12 Years and $700 Million Later, What's Going on With Star Citizen's Development?

[ethomaz]

I don’t believe in Tom Henderson but I thought the subject is interesting enough to discuss here…

I mean the game is in development for 12 years and people donate (or brought jpeg of ships at $1000) to the project over $700 million.

Plus if Henderson is right they are running out of money lol

It remains to be seen how CIG will continue developing its games as its funds seemingly dwindle, but the studio is actively seeking additional funding and ideas to prolong development.

12 Years and $700 Million Later, What's Going on With Star Citizen's Development?

Speaking with over a dozen sources about the turbulent development of Star Citizen at Cloud Imperium Games.

insider-gaming.com

IMO it is probably the biggest scam in the gaming history.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Scams don't usually work long term. Star Citizen seems to be building momentum rather than losing it, which is a signifier the player base is happy with the project. The snake oil salesman usually gets out of town before the townsfolk realize they were sold a bottle of dirty water.

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

I remember reading about this game 12 years ago. It wasn't clear to me what the game was then, and it's still not clear to me now.

 

[Zzero]

I remember people laughing their asses off over this game a decade ago and, yeah, its still funny.

 

[SuperPotato]

This is where your money went.

 

[arvfab]

This is where your money went.

 

[SuperPotato]

Unlike Chris Roberts, this guy has actually released games tho.

Star Citizen has been in development since 2010. In that time frame we got:

Killzone 3
Killzone Shadow Fall
Horizon Zero Dawn
Horizon Frozen Wilds
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizo Burning Shores
Horizon Call of the Mountain


Meanwhile, Star Citizen isn't even in beta.

 

[Systemshock2023]

I remember when this game recommended a GTX 680...

 

[SuperPotato]

I remember when this game recommended a GTX 680...

I bought a GTX 780 just to be safe.

I also remember rumors about a PS4 version before the console even launched.

This game is a scam.

 

[Boswollox]

Unlike Chris Roberts, this guy has actually released games tho.

Star Citizen has been in development since 2010. In that time frame we got:

Killzone 3
Killzone Shadow Fall
Horizon Zero Dawn
Horizon Frozen Wilds
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizo Burning Shores
Horizon Call of the Mountain


Meanwhile, Star Citizen isn't even in beta.

Men in boxes alt?

Scam citizen is the biggest Ponzi scheme in gaming. I can't even be mad at the hustle. People keep giving these fraudsters money.

 

[Systemshock2023]

I bought a GTX 780 just to be safe.

I also remember rumors about a PS4 version before the console even launched.

This game is a scam.

I don't think its completely a scam but the poster child of feature creep. They should have released squadron 42 first and then keep working on the main game.

 

[Old Gamer]

I remember people laughing their asses off over this game a decade ago and, yeah, its still funny.

Very much so. On this, we agree.

 

[Old Gamer]

Scam citizen is the biggest Ponzi scheme in gaming

*second biggest

 

[Boswollox]

*second biggest

Go on...

 

[Umar]

Lol this game will never come out. I wouldn't be suprised if it ends up getting up to 1 billion

 

[Monkeyclaw]

I don’t believe in Tom Henderson but I thought the subject is interesting enough to discuss here…

I mean the game is in development for 12 years and people donate (or brought jpeg of ships at $1000) to the project over $700 million.

Plus if Henderson is right they are running out of money lol

12 Years and $700 Million Later, What's Going on With Star Citizen's Development?

Speaking with over a dozen sources about the turbulent development of Star Citizen at Cloud Imperium Games.

insider-gaming.com

IMO it is probably the biggest scam in the gaming history.

It's called Scam Citizen for a reason. This game will never see an RC version because it would've been released as a full game already after 12 years.

It basically a bottomless GaaS title stuck in Alpha phase.

 

[Yurinka]

I don’t believe in Tom Henderson but I thought the subject is interesting enough to discuss here…

I mean the game is in development for 12 years and people donate (or brought jpeg of ships at $1000) to the project over $700 million.

Plus if Henderson is right they are running out of money lol

12 Years and $700 Million Later, What's Going on With Star Citizen's Development?

Speaking with over a dozen sources about the turbulent development of Star Citizen at Cloud Imperium Games.

insider-gaming.com

IMO it is probably the biggest scam in the gaming history.

It's called Scam Citizen for a reason.

Scam citizen is the biggest Ponzi scheme in gaming.

This game is a scam.

Scams don't usually work long term.

It's nonsensical and stupid to talk about a scam, they released stuff and keep showing progress. It takes time because it's super ambitious. This weekend they had the yearly event where they show the progress made, and looks great. I know a guy who works there, he just shared this thread (in Spanish):

Unlike Chris Roberts, this guy has actually released games tho.

Star Citizen has been in development since 2010. In that time frame we got:

Killzone 3
Killzone Shadow Fall
Horizon Zero Dawn
Horizon Frozen Wilds
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizo Burning Shores
Horizon Call of the Mountain


Meanwhile, Star Citizen isn't even in beta.

Maybe it's because it's bigger and more ambitious than all of them combined and started with a smaller team.

 

[Monkeyclaw]

It's nonsensical and stupid to talk about a scam, they released stuff and keep showing progress. It takes time because it's super ambitious. This weekend they had the yearly event where they show the progress made, and looks great. I know a guy who works there, he just shared this thread (in Spanish):

No. 12 years on, out of money, still no official release in any way, shape or form = SCAM

Doesn't matter if your buddy works there. It's a scam.

 

[Yurinka]

No. 12 years on, out of money, still no official release in any way, shape or form = SCAM

Doesn't matter if your buddy works there. It's a scam.

Seems you don't know what a scam is, and that devs don't work for free and need time to make the games.

To make games require money and time, and the bigger they are the more money and time they require. This is specially huge (I'd say the most ambitious game ever), so requires a specially huge amount of money and time. There's no scam here. They kept showing what they are doing with the money.