say there WON'T be microtransactions...
by AsheMan Friday, February 17, 2017 at 01:01 PM

I'll be cautious after Payday 2's stint with microtransactions.

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Payday 3 Is In Development, But Don't Expect To See It Soon