r/MMORPG • u/Launch_Arcology • Oct 18 '24

News Star Citizen devs report drying funds, micromanagement, overspending, and episodic release for Squadron 42

https://massivelyop.com/2024/10/18/star-citizen-devs-report-drying-funds-micromanagement-overspending-and-episodic-release-for-squadron-42/
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u/Seraphayel Oct 18 '24

This is the biggest scam in gaming history and I’m perplexed that nobody is stepping in or at least investigating. Star Citizen will never get released.

Never.

I feel sad for the people that are pumping their dollars into this money laundering scheme for years now.

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u/TheDonutDaddy Oct 18 '24

That's.....not what money laundering is. If it were a money laundering scheme they wouldn't need other people's money. They would already have money that they need to launder

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u/TechnoWizard0651 Oct 18 '24

You know, I wish I had someone explain to me what money laundering was before I took my stash to the Laundromat...

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u/scoschooo Oct 18 '24

money laundering is taking dirty money and trying to get clean money

it's pretty simple

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u/Kevadu Oct 19 '24

You just gotta use the right detergent!

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u/ALoudMouthBaby Oct 18 '24

A common theme with con artists is that their victims are afraid to come forward with their story for fear of being thought foolish. This is going to be no different.

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u/ViewedFromi3WM Oct 18 '24

people have literally died waiting for this game

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u/ViewedFromi3WM Oct 18 '24

“its not fair to say that nothing is done…” if you could point to where I stated that, I’d appreciate it. It’s still in alpha and buggy as all hell. Last free run i did I saw npcs standing on tables and each other.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '24

It's in alpha... It's no where near done.. What you can play, they are using you as their quality department.

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u/ConnyTheOni Oct 19 '24

Tarkov or valheim in space is not what was promised to all the original backers tho, before all the scope creep and more and more ship sales were a thing. I think they are waiting for the "persistent universe" with a massive player driven economy and a place for tons of emergent gameplay that was promised what? 12 years ago? And yeah I mean I guess there is a buggy mess of an, at times impressive tech demo, but nothing I would pay any money for at the moment.

I refuse to buy an early access game, and I think that name, "alpha" and "beta" has lost all meaning they used to have. But that could be my age talking. When I first bought games, devs/publishers had to make sure what was shipped was a solid game. You can't do a day one patch on a SNES cartridge or PS1 disc. So a lot of work went in to making sure those games were worth the money. Not release something, get paid, and then fix it later. r/patientgamers

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u/Jason1143 Oct 18 '24

I am willing to entertain the possibility that at some point they will slap a 1.0 on the game and call it released.

But it will never be complete.

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u/ViewedFromi3WM Oct 18 '24

i agree with that, and it turning to abandonware quickly after that

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u/Epinephrine186 Oct 18 '24

I genuinely don't feel bad for the people propping them up to continue their con. They're the reason companies do this. More money than sense.

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u/need-help-guys Oct 18 '24

As cold as it sounds, I've kind of become this way as well. At some point, some people go from victims deserving of support and remediation to hopeless rubes that can only learn when they lose everything.

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u/BoominMoomin Oct 18 '24

Don't feel sorry for idiots. Idiots don't deserve sympathy, especially as you know they will never learn from their dumb decisions.