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sovapid

sovapid
Mole HD said:
It's blatantly obvious to practically everyone...involved or not... that Star Citizen simply cannot continue without major investment...and that's not going to happen. A few whales aren't going to keep it afloat...it's way past that stage and has been for some considerable time.

I'm not talking about a mere $46m chump change like the Calders put in...but hundereds of millions from serious and major company investors....and I'm relieved in more ways than one that's never going to happen.
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I don't know about that. They had their best year ever last year. This January was their best January. The money just keeps coming in.

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Crowdfunding Development Spreadsheet Version 2.0

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VR Golgot

VR Golgot

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
Its all FUD! Why just last week CR was having a meeting discussing the fashion of people living on a moon! A MOON!

Does that sounds like a project in trouble?

I think not!

(the sad thing is, there is probably some hardcore backer out there who thinks exactly this)
 

MTBFritz

MTBFritz
Mole HD said:
It's blatantly obvious to practically everyone...involved or not... that Star Citizen simply cannot continue without major investment...and that's not going to happen. A few whales aren't going to keep it afloat...it's way past that stage and has been for some considerable time.

I'm not talking about a mere $46m chump change like the Calders put in...but hundereds of millions from serious and major company investors....and I'm relieved in more ways than one that's never going to happen.
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Are you saying its a scam? Man I cant believe you are saying its a scam. Are you SURE its a scam? How can it be a scam?

Man I wish you would stop harping about SC being a scam every 3 seconds :D:D:D

Skizomeuh said:
... unless there's no need to pay Erin and Sandi anymore :)
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quick, someone get the tinfoil hats :)
 

VR Golgot

VR Golgot
sovapid said:
For sure, but if the 2019 expenditures are similar to the 2018, they are at least breaking even.

Won't know for quite a while though......
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I’m not sure expenditures capping off would be a great sign. The 80+ positions open on their site, the jaunty ‘Come fix our AI!’ tweets etc, the general staffing growth trend, all suggest they’re still trying to staff up for a start. If the employee count stayed static, especially the dev count, it would either mean they're haemorrhaging staff at a surprising rate or they’re struggling to attract new hires. Being able to keep that scenario sustainable via the whale cash still doesn’t sound ideal ;)

You’d also expect a staffing rise in the build to a product release. Certainly that’s the vibe they seem to be trying to emit in the report with this type of language: “we have targeted investment into the marketing and infrastructure of the business, to prepare for the future launch and promotional activities of the games in development”. But you don’t just ramp up your marketing, you ramp up QA at a minimum (& traditionally Art, although CIG may have got that covered ;))

I think it’s all kind of academic though. You just don’t turn to angel investors unless you need the cash. It’s pretty clear that even the ever-increasing whale millions haven’t provided enough fuel to power them through to a launch state...

[EDIT: Breaking even's no good if you can't pay wages mid-year because, say, your main funding comes at the end of the year ;). Or if you can't lay down resources to polish and market the product etc.The Coutts loan seemed to handle the former initially. The Calders money seems to be what's filling in the gaps now...]
 
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