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Star Citizen Pillar Talk Looks at 2020, Raised $47.7 Million in Crowdfunding 2019 - MMORPG.com

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  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    F2Plague said:
    Raising money by selling every in game asset they have ever made, and some they are probably yet to make is not a long term business model.. Its just a cash grab of epic proportions.

    If you guys ever manage to get your hands on a full release, it will never meet your expectations. You will be playing wallet wars in a universe devoid of life, because no new players want to join a game that people have been throwing their credit card at for a decade...

    God speed though. For what its worth, I hope you at least get your moneys worth... All $300,000,000 worth... and counting.. I am sure they will have their hands out for another round soon.

    >>> I hope you at least get your moneys worth.. >>>

    I already did. And the game has not even launched yet.


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  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,101
    $$$$$$$$$$$Oh look, another picture of a ship I will never fly....take my money! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
    Make MMORPG's Great Again!
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    Garick said:
    Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Xl9Oi_Tm8ds&feature=emb_logo It will help show off Star Citizen a bit more


    The Hardspace series of videos is interesting. Lots of work by fans using Star Citizen "Director Mode".

    I really look forward to even more videos when the full game has launched. Like all the legendary
    Star Wars Galaxies videos we got 10 years ago. I still love to watch those too.


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  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    edited February 2020
    Viper482 said:
    $$$$$$$$$$$Oh look, another picture of a ship I will never fly....take my money! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

    You have no idea what you are talking about, it seems.

    Watch some of the fan made videos in the video thread in the SC subforum here.  You could even scroll up here and watch the "Hardspace" video.

    So much for "another picture" and "will never fly". You could fly (or drive) 90 ships (or vehicles) for free (!) only weeks ago.


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  • UtinniUtinni Member EpicPosts: 2,209
    By far my favorite game
  • sgelsgel Member EpicPosts: 2,197
    Almost a decade of lols... here's to another 10 years!!

    ..Cake..

  • botrytisbotrytis Member RarePosts: 3,363
    I think it is funny people call this a game. It is an alpha test that people are paying for so of course they don't want to admit, it is still 50/50 that CS will come out.

    So much money invested.....


  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    edited February 2020
    botrytis said:
    I think it is funny people call this a game. It is an alpha test that people are paying for so of course they don't want to admit, it is still 50/50 that CS will come out.

    So much money invested.....

    Its a crowdfunding project currently in Alpha testing.

    Not an Alpha by a company, that people pay to participate in.

    We, the backers, make it possible, together with CIG.

    >>> So much money invested..... >>>
    As much as needed, as long as it takes.


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  • botrytisbotrytis Member RarePosts: 3,363
    Erillion said:
    botrytis said:
    I think it is funny people call this a game. It is an alpha test that people are paying for so of course they don't want to admit, it is still 50/50 that CS will come out.

    So much money invested.....

    Its a crowdfunding project currently in Alpha testing.

    Not an Alpha by a company, that people pay to participate in.

    We, the backers, make it possible, together with CIG.

    >>> So much money invested..... >>>
    As much as needed, as long as it takes.


    Have fun

    Crowdfunding means the developer has no strings to deliver anything. Right now the game has raised more money than it cost to produce most movies. Doesn't that make people want to pause in funding?

    Or is it the peopl will continue to put in money HOPING that their bet comes out.

    Alpha by any other name is still a test. I tested both GW1 and GW2 in Alpha stages. The basic mechanics were there the looks changed is all. 

    This game seems to have moving goal posts, so how can one judge when the developers never just say, 'This is it for adding into the game. We are done and now will finish and polish to get the game out.'


  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    >> Doesn't that make people want to pause in funding? >>

    No.

    As much as needed, as long as it takes.


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  • RenfailRenfail Member EpicPosts: 1,638
    I've been a backer since Kickstarter. 

    Zero issues with their progress. Love the updates. Newsletters are always chock-full, and it's been fully playable for years as a work in progress. 

