Ahhh now I see. [up]
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Ahhh now I see. [up]
not as much faith than looking how fast they churn out ships compared to when they started.
Plot yes, actual gameplay, no.
We have seen PLOT and an intro video in basic graphics but nothing of actual campaign gameplay. I would not care if it is in whitebox or graybox mode or even just basic textures but to see a snippet of an actual mission.
All we have seen so far is mainly ship and space mechanics and how infantry combat can be but nothing compiled together in a mission combined with scinematics.
The big question is, who is going to buy SQ42? [???]
Anyone who has not backed, is on the fence or have not heard about it?
I mean, if they manage to release a good game there WILL be reviews out for it and people would buy it.
It's not rocket science.
And i would not be surprised if people who got refunds would also buy it if it was good (sure, they might have wanted refunds due to different reasons but if a game is good, it's good).
But in the end, that requires the game to BE good.
Thats why a scepticial gamer at this point can only win not pouring more money into it or getting a refund.
If it fails, good thing i stepped out soon enough.
If its good, awesome finally can play that game.
I can agree that small ships are being created quite rapidly, both Sabre and Buccaneer were released relatively soon after their respective concept sales. On the other hand you can't say that about bigger ships, I think we've got a Starfarer in March-April 2015 (without refuelling/fuel collections mechanics) and Caterpillar in the latter part of 2016 (cba to find out its release date). The same thing applies to static locations, did we get anything but GrimHex since 2.0 release?
You must remember though that space games are a niche market. Space games only on the PC is an even smaller one. If anybody thinks this is going to make tons of money, think again.
Err.. 100.000 players per instance? Is he on drugs?
Is there a quote from Erin on that? Is Erin on drugs?
I know Camelot Unchained has managed thousands of players per instance.. but HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of players per instance?
Is Chris Roberts the salvation we all deserve?
I find your lack of faith (in FIDELICIOUS FIDELITY) disturbing.
You don't KNOW the POWER of the FIDELITY!
I'm 99% sure they're just confused and they're talking about a shard/server.
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Do you really think they will sell more copies than the CoD:IW on PC did?
This is the thing about SQ42. The majority of people that want it have already paid for it. If the funding of Star Citizen relies on how well SQ42 does, I don't see SC ever being released, even as a MVP.
EDIT. Even if they pump it full of FIDELS. [smile]
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Good is no longer enough. Also, it must be polished, optimized, well written, and hold the comparison with other games released at the same time in every aspects. As this will be the flagship to gather this kind of players towards other SQ42 episodes and SC.
They can't fail else they're doomed. But they're far from proving they can achieve this.
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I'd love to see their projections. Even if they sell one million copies, which I find pretty unlikely but still possible, it would give them enough funding to last another year if they otherwise manage to sustain their 2015 spending.
But don't forget it's PC only. That by itself limits how many gamers will buy it.
I think some big Games like GTA V spent more, the difference being they developed a great game that worked well with masses of content, both story and free play
Just to be clear that was specifically about the need to generate revenue after 1.0 when the cash cow that is ship sales can no longer be milked according to the last I heard CR say about it. Even if we assume a 1.0 release will see something of a cull of the development teams, I can't see how a game that will have cost a minimum of $150m to get to release will be generating enough ongoing funding to enable them to continue to deliver content and updates.
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GTA V is by now one of the *only* games that has a comparable budgetary spend to Star Citizen, along with Star Wars: The Old Republic. However one must remember that those costs also include those used for advertising and promotion too, which made up almost half of the near $272 million total spent on the game.
So far, all Star Citizen's money is devoted to developing that game and Squadron 42. By that measure, SC is now the second most expensive game developed in history.... and for all that money, it is barely a tech demo in quality after 6 years....
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Does waiting 5x longer count?
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