I am not proud to say I was an original backer, but luckily only for like 25 bucks.
It became clear after a year or two it was vaporware. even if a product ever comes out it’ll not be what I backed originally, which was Privateer TNG. So I stopped following the game, never played any of the tech demo’s and just shake my head warily when I see news articles like this. Bernie Madoff is in jail for basically the same thing. How can people still support this travesty.
Calling it vaporware is a bit silly they have over 500 employees and have tech nobody else has you can play right now. If you have an original package you can sell it on the gray market for much more than you paid for it. I understand it has had troubled development but you don’t know what you are talking about.
What does the number of employees have to do with not having a finished product while also being the highest funded game in history? By this logic I am sure since FTX had 650 employees they must be all above board, if that was all some ponzi scheme they why the staff?
I’m refering to the “star citizen is a scam” echo chaber. If it was truely a scam they would keep the dev team small and not spend the money they do. This does not mean there are not problems with the development and even out of touch leadership. But saying it’s a intentiononal scam is just not true, they have tech nobody is even trying to do (at least in the open) and some of that tech is out now. There are a lot of good reasons nobody has tried something like this, but i’m tired of an indistry playing safe and only doing what has worked in the past. I am all for someone trying something that is auctally new that has not been tried, and there’s going to be problems along the way. So I don’t understand the black and white “Star Citizen bad” when they have been making playable progress. SC could close tomorrow and I would have already gotten enough value to justify my orignial purchace.
EXCUSE me? I was an original backer, I know EXACTLY what I backed. If you like what Star Citizen is doing then enjoy yourself. But do not tell me what was promised to me and what is being delivered now has ANY bearing on each other. Beacuse it does not.
Are you aware they had a backer vote on the direction of the game? It was on if they were going to have stretch goals after the original KS pitch. 94% of the votes went to changing the game into something bigger (more features added). I understand it sucks for people that wanted the smaller more realistic game but they lost the vote. And again you can sell your ship for more than you paid, sometimes way way more. Should they have ignored the vote that was that overwhelming?
I am not proud to say I was an original backer, but luckily only for like 25 bucks.
It became clear after a year or two it was vaporware. even if a product ever comes out it’ll not be what I backed originally, which was Privateer TNG. So I stopped following the game, never played any of the tech demo’s and just shake my head warily when I see news articles like this. Bernie Madoff is in jail for basically the same thing. How can people still support this travesty.
Calling it vaporware is a bit silly they have over 500 employees and have tech nobody else has you can play right now. If you have an original package you can sell it on the gray market for much more than you paid for it. I understand it has had troubled development but you don’t know what you are talking about.
What does the number of employees have to do with not having a finished product while also being the highest funded game in history? By this logic I am sure since FTX had 650 employees they must be all above board, if that was all some ponzi scheme they why the staff?
I’m refering to the “star citizen is a scam” echo chaber. If it was truely a scam they would keep the dev team small and not spend the money they do. This does not mean there are not problems with the development and even out of touch leadership. But saying it’s a intentiononal scam is just not true, they have tech nobody is even trying to do (at least in the open) and some of that tech is out now. There are a lot of good reasons nobody has tried something like this, but i’m tired of an indistry playing safe and only doing what has worked in the past. I am all for someone trying something that is auctally new that has not been tried, and there’s going to be problems along the way. So I don’t understand the black and white “Star Citizen bad” when they have been making playable progress. SC could close tomorrow and I would have already gotten enough value to justify my orignial purchace.
This is the biggest understatement of the year.
EXCUSE me? I was an original backer, I know EXACTLY what I backed. If you like what Star Citizen is doing then enjoy yourself. But do not tell me what was promised to me and what is being delivered now has ANY bearing on each other. Beacuse it does not.
Are you aware they had a backer vote on the direction of the game? It was on if they were going to have stretch goals after the original KS pitch. 94% of the votes went to changing the game into something bigger (more features added). I understand it sucks for people that wanted the smaller more realistic game but they lost the vote. And again you can sell your ship for more than you paid, sometimes way way more. Should they have ignored the vote that was that overwhelming?