Honestly I think a determined guy coulda KS'd their own space game, built an engine and released a game by now.
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I think competent would be a better word. Roberts has always been determined after all.
Mole called it right and I was wrong - Polaris didn't make for a bumper whaling. Better than the previous day (Alien stuff), but no game changer. Still $17M behind last November with 4 days to go - that means averaging $4.5M / day from now
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This was the RSI day? Correct me if I am wrong but last years IAE top seller day was the RSI day at around 4-5 million I believe. Does this mean this year’s RSI day sales is less than half than last years RSI day?Mole called it right and I was wrong - Polaris didn't make for a bumper whaling. Better than the previous day (Alien stuff), but no game changer. Still $17M behind last November with 4 days to go - that means averaging $4.5M / day from now
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Also, remember last years IAE was all during November. This year it spills over 3 or 4 days in December.
I know personally of half a dozen Carrack or Hammerhead owners who had planned to nab the Polaris as a cash CCU...They all closed their wallets with a resounding snap when Ci~G dumped the $225 stealth tax onto the original $750 price tag.Mole called it right and I was wrong - Polaris didn't make for a bumper whaling. Better than the previous day (Alien stuff), but no game changer. Still $17M behind last November with 4 days to go - that means averaging $4.5M / day from now
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It might yet turn out like I suspected with the marketing snakes shooting themselves in both feet by pricing the Polaris out of reasonable CCU range. At the end of the day, it would have been better to have pocketed a few hundred $50 - $75 CCU's than nothing at all.
What's the betting that IAE will be extended or another end of year snap ship sale will be announced...for reasons...a nun's birthday in Rome or something equally ridiculous...with a surprise release to flyable of something that wasn't really planned or previously refuted as being available for general sale...F8 Lightning or something else rushed to the table perhaps?
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What's the betting that IAE will be extended or another end of year snap ship sale will be announced...for reasons...a nun's birthday in Rome or something equally ridiculous...with a surprise release to flyable of something that wasn't really planned or previously refuted as being available for general sale...F8 Lightning or something else rushed to the table perhaps?
Oooh, that's a bet i wouldn't take.
The Polaris should have been the big ticket seller...it's a very attractive ship overall...It even looks and feels like a proper Frigate. It's also the first military based capital class ship as far as I can recall. I kinda like it at any rate, it's got a few nice design touches in there like the side opening ramps into the cargo bay and has a decent sized hangar unlike the Carrack...
I'm not really smirking at my mid year $30 store credit CCU either, that would be cruel
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I am seeing a ton of critical posts about the Polaris, design, features, gameplay etc. If you pile on with all the recent ninja price hikes and other broken promises etc I am not surprised the Polaris sale has tanked...F8 Lightning or something else rushed to the table perhaps?
Now one of the IAE days where CIG can potentially recover a bit would be precisely the Anvil day, with all the hornets and super hornets and F8 things etc, no?
Looks like it, (assuming there's no more silly price hikes of course) nothing else has sold in great numbers this IAE, as far as I can tell. But as sales figures go for Ci~G, certainly not enough to artificially boost the funding tracker to record levels thus far at any rate...I haven't even visited the IAE to be fair (no interest, won't be spending) so I haven't really been paying much attention outside of reading all the gripes and moans posts.
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Ruh roh...
Source: https://x.com/Gillyburd1/status/1861678725437284580
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They're ex-QA I believe, so could be a QA cull (with outsourcing taking up the slack by the sounds).
Can see at least one QA Nov leaver on linkedin who popped up in the last few days. And that recent Glassdoor certainly aligns:
Source: https://x.com/Gillyburd1/status/1861678725437284580
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Ohh more "excitement" from the land of CIG.
Very upset staff right after a big old grind. Sources giving me a LOT of drama.
I am VERY upset at what I'm hearing.
Gill Eadesseo (@gillburd.online)
Ohh more "excitement" from the land of CIG. Very upset staff right after a big old grind. Sources giving me a LOT of drama. I am VERY upset at what I'm hearing.bsky.app
Getting a constant trickle of info of people being let go by my former employer.
A lot of upset DMs that they’re being treated like this right after a horrible crunch.
Gill Eadesseo (@gillburd.online)
Getting a constant trickle of info of people being let go by my former employer. A lot of upset DMs that they’re being treated like this right after a horrible crunch.
They're ex-QA I believe, so could be a QA cull (with outsourcing taking up the slack by the sounds).
Can see at least one QA Nov leaver on linkedin who popped up in the last few days. And that recent Glassdoor certainly aligns:
Glassdoor still on a downer tilt...
2/5
Dismissed
Quality assurance
Former employee, more than 1 year
Manchester, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Good facilities and occasional events
Cons
Unfair dismissal, no performance plans
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Hmm, so that tweet is someone based in Manchester - so Xmas redundancies in Manc? Where is cheaper, all those Shanghai Cits for hire?
If they have finally broken the ship buyers, CIG is screwed beyond hope.
Let's all hope this slow motion debacle finally comes to an end. SC has diverted much needed funding from (infinitely) more deserving game projects long enough.
Chris resents the idea of using AI to complete SC, because it would be the first time any kind of intelligence was involved in the development process.
Star Citizen is doing fine! Stage 4 of 'Save Stanton' is a resource gathering task. Only problem is ... there isn't much of the resources available ...
(people waiting for nitrogen to appear, apparently)
(people waiting for nitrogen to appear, apparently)