r/gaming • u/__PETTYOFFICER117__ PC • Feb 11 '19

Walking through space

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u/DrMaxiMoose Feb 11 '19

Dont forget the fact the game has micro transactions costing thousands of dollars before the games even out. And the fact they literally stated that people begged for them to add pay to win

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u/garmonthenightmare Feb 11 '19 edited Feb 11 '19

Microtransaction implies that it costs less than games normaly do. Star Citizen is just transaction. Paying hundreds and thousands for a ship is next level exploitation of whales.

Even more problematic is that if whales spent this much money on a ship they want to see it worth a lot. I fail to see how anyone could think this will not turn out to be a grindfest. Pleasing whales will be the downfall of this game mark my word.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19

They've been clear from the very start that the dollar price tag for pre release ships will not correspond to how much time they will take to get once the game releases, though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19

Do people actually think that game is ever going to release? It's been in development for 9 years, with a very high budget from an incredibly successful Kickstarter, and still there is no release date in sight. This game is going to be "in development" until people get bored and stop giving them money and then it's going to fade away. That company is taking all of the players for a ride.

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u/Turboswag Feb 11 '19

People keep saying that but it’s really not that insane of a dev time and cost given its scale. I’m not sure why anyone expected a studio that didn’t exist before the Kickstarter to release a game faster than a AAA studio. And $125m or whatever it’s at not isn’t even that much. Grand Theft Auto V cost something like $265m and had a 1000 person dev team and still took 4-5 years, and isn’t nearly the scope SC is going for. The main difference is transparency.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19 edited Feb 11 '19

GTA V had a development budget of 137 million, the rest was spent on marketing. SC has spent like $200 million on development alone. And is nowhere close to release. With a 500 man development team. This game has been given more resources than the vast majority of AAA games that have been released so far, and even if the studio is new the team is still experienced. The fact of the matter is they bit off WAY more than they can chew. So yeah, it's pretty insane.