Behold, your irregular Star Citizen funding update is here, with the news Cloud Imperium Games' controversial space sim…
      • you_are_dust@lemm.eeEnglish
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        8 days ago

        Not saying people can’t like doing whatever they like doing. I guess maybe my wording should have been closer to that it’s crazy that people still believe this game is going to see a full release and/or giving money for it. It’s an insane amount of money that has been poured into this game at this point to still be saying there’s no full version available still.

        • vxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 days ago

          11 years after release date. They apparently went to the vaporware school of Leon Umsk.

  • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I don’t recommend that anyone spend money on this without knowing what they’re actually getting into. $40-45 is all you need to access everything that the game has to offer.

    There’s a “freefly” event coming up sometime next month if you want to try it out for yourself and see if you like it or not.

    If you do decide to try it out, keep an eye out on the Bug Avoidance Thread that we posted over here: https://lemmy.world/post/27541360

    The game can be very buggy, but knowing how to avoid the worst bugs can make a big difference. Even then, there are still bugs that will get you. It’s not for the faint of heart.

    • Agent Karyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      One thing to keep in mind about the “$40-$45 is all you need” statements that litter almost every Star Citizen thread is that the math doesn’t really work out.

      As per CIG, you have around 2.5 million paying accounts (with many of them being alts). 2.5 M. * $45 gives us $112.5 M, so just 14% of their revenue.

      It’s clear that they will put the overwhelming majority of their resources into something that gives them 86% of their revenues; milking whales, selling JPEGs and power creep cash items (with the vast majority of the older cash shop items being either outright non-functional or abandoned).

      All you need to do is follow the money.

      • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 days ago

        For me, I followed the development for about 1-2 years before buying into a starter package. Then, I didn’t spend anything else until I was confident that they would continue to deliver updates (about a year later).

        I’ve continued to fund them here and there over the years when I feel like they’ve released some good content, but that’s because I’m comfortable supporting them.

        No one actually needs to do that. With $45 you can just go out and do some FPS missions where, at the end, you’re rewarded with some of the higher end ships (Contested Zone gameplay).

        Even easier is that you can just hijack an NPC/abandoned ship and, as long as you store it in your hangar at the end of each session, you can keep on using it for anything.

        There’s really no need to actually pay for anything beyond the initial starter ship because almost everything else is earnable/hijackable in-game.

  • MyOpinion@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Such an incredible scam. I have friends that spent thousands on this shit. They are like cult members.

      • MyOpinion@lemm.eeEnglish
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        8 days ago

        There is some forum of mind washing going on with this game. They spent so much time watching videos and reading posts on this game it was crazy. I am telling you when you talk to these people they act like cult members. This piece of shit game kills you while riding in a elevator. A 800 million dollar game that you can’t ride in an elevator without sometime dying because of bugs in the game. Insanity.