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The meltdown over the propaganda video continues. Quite frankly, I’m shocked it’s still going on and nobody’s banned yet. UPDATE: They deleted the thread, but here is an image of the one that did it.
Then there’s this thread. See those two backers? $250 (Silence) and $15K (Brown Hornet) respectively.
Yeah, I already knew this was coming. However, with their burn rate, I don’t see how they’re going to make it past 2016, let alone into 2017 in order to release any form of SQ42.
Again, if they survive 2016, it would be a miracle.
Elite Dangerous review, by way of Star Citizen comparison
“Elite: Dangerous’ only real competition at the moment is Cloud Imperium Games’ Star Citizen, a $100 million project that hasn’t gone much of anywhere in the time it’s taken Elite: Dangerous to launch and see an expansion on top of significant updates. Where Elite: Dangerous has a fully realized and expanded game launched and available for purchase (with a console release besides), Star Citizen has produced a barely-playable alpha while it continues to inhale backers’ money.
One of these projects represents everything that can go wrong with video game crowdfunding: massive scope creep, management faux pas, and arrogant leadership, to mention just a few issues. CIG lead Chris Roberts’ recent statement that he was “annoyed” when backers continued to ask him about promised features really says all that needs to be said about Star Citizen.
The other project represents what happens when a team that respects its own limitations gets the chance to do something big. More importantly, it represents what happens when that team respects the time and money of the backers who placed their faith in them. For that reason alone, Elite: Dangerous is an important game, and Horizons makes it even better. If you’re a fan of this sort of space sim, you owe it to yourself to check this out.“
Yup. And I tweeted about some of it earlier. Seriously, it’s all gone to shit.
Can Star Citizen be made if the funding stopped? And they subsequently closed it…for not understanding game development apparently.
I’ve said the same thing since my first blog back in July 2015 when they were at $85M. Not a chance.
We’re at $106M mark now, they missed the Nov 2014 date by 15 months now. And this is just a small list of what they’ve promised and which are yet to be implemented in the game.
And contrary to what people think, money is a huge factor into this and yes backers SHOULD be worried that if the money stopped flowing, they will never – ever – get the game promised. Ever.
Yeah, I have been following that thread, as well as this latest “a little upset” one. They are really coming apart at the seams. Just like I said it would.
The project exodus continues. Today, Patrick in CS, star of the Beer/Sandi email exchange has quit.
