• Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    5 months ago

    I mean, are people playing and somewhat satisfied? If yes, who gives a fuck about any arbitrary release date?

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        5 months ago

        They are not finished with it yet and the folks backing it are playing so they see the work and are having fun.

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        5 months ago

        You can go buy it right now, where do you think the 700m has come from?

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          5 months ago

          From alpha and beta players and of those mostly for stuff in the game, not the game itself. What does that have to do with the topic?

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          5 months ago

          It’s not meh, it’s “we’ve almost raised a BILLION dollars by not releasing this game. Oh by the way, there’s no release date yet.”

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            5 months ago

            Those billion dollars come from people buying the game and playing it in its current state.

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              5 months ago

              Lol no it doesn’t. It comes from insanely high priced jpegs of ships, and sometimes the rare in game ship.

              perfect example 13 days ago on reddit

              The RSI Galaxy is a great ship (currently ~$300) and the loaner is an Anvil Carrack which is (currently $600). The Carrack is one of the biggest and best ships for all around activity, but no pilot guns.
              Origin 890 Jump ($900) for luxury and is the biggest in-game ship you can buy.
              Hammerhead ($700) is the largest combat/gun ship currently, with the Polaris coming out soon.
              Reclaimer ($400) is the largest industrial salvage ship.

              Absolutely can’t wait until my Galaxy is flyable, still hoping for it to be here by the end of the year

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                5 months ago

                With the purchase of any ship (the cheapest ones being $45) you get to play the game and fly the ship(s) you bought in-game.

                TLDR it’s a $45 game with microtransactions

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            5 months ago

            …and?

            Not like people are paying for the release date. And they did release a product, just not under “version 1.0”.

            Seems like people are just mad that a game they don’t like made money.

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              5 months ago

              Nobody’s mad that didn’t throw money in the pit. It’s just a funny story that never seems to end. Every year they don’t have a finished product, the joke gets funnier.