Are there Enough Elite Fans to Fill a Convention Center?
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I know people who fly around the world to attend conventions for Star Wars and other big events. It's not my thing though. I probably wouldn't go even if it was in my area.
I'd think if they had that kind of pull they wouldn't be struggling. People who won't drop 50 USD for DLC probably won't drop several hundred to attend a game event, certainly not 39000 people.
No other game has emerged since the launch that provides a full galaxy with similar scientific realism and a flight model that good and fun to learn.
And as for recent games situated in space… it surprised me how pre-gen the new-gen looks at times. My respect for what FD with a much smaller team has achieved is growing year by year.
I think most people that travel around the cons are cos players and their entourage. There's no way you can cosplay a Thargoid or Guardian and as we know 'Cosplay is not Consent'.
A Spavesuit is not sexy Moar....j/k.
What a wasteful thread. As once was said about the attempt for an US version of Red Dwarf ' Where are the swimsuits?'
A Spavesuit is not sexy Moar....j/k.
What a wasteful thread. As once was said about the attempt for an US version of Red Dwarf ' Where are the swimsuits?'
Perhaps Frontier can develop a much simplified mobile phone version, charge a tenner in local currency for it, and profit massively?
I doubt it...
Same as it being very unlikely that Elite fans would pay thousands for pictures of space ships...
The "Con" to con everyone is there to cater to the 'faithful' for whom a scam is actually something wonderful to subscribe to - which is very odd indeed.
... and why spend a silly amount of money to 'be there' for hype and a money-laundering opportunity? The internet provides plenty of coverage of 'important events' for free!
The ones that CIG sets up are organized venues and presentations for the development of their game, usually broken down into several areas. The one they're doing in L.A. yesterday and today have all presentations in a single place, which is handy - since you don't miss anything. Then they branch off into other areas for displays, specialty areas, and the like. Here's the breakdown:
... and of course, it's an opportunity for the company to generate more funding. Here's their site on the event.
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The Milky Way galaxy simulation makes ED unique. However, it has not been updated, corrected since many years (except planet details with Odyssey). SpaceEngine is not a video game, but it looks much better and it's more accurate. I hoped that Fdev would keep updating the galaxy, but they shifted their priorities to other games. Fdev should hire or acquire the developers Cosmographic Software.
Yes they achieved a lot with a smaller team and budget.
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I would certainly consider myself a fan, thousands of hours etc.
Even if you offered to pay me the £156 I wouldn't go to a two day convention. I play games to get away from people.
Is there another space sim game released?It already is as far as im concerned
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I know there is a space RPG and a 10+ year old tech demo out there
ETA: Oh, I forgot the space factory and cartoon graphics games...
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My wife was watching something once, and I had some ELITE BGS shenanigans to get on with with some amazing friends, Dangerous stuff of course.
So I took out my PSVita and stuck on Remote Play for that particular session, it was just about OK with far less controller buttons the Vita offered back then.
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DOOOOOOOOMMMMZZZZZZZ....
Back to the original point, while Frontier doesn't host its own EliteCon, there was LaveCon which is on hiatus at the moment (last one was last year, there was none this year not sure of the future of it).
Here's the group drone photo from a pre-pandemic flavour, back in 2018:
I'd say maybe 250 people? Granted this was a fan-run thing, and not something overly glitzy and corporate. Recently the Buur Pit had their own event "Pitcon" where I think they had something like 75-100 people.
I'd imagine if Frontier did something "official" that was slickly done with guests like David Braben and some tasty swag, they'd get 1,000 or so people? (Not to say Lavecon and Pitcon weren't well done!)
Here's the group drone photo from a pre-pandemic flavour, back in 2018:
I'd say maybe 250 people? Granted this was a fan-run thing, and not something overly glitzy and corporate. Recently the Buur Pit had their own event "Pitcon" where I think they had something like 75-100 people.
I'd imagine if Frontier did something "official" that was slickly done with guests like David Braben and some tasty swag, they'd get 1,000 or so people? (Not to say Lavecon and Pitcon weren't well done!)