Star Citizen Raised $148M from Fans, and Now It’s Raising Concerns

Post by acemarke » Thu, May 11, 2017, 11:04 PM UTC

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I may be misunderstanding too, but every time I read another story on Star Citizen's development, it certainly seems that way, and Robert's own comments suggest he will keep spending every dollar to make "the best possible" game. It certainly suggests that even if he isn't legally on hook to spend it all, he will try. He's arguably painted himself into an unfortunate corner by not imposing a fund raising cap - morall…

But couldn't he have done iterative releases instead? Give all the backers more that just a little demo, but a real mini-game that demos the tech and can keep gamers occupied for a few days. Slowly add more onto it? Or maybe release the game in 3 different parts? I haven't played any of the demos but it does look like a really impressive game. I probably won't play it as I don't like MMORPGs, but I did really enjoy h…

Post by chc » Thu, May 11, 2017, 11:27 PM UTC

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> That's actually a better metric in most cases if you a) trust the person saying it and b) trust their ability to review friends choices. How so? Whether or not I trust someone has no obvious bearing on whether their opinion closely matches the general consensus. For example, I know someone who likes the 1990 version of Night of the Living Dead better than the original. I absolutely believe her on this point. But it…

Feels like the conversation got pretty off topic. If a game is entertaining is a matter of personal preference of course. It's another thing entirely to call a game a scam. Looking at the subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/ it looks like there is a healthy community playing a lot and game updates are released regularly. My initial point was to give a different view and to try to stop the negative fee…

Post by kobeya » Thu, May 11, 2017, 11:30 PM UTC

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It may seem unfair to take $140 million and build a $10 million game If a film spent $10M, and turned $140M at the box office, it would be seen as a success, rather than a con. Should a game be any different?

It shouldn't be any different, however, this situation is: If a film spent $140M and turned $10M at the box office, it would be seen as an utter failure. Should a game be any different?

Post by aidenn0 » Thu, May 11, 2017, 11:41 PM UTC

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Any other examples? On the contrary, Elite Dangerous was received quite well. There is hype and scams all around in crowdfunded games, not just space ones, like Yogscast and Godus.

Before Star Citizen, Chris Roberts was working on Space Exploration/Trade/Combat game for Digital Anvil and Microsoft Game Studios - the Freelancer. He was ambitious, the features planned for game involved: - dynamic economy based by station/planetary production of goods, demand and supply (influenced by distances and space piracy) - known actors lending their voices to characters - hundreds of items and ships - mass…

Post by ramy_d » Thu, May 11, 2017, 11:45 PM UTC

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This will probably not be a well-liked response but I'm going to post it anyway. I preordered Star Citizen back in 2012 or 2013. Whenever the original Kickstarter was. I've kind of forgotten about it. I've never preordered another game--or anything really. And I don't think this was a bad experience. I haven't received a game yet, but I have played some demos that were really fun. I've seen hours of content (Sure, th…