    Just patched it up again for some more fun this weekend, as I haven't tested in awhile. Played for a couple of hours yesterday and had a blast :) 
    ErillionPhaserlight
    Tim "Renfail" Anderson | Wandering Hermits Patreon
  • UtinniUtinni Member EpicPosts: 2,209
    Wheres the guy who posts twitch viewer numbers. We need to see that.
    Babuinix
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    Utinni said:
    Wheres the guy who posts twitch viewer numbers. We need to see that.

    I guess you mean Babs

    and this


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  • SpiiderSpiider Member RarePosts: 1,135
    Money for nothing as business model. The bankers at least steal it while these guys just get it for free.
    We live in a dumb world.

    No fate but what we make, so make me a ham sandwich please.

  • IsilithTehrothIsilithTehroth Member RarePosts: 616
    Utinni said:
    By far my favorite fantasy

    MurderHerd

  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    Spiider said:
    Money for nothing as business model. The bankers at least steal it while these guys just get it for free.
    We live in a dumb world.

    You can watch thousands of hours of fan made movies about this "nothing".

    Scroll up here for a video. Go to the video section of the SC subforum here. Or YouTube. Twitch.

    What "these guys" are getting for free is cookies and presents and ship models from their dedicated fanbase.

    We live in an exciting world. But feel free to live in your "dumb" world - its your choice.


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  • UtinniUtinni Member EpicPosts: 2,209
    Erillion said:
    Utinni said:
    Wheres the guy who posts twitch viewer numbers. We need to see that.

    I guess you mean Babs

    and this


    Have fun
    Can you filter it to compare vs games with similar budgets that also do sponsored streams? Just curious. 
    NorseGodsgelBabuinix
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    Utinni said:
    Can you filter it to compare vs games with similar budgets that also do sponsored streams? Just curious. 


    ...your field of expertise.


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    Babuinix
  • znushuznushu Member UncommonPosts: 18
    this is just cut footage from the last one, in other words it was filmed months before they gutted all of 3.9. So it's not actually anything new plus most of the information being shared here is outdated. So that whole video of theirs is pretty pointless.
    NorseGod
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    edited February 2020
    znushu said:
    this is just cut footage from the last one, in other words it was filmed months before they gutted all of 3.9. So it's not actually anything new plus most of the information being shared here is outdated. So that whole video of theirs is pretty pointless.

    Or you could fire up Google, enter "Star Citizen 3.9", switch to videos ... and watch all the things in a "not outdated" form. With lots of new things. From a variety of commentators. Pick the one you like.  Some users even like the original videoblogs from CIG too.


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  • xpsyncxpsync Member EpicPosts: 1,854
    edited February 2020
    SC club house sign;

    "Whales only"

    :)

    My faith is my shield! - Turalyon 2022

    Your legend ends here and now! - (Battles Won Long Ago)

    Currently Playing; Dragonflight and SWG:L
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,328
    edited February 2020
    xpsync said:
    SC club house sign;

    "Whales only"

    :)

    There IS such a club, by the way






    Have fun



    xpsync
  • xpsyncxpsync Member EpicPosts: 1,854
    Erillion said:
    xpsync said:
    SC club house sign;

    "Whales only"

    :)

    There IS such a club, by the way
    Why am i not surprised.
    botrytisNorseGod
    My faith is my shield! - Turalyon 2022

    Your legend ends here and now! - (Battles Won Long Ago)

    Currently Playing; Dragonflight and SWG:L
  • botrytisbotrytis Member RarePosts: 3,363
    They have to GIVE SOME perks,. I mean, the game is an Alpha test, so they need to do something. This is funny though. It shows where the developers work really lie, keeping the whales hooked.


  • UtinniUtinni Member EpicPosts: 2,209
    botrytis said:
    They have to GIVE SOME perks,. I mean, the game is an Alpha test, so they need to do something. This is funny though. It shows where the developers work really lie, keeping the whales hooked.
    Can't blame a business for wanting money. 
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