Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $800 million, raising $100 million every year since 2022

[CRlies like a ch]

I stupidly backed SC in 2013 when we was promised the game that became something I never signed up for! Roberts lies like a cheap rug! The worse lie was when he said he would NEVER use our money for investors to buy shares and then he did that it's a bloody disgrace there's so many quotes CR was quoted on and failed to deliver... Keep on believing people I wished I'd never spent any of my £5500! Yes I'm a loser to CIG

 

[Burty117]

What I want is them to lock down the endless feature creep. Finish what you have and polish it to release it. Instead what they're doing is constantly adding more and more to an never-ending train.

No one cares how good or big the game actually is. Most people might even be okay with minor bugs on launch, but until it launches it's just a playable alpha.

If you're ok giving your money to something like that for ten years without a finished product then fine. Im not your mom, but don't expect others to not call it a scam at worst and a failed project at best after ten years, 800m raised and not even a slice of the game properly released.

If they want to release they have to lock it down and release it as 1.0. Then they can work on 2.0 for the next ten years. Until they commit to this I see it as nothing but a failure.

They committed to this last year, 1.0 is literally on the roadmap and if you watched any of their content, you'd have known this was all locked down last year. They've already said SQ42 needs to release first as there's lots of assets, gameplay loops and technical updates from SQ42 need to be imported into SC.

If you're at all interested, it's worth watching their last CitizenCon (Day 1, Day 2), they go over everything they want in the 1.0 release, they talk about stuff that won't make it until after release, all that good stuff, if you don't have a spare 16 hours to watch it all (I get it) skip to 3 hours in on Day 2, that's when they properly start talking about 1.0.

 

[mrSister]

So, is the game any nearer of completion than last year or two years before?

 

[Burty117]

So, is the game any nearer of completion than last year or two years before?

Yes, Server Meshing is now in, a whole extra star system has been added with the first iteration of travelling between star systems all in, lots of new events etc...

 

[Jarenien]

Squadron 42 is going to make the $25 I spent like 10 years ago the best money ever spent, as that game is going to be mother effin' epic! I couldn't give have a poo about Star Citizen tbh, I hate all online games cuz the people just blow.

 

[Squid Surprise]

They committed to this last year, 1.0 is literally on the roadmap and if you watched any of their content, you'd have known this was all locked down last year. They've already said SQ42 needs to release first as there's lots of assets, gameplay loops and technical updates from SQ42 need to be imported into SC.

How many times have they committed to a feature/date and then changed their minds?

If you're at all interested, it's worth watching their last CitizenCon (Day 1, Day 2), they go over everything they want in the 1.0 release, they talk about stuff that won't make it until after release, all that good stuff, if you don't have a spare 16 hours to watch it all (I get it) skip to 3 hours in on Day 2, that's when they properly start talking about 1.0.

Not interested - until they prove that what they say is actually close to the truth…

 

[RelicStarbrook]

Such a great game! I play just about every day

 

[Burty117]

How many times have they committed to a feature/date and then changed their minds?

No date committed for SC, just “after SQ42 release” and they’re talking about NOT adding features, this is the first real commitment to not add anything more and an actual lockdown on exactly what will be in the release “1.0” of the game.

We’ve also never had 1.0 as a goal to track in the roadmap, last year CitizenCon has been the best indicator we’ve ever had that they do actually plan on releasing this thing before we’re all retired.

Not interested - until they prove that what they say is actually close to the truth…

It is true, they’ve said A LOT of stuff that never came to fruition (I’m still salty Theatres of War never released, such an easy win, specially when Battlefield 2042 was crap) however, if you aren’t interested “until they prove”, you’re still gunna be waiting at least 1.5 years for SQ42 (they’d be mad to delay it much longer) and probably 3 years for SC, might as well see what they have cooking so you can compare it in three years to see if they delivered no?

 

[bviktor]

WTAF

 

[Puiu]

People who actually take time and listen to their developer diaries every week, and play the game.
Yes, there is a game. Buggy in some aspects, but loads of content none the less, and getting better and better every year.

If you want a game on a silver platter that says "FINISHED" on the label, you won't get it, until it actually launches.

I've seen a ton of gameplay and I've watched recent dev streams. It's all just a loose collection of tech demos full of bugs and no concrete plan to put tie them together into a neat package that gamers like to call "a game".

Just some of the major bugs I've seen on recent streams will take years to fix. 5 years ago I was joking about 2030... now I don't even see it being "ready" by 2035. Time is ticking.