so, when will EA rip off Star Citizen

DocBrody

using their Star Wars license?

 

They won't watch this behemoth of an epic space adventure taking the whole space online market?

How about X-Wing Online? Star Citizen sure could need some 50 million $ budget epic competition, right?

(I'd play both anyway, love both Wing Commander and X-Wing series)

 

 

Dihoru

Gods I hope not... no offense intended here but I'd rather have a massive game built on a proprietary engine with the possibility of running into someone in deep space rather than a small game built on a proven game engine with a more goal driven orientation to play.

Dakeru

I would rather bet on EA (or Disney?) suing them for using the word "Star" in their game.

It's the new trend - like the makers of pathetic little games like Candy Crush Saga suing other companies for using "Saga" in their titles.

Of course the word Saga is licensed to the 100th clone of Hebereke Popoon, Kirby's Ghost Trap etc. and has nothing to do with a lot of classic rpgs.

Unknown

Zenimax will probably sue them first for using their technology that allows you to interface a game using a mouse... Or a keyboard.

DocBrody

E3 is coming soon I bet they present 3 different Star Wars games and one will be a space sim

DamonVile

EA doesn't really need to steal it. If they're successful EA will just offer them a stupid amount of money and turn them into another westwood/mythic.bioware.

tawess

Well it is not like X-Wing vs. Tie-fighter was a popular brand that fans form days long gone still hold a unhealthy obsession over... .. .

 

Now the real difference would be that any new X-Wing game would be made for console and ported over to PC later and poorly at best. After all that is how EA have treated ever single game the past 10-ish years.

whilan

I thought this was blizzard job to take what someone else did and make it their own. Maybe that has since changed.

Geebus80

I say go ahead, its EA after all even if they do steal it they will just screw it up and it will be a shallow crappy non competitor that cost 4x as much to produce.

Myria

I'm trying to figure out:

 

A) Why the seemingly random jab at EA? Does the OP know something we don't? Otherwise it seems odd at best.

 

What exactly is it that Star Citizen is doing that's new or unique enough to be "ripped off"?

 

I suppose arguably managing to create a highly successful P2W system for a game that doesn't even exist yet is perhaps something EA, among others, might wish to emulate, but somehow I doubt they'd get nearly as much slack cut them for something so utterly ludicrous as Roberts has.

DamonVile

Originally posted by Myria

I'm trying to figure out:

 

A) Why the seemingly random jab at EA? Does the OP know something we don't? Otherwise it seems odd at best.

 

What exactly is it that Star Citizen is doing that's new or unique enough to be "ripped off"?

 

I suppose arguably managing to create a highly successful P2W system for a game that doesn't even exist yet is perhaps something EA, among others, might wish to emulate, but somehow I doubt they'd get nearly as much slack cut them for something so utterly ludicrous as Roberts has.

The OP thinks SWTOR's star fighter combat that was just added is just a bad copy of .... I think it was star conflict he said. I tend to agree with him on that.

DocBrody

Originally posted by Myria

I'm trying to figure out:

 

A) Why the seemingly random jab at EA? Does the OP know something we don't? Otherwise it seems odd at best.

 

What exactly is it that Star Citizen is doing that's new or unique enough to be "ripped off"?

 

I suppose arguably managing to create a highly successful P2W system for a game that doesn't even exist yet is perhaps something EA, among others, might wish to emulate, but somehow I doubt they'd get nearly as much slack cut them for something so utterly ludicrous as Roberts has.

first of all keep the P2P accusation to yourself it has been debunked a dozen times, an interesting rumor very likely created by publisher shills jealous of the success of SC

 

second, I know EA has the Star Wars license so making an X Wing Online now with the space sim hype around Star Citizen would be the logical thing

Jacxolope

EA will 'ripoff' Star Citizen once Star Citizen is done ripping off the backers. =P

 

Theres alot of ships that need sold before that will happen.

Mors.Magne

I hope EA do try and rip-off both Star Citizen and Elite: Dangerous. 

 

Eve Online has never had any real competition at all, so the more competition they get the better. I've never forgiven CCP for abandoning their original mission objective of making the ultimate space sim in 1 game.

 

I hope CCP get the 'market forces' kicking that they richly deserve.

 

Eve Online is a game that involves market forces, so the poetic irony of CCP getting punished for their greed through 'market forces' will be so cathartic.

PAL-18

Star Citizen is so last season and their cash milking habits are not that far from EA anyways

But heres something to you EA,watch it carefully The Space sim

TyranusPrime

I doubt EA will rip off Star Citizen directly with a Star Wars title, but if they were smart (which is debatable I suppose) they could always directly compete by resurrecting Earth and Beyond (which EA killed to begin with)..

Aeonblades

I'd wait to see if the game is actually ever released before I worried about EA copy.

rpmcmurphy

OP is probably just looking for hype hits, last time it was some crap about Will Smith in SC.

AG-Vuk

Rip Off ! Rip Off? They don't need to rip off shit all. EA will do what it does best, buy it ! The real question should be what is Roberts price ?

DocBrody

Originally posted by rpmcmurphy
OP is probably just looking for hype hits, last time it was some crap about Will Smith in SC.

Dude, Will Smith is working for CIG, he is the community manager