Six Years Later, Star Citizen Is Still Raking It In

Mut1ny said:
Games like GTA 5 with already in place dev teams, talent, management, money, technology, etc took 8 years
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You guys LOVE to twist timelines to fit your narrative.

"For GTA V, that discussion started as GTA IV was wrapping up – almost five years ago – although the latest game has been in full production for just three years."

https://www.mcvuk.com/development/inside-rockstar-north-part-1-the-vision

"Preliminary work on Grand Theft Auto V began after Grand Theft Auto IV's release in April 2008;[1] full development lasted approximately three years."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Grand_Theft_Auto_V
 
Back when he worked at Origin, his publishers complained that he was in a perpetual "game is not finished" state where he would drag his feet forever on every single project he worked on. This forced the publishers to set an end date for his games in stone to make him finish.

Now we are seeing what happens when he has nobody overseeing him, he is in a permanent "game is not finished" state and this piece of vaporware may never be released.
 
HorseproofBacon said:
Back when he worked at Origin, his publishers complained that he was in a perpetual "game is not finished" state where he would drag his feet forever on every single project he worked on. This forced the publishers to set an end date for his games in stone to make him finish.

Now we are seeing what happens when he has nobody overseeing him, he is in a permanent "game is not finished" state and this piece of vaporware may never be released.
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The irony here, is as long as you can deal with the fact your output will probably never be good enough for Roberts, this is a game industry contractors wet dream, a job that doesn't end after a few years and make you start the job hunt all over again.
 
In the long post on page one the author states that StarCitizen isn't employing a pay-to-win model. This is incorrect. When you offer up hard to earn items and services for money, regardless if you CAN get them in the game without paying (usually through a long grind), this is the very definition of a pay-to-win system. If you're ok with that fine, but don't pretend that it isn't something that is so blatantly obvious.
 
Mut1ny said:
Funny but really shows what a scam looks like and the sort of tech they develop from their scam money for their scam game. Because THIS SHIT is what scammers do, spend time making awesome shit NO OTHER GAME HAS EVER DONE. Scam Citizen #confirmed
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Except CIG didn't develop the FOIP technology, did they? They bought it, just like anyone else could. What's more telling is that it's pretty much the only part of the "game" which works properly in Robbaz's videos, which both end in crashes, and the second one has him being killed repeatedly by space ship doors. That's the sort of "awesome shit" CIG are capable of.
 
Litfod said:
Except CIG didn't develop the FOIP technology, did they? They bought it, just like anyone else could. What's more telling is that it's pretty much the only part of the "game" which works properly in Robbaz's videos, which both end in crashes, and the second one has him being killed repeatedly by space ship doors. That's the sort of "awesome shit" CIG are capable of.
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It's the Microsoft Gambit.
 
motomonkey said:
The irony here, is as long as you can deal with the fact your output will probably never be good enough for Roberts, this is a game industry contractors wet dream, a job that doesn't end after a few years and make you start the job hunt all over again.
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Maybe you struck yet another, deeper problem with CIG. If you boss is a chronic pie in the sky non-deliverer, how much pressure is actually on you, to finish your module. Knowing that once done you might just be back in the hell cycle of game development for various companies?
 
Litfod said:
Except CIG didn't develop the FOIP technology, did they? They bought it, just like anyone else could. What's more telling is that it's pretty much the only part of the "game" which works properly in Robbaz's videos, which both end in crashes, and the second one has him being killed repeatedly by space ship doors. That's the sort of "awesome shit" CIG are capable of.
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So they bought it so what? Shouldn't they be sending that scam money offshore and not buying development companies to put their tech in the game? Its alpha, crashes happen. It's part of testing. Crashes happen in releases games. Cool.
 
Mut1ny said:
So they bought it so what? Shouldn't they be sending that scam money offshore and not buying development companies to put their tech in the game? Its alpha, crashes happen. It's part of testing. Crashes happen in releases games. Cool.
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They didn't buy the company that does the FOIP stuff, they just licensed the tech for SC.
 
Bawjaws said:
They didn't buy the company that does the FOIP stuff, they just licensed the tech for SC.
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Point still stands and I'd need more info as I saw a fee dev videos talking about the tech with the guy working on it. So I'm pretty sure they themselves have some deep hands in the stuff.
 
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