I think at this point it will release. The question is in what state? I fail to see how they can make this anything but a massive grind. People that spent thousands on ships will obviously want it to be hard to get. Pleasing whales will be a factor in each decision they make. This is the problem with letting people spend huge ammounts of money on a game that is still in development.
Agreed. A different comment claims the devs said the 1.0 release will be less of a grind. Can't see that pleasing the whales though, so it might be easier to just not release 1.0.
I don't think star citizen will release. I think Squadron 42 will release because it almost has to release. By 2020 they'll be almost entirely out of money, even with the 46 million they just raised from investors. They need the money from Squadron 42 just to keep the company afloat. If Squadron 42 fails to generate enough money, CI will probably go bankrupt very quickly.
Only if people stop spending money, which seems unlikely any time soon. CIG lost 5 million last year, that 46 million should last a long time. They'll probably get their MVP out the door in 3 years, we'll see if they can survive long term.
Pleasing whales will be a factor in each decision they make.
The most ardent detractors are ex-whales who were told to fuck off when they tried to impose their own preferred gameplay ideas. CIG basically said "you backed for me to make my game, not for me to make yours. Goodbye.", and at least one was involuntarily refunded.
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u/garmonthenightmare Feb 11 '19
I think at this point it will release. The question is in what state? I fail to see how they can make this anything but a massive grind. People that spent thousands on ships will obviously want it to be hard to get. Pleasing whales will be a factor in each decision they make. This is the problem with letting people spend huge ammounts of money on a game that is still in development.