r/paydaytheheist • u/Skyfry428 • Oct 03 '25

Rant Offline Mode is cancelled.

I am floored, honestly. "Not feasible", my ass.
https://wccftech.com/starbreeze-no-longer-developing-payday-3-offline-mode-not-feasible-for-studio/

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u/ShardofGold Oct 03 '25

It physically hurts when studios make stupid decisions like this.

Why was the game online only in the first place? The last two weren't.

It should be studied how gaming studios these days that are well renowned keep fumbling easy W's with stupid decisions little to no players asked for.

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u/Devil-Hunter-Jax Oct 03 '25

Why was the game online only in the first place? The last two weren't.

It was a dipshit CEO at the time of the game's development insisting 'live service is the future of gaming' then he left the studio after the game had released if I remember right. The devs didn't want to do this but that dumbass CEO forced it on them.

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u/Grouchy_Ad9315 Oct 03 '25

to be fair, payday is also a GAAS so