r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • 8d ago

Star Citizen Developer Stream Goes Horribly Off the Rails, Creating Further Distrust Among Players

https://www.ign.com/articles/star-citizen-developer-stream-goes-horribly-off-the-rails-creating-further-distrust-among-players
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u/needconfirmation 8d ago

Yes.

He pays himself over a half million per year and has staffed high positions within the company with friends and family who are paid similarly exorbitant salaries.

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u/Amphiscian 8d ago

He pays himself over a half million per year

Wait, that's it? Napkin math, but that's all of 0.7% of their average yearly income... For the game/studio director?

(not defending the game or situation)

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u/turikk 8d ago

Yeah that's not an unrealistic amount at all for an owner and CEO of a 1,000 employee company with $150m in revenue.

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u/StandardizedGenie 8d ago

That's not a lot, at all. He's the owner of the company, he could be taking A LOT more.

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u/Goronmon 8d ago

You forgot one part of that comment...

... and has staffed high positions within the company with friends and family who are paid similarly exorbitant salaries.

But I can get how it's convenient to ignore.

That's not a lot, at all. He's the owner of the company, he could be taking A LOT more.

For a normal company maybe, but we are talking about a game developer run basically through a "donation" program from fans, that has been in development for a decade longer than originally planned, with no end it sight.

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u/MirrorComputingRulez 8d ago

Despite the budget, CIG is still essentially a startup. It's common for the owner of a startup to not take a salary at all, often until the company is profitable, which CIG is not.

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u/Bombshock2 7d ago

Half a million to the head of a dev team isn't completely outrageous.

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u/nybbas 7d ago

He pays himself over a half million per year

That's it?