Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
So, we're actually on schedule?
- Thread starter Good Whiskey
- Start date
You could say that about last September's update.....how much work went into that....... & that went down really well
There's always a tantrum after any patch or update. It doesn't mean anything.
According to Frontier just a small worked on it while the majority was busy with the 2020 expansion. Let's hope FCs are different after 1.5 years of extra development....You could say that about last September's update.....how much work went into that....... & that went down really well
Did someone say Steamcharts?
Let's first clarify what Steamcharts actually shows:
Currently there are ~6000 average concurrent players, which isn't the total player base but the number of people who are simultaneously logged in via Steam at any given time.
Nobody plays 24/7, I would guess that the average active Elite player plays 1 hour a day (personally I play a lot less). So if you want an absolutely inaccurate picture of the active Elite player base on Steam you need to multiply 6000 players with 24 hours: 144.000 players on Steam.
However, Steam is not the only platform: We also have the non Steam PC version, Xbox and PS4.
The game is 5 years old and didn't see any major new content over the last 12 months. I'd say Elite is doing exceptionally well in terms of active players.
After reading those financial statements in detail, I'm stunned at how well run Frontier is.
- Profitable
- Almost £40 million cash on hand
- EBITDA that at a 4x multiple would result in a purchase valuation of no less than £100 million on a terrible day
- Only £15 million in liabilities against almost £70 million in assets
- Negligible deferred income and tax liabilities
You can't post that here!
Facts are to the doomsayers as garlic is to vampires....
Season does not necessarily equate to year thus the "yearly" part is more assumption than fact.
Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
Yup, Kind of make me wish I'd bought shares with the kickstarter money instead of backing the game. ;-)
You mentioned this same thread.
Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
Well, of course, the main point was to mention this discussion (i.e. in this thread) has been had also in plenty other threads before.
Yes, which is irrelevant to what I asked.
Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
I am afraid it is not.
Asks for the mistake(s)
Gets told there are disscusions about it
Just about the most evasive reply.
Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
As "evasive" as the evasive and citation-less original post responded to, and for which you did not seem to have any "evasiveness" critique though. Hope you are not only cataloguing as "evasive" those posts you do not like?
that's why it's absolutely critical to buy arx. poor developers need support! do it nao!
(sadly, managing a business isn't the same as managing software ...)
I asked a question, you could have chosen to not reply or reply something useful, I did not ask a question about Bitstorm's post, you do not even need a citation to tell me what was the mistake(s).
Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
I offered you the same response I offered him, no distinction: That those arguments have been had in the past also elsewhere (and both of you have participated in those discussions btw). If he does not bother using citations why should I? Plenty of other threads with the same arguments and the right citations.
Again, I'm not asking for citations and you are still being evasive, you've written more by being evasive than what would have taken you to say what was wrong.
It is if you're in the software business, and clearly they're managing it quite well.
