Planetside 2

Planetside 2

What is Planetside 2?
PlanetSide 2 is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online first-person shooter published by Sony Online Entertainment.

What genre does the game belong to?
Free to play massively multi-player online first person shooter.

Planetside 2 developer/publisher:
Planetside 2's developers and publishers are Sony Online Entertainment.

When was it launched?

Released on November 20, 2012. 

How does the gameplay work?

PlanetSide 2 is a re-imagining of planetside, featuring the same world, factions and taking place at roughly the same time period. It features territory control in an open-world, large battles featuring up to 2000 players per continent on foot or in land/air vehicles. The territory system differs greatly from that of the original, being more free-form and based on a hexagonal territory control system. SOE has been taking into account balance issues from the first game.

What are the six different player classes in the game?

• The Infiltrator is a sniper class with special abilities of cloaking and hacking, and can use sniper rifles, scout rifles and submachine guns to deliver a devastating effect.
• The Light Assault class is a scout who uses carbines, submachine guns and shotguns. The Light Assault's special ability is Jump Jets, which allow them to fly through the air for a short period of time.
• The Combat Medic is a healing class. Their weapons include assault rifles, shotguns and submachine guns. The Combat Medic's special abilities allows them to heal and resurrect other players.
• The Engineer class has the special ability of repairing vehicles, turrets, and MAX Units. The engineer also has the ability to build anti-infantry and anti-vehicle turrets. The Engineer's weapons include carbines, shotguns submachine guns and battle rifles.
• The Heavy Assault class has light machine guns, submachine guns, shotguns, batte rifles, and also Rocket Launchers, which are effective at destroying enemy vehicles. They also have the special ability of shields to help them endure heavy fire.
• The MAX class has a mobile armored suit that allows them to take significant damage before dying. However, due to the suit they are also the slowest class. They have access to anti-infantry, anti-vehicle, and anti-air weapons. Max units cost resources to use

What is the story or narrative to the game?

A science fiction  set approximately 300 years after the discovery of Auraxis, although the chronology of the game universe starts a few years before. After the Earth has nearly come to ruin following a devastating war, the world's governments came to a consensus and united under one banner: the world-wide Terran Republic (TR).

How much does Planetside 2 cost to play?

What does a subscription offer to players?

What can the in-game currency be used to buy?

Why do some players dislike games in which users can buy additional weapons or health?

The three factions

Summarise the three factions that players can join in the game:

The Terran Republic:

The Vanu Sovereignty:

The New Conglomerates:

Watch the recruitment videos again for Planetside 2:

The Terran Republic recruitment video

The Vanu Sovereignty recruitment video

The New Conglomerates recruitment video

Planetside 2: Target audience

Write a possible target audience demographic for Planetside 2 in general:

Gender/age/social class/education/employment/location etc.

Now write a target audience demographic for each faction from Planetside 2 – it will be similar to the overall target audience but think carefully about changes in age, education or employment:

The Terran Republic

The Vanu Sovereignty

The New Conglomerates

Now use what you have learned about psychographic profiling to choose potential psychographic groups for each of the three factions:

The Terran Republic

The Vanu Sovereignty

The New Conglomerates

Explain why those psychographic groups would fit that particular faction.