Grand strategy isn't what I mean. If you know "Heart of Africa" - it's more like it.
Game Discussions Star Citizen Discussion Thread v12
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Yeah I loved that game too. I've been meaning to replay it to see if it holds up.
It's clunky as hell. You wouldn't design the UI like that anymore. But the main screen should fit basically anywhere. Oh, and seemless area changes? They did pretty good transition when entering houses.
That be Uncharted Waters Online. Provisions and supplies is a thing in the game.
I meant explore the coasts and cultures - not players' wallets.
But a lot of people play games like ED, SC, and even EvE solo. They just want a game they can play that suits their needs.
So while you are right, it won't attract many who are focused on multiplayer, it will be attractive to those who are fine with a solo experience.
However, just because someone mainly wants a multiplayer experience, doesn't mean they won't also be interested in playing Starfield as well, while they wait for SC to become more playable or have more content, or just for a break.
Problem here is, SC is 100% dependent on those ship sales. Its probably safe to assume (assuming the funding tracker is at least somewhat approximate) that for a good while, most months, CIG is making more money than they spend.
But let's say a lot of people get fed up with waiting for SC, mainly those who prefer solo experience and some who prefer multiplayer. They aren't all necessarily going to give up on SC, but some might enjoy Starfield a lot, put a lot of hours in it, and kind of lose interest in JPGs sales. They have enough ships anyway. Perhaps people who are eying up SC think, well, SC isn't released yet, ill spend my $ on Starfield now and maybe get SC later.
Depending on how much CIG spends each month and how much of a dip in funding Starfield causes (if any!), it could send CIG into the red.
Still, that might be the kick in the rear end CIG needs to start focusing on trying to make a releasable product instead of infinitely kicking the can down the road.
From its launch peak of over 900k players (400k average), its now down to 20k (11k average).
A respectable amount for most games, but when you were at that peak less than 2 years ago and lost most of the players in the first few months, its a bit of an ouch.
Well, maybe there are still a number pretending SC will be a solo experience. Maybe they still believe in a pvp slider? I guess you could sell anything to those people if you wrap it up nicely.
Crusader Kings 3, or as its more commonly known among players, Incest Simulator.
I see Starfield as competition for ED or NMS, not really SC or EVE. At least how I play/want things.
Viajero
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I think it is as much a "competitor" of SC as some of those other games you mentioned. And especially a competitor (eventually) of SQ42. I would venture to guess that, despite how you play/want things, the vast majority of players in SC end up playing solo during a large chunk of their experience in game, much like in ED or NMS.
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How can something compete against something else that doesn't exist?
It's CIG man! Chris Roberts works in mysterious ways.
For the record, SC has more content in one city than the entirety of any other game.
Perhaps, but I've experienced more gameplay in putting batteries in a Furby than I've gotten from SQ404 since it was announced.
Viajero
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Fair enough.
My point is, its not so much a direct competitor in the way its usually meant.
More just people playing SC, apart from the most hardcore, will be happy to play a new space game or even just a good working game, and decide to play that for a while, and if they really enjoy it, maybe they will lose interest in SC for a while, causing a hit in JPG sales.
It all depends on what you want from a game like SC (or ED, or NMS).
If you are tired of waiting for NPC crew and base building to come in SC, you might decide to get that particular fix from Starfield (or X4 even). Why wait to experience a feature that may or may never come, when there are games out there that offer that feature?
We could even go as far to say that every new game that comes out that has a feature or gameplay that mirrors something in SC or is promised to come for SC in the future has the potential to draw some players away.
Want pew-pew against other players in a persistent online world? Sure, there are other games that allow that, some in space, some not in space, but hey, they exist, are playable, and not a bugfest. Why wait for SC when you can get a better experience doing what you want to do right now?
The numbers won't likely be huge for each new game that releases that has similar features, but as the years drag on, more and more will drift away, and CIG becomes more and more dependent on getting fresh blood in to provide new funding.
Probably why CIG has been courting far eastern countries recently.
Stellaris, love that game, good fun for xenophobes
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I suspect Ci~G are hoping for almost the opposite. From a marketing perspective, Starfield may possibly draw an influx of new players into the space genre that perhaps wouldn't have been interested otherwise, I reckon Ci~G will be hoping for some bleed-off of new victims sucked in initially by the popularity of Starfield...kind of like the cross pollination between Eve, SC and ED some years ago. Eve and ED had some players dabbling in the early SC and vice-versa
Whatever the case, you can be assured that Ci~G will visibly ramp up their marketing and advertising footprint from end of August onward
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Nah, that can't be right. It all goes to making the game.Whatever the case, you can be assured that Ci~G will visibly ramp up their marketing and advertising footprint from end of August onward