That's a lie.
Kickstarter didn't even raise enough money to fund the initial version of the game. The largest part of development costs were paid by FDEV and investors.
Elite Dangerous Game Engine / Ship Interior question.
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Kickstarter didn't even raise enough money to fund the initial version of the game. The largest part of development costs were paid by FDEV and investors.
One thing at a time means we only get one leg, right?
As ever, ship interiors is not a requested feature, it's a feature that Frontier have said is coming.
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Yeah like football ( UK thing ) but it never does
That was just an accidental error. Regrettable failure of planning due to a minor miscalculation.
The employee who was responsible for spreading such misinformation has subsequently been thrown out the airlock.
EVA confirmed.
And honestly, I'd rather they'd worked on that than all the unwanted features we received.
Boarding some of the megaships where the really ghoulish stuff happened could be creepy as hell.
I'd far prefer FDev to elaborate on things like that than make ship interiors with what I perceive to be limited gameplay opportunities. I mean, full a third of the ships in the game would be nothing but a ladder and a corridor of a couple of metres. I can barely contain my excitement.
There is clearly room for more on-foot gameplay activity in megaships and stations. They have the tech. It works already. There are cubic kilometres of gameplay opportunity inside stations (orbital and ground-based) and megaships.
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Eh? Zoo Tycoon and Rollercoaster Tycoon pre-date ED by a good decade. Planet Zoo sold more than 2 million copies in 2 years, and Planet Coaster sold more than 3 million copies in 4 years; for context ED has sold about 5.5 million copies in 10 years.
Unwanted features is certainly an individual interpretation...
I'd rather thay just worked on the game and added stuff as they go along.
If some of the disillusioned players get even more disillusioned over such bold action, so be it...
Why is everyone in ED thin as hell? Sidewinders.
Oh sure. I meant they were unwanted by me. It's uncanny, of everything we've got the only things I really like are Planet Landings and Foot. Both things specifically in the KS. Everything else has been meh.
The London Stock Exchange report back then said that by Nov 2020 the Epic launch alone brought 8 million new base game owners.
I'm fortunate that I missed the KS, so just bought a space game that has gotten better over time. (In content, not necessarily in bug splatting)
But, from the regular posting of videos from 10+ years back on this forum, it does appear that marketing for the KS game was good, and at least a game was released that has evolved over time. But I'd be very surprised if ED ever saw some of the things that marketed the game in those days.
It was launched on Epic for free iirc.
Edit: So it may have had 8 million downloads, but there was no revenue, and I'd hazard a guess a sizeable chunk gave it a try then deleted it.
But surely Frontier got some kind of compensation. Back then Epic Games were drowning developers in millions just to release on their platform. It would look like a very bad deal if Frontier did it just for the exposure.
Wasn’t it not too long before Odyssey was due to launch? I expect Frontier hoped that those with free accounts would upgrade.
It was indeed.
Further to Amigacooke's point, taking a gander at the "Most Played List" over on Epic, ED Base Game is at the bottom of the page - now whether it is there just because of a random alogrithm or it relfects popularity is anybody's guess, but it's worth noting the list also includes Farming Simulator 2019, 2022 and 2025; which doesn't exacly instill confidence in player numbers.