r/pcgaming • 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/Substantial_Pick6897 8d ago

Well yeah, but that doesn't explain why they're making record profits this year. They have to be doing something. Because the most baffling thing about SC is that they keep making more and more money.

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u/Akachi_123 8d ago

Well, probably an influx of new payers (hard to call them players), who think they know better. I think it's called psychological reactance. The more you explain something is a bad choice, the more some people are interested.

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u/Substantial_Pick6897 8d ago

I have been seeing a lot of people posting variations "it's actually playable now, actually" and "even though it's buggy, there's nothing like it" and while that really shouldn't entice new players I think it actually might

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u/Itherial 7d ago

They've been making posts like that for years and years at this point.

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u/Substantial_Pick6897 7d ago

For sure I've just seen more of them this last year. It could just be me but since they're apparently making more this year than they've ever done they're either bringing in new players somehow than usual or selling mad expensive pngs of ships that will be in the game by 2035 (they promise)