Star Citizen reaches $600 million raised but the game future is really worrying
Star Citizen reaches $600 million raised but the game future is really worrying
Cloud Imperium has been working on Star Citizen since 2011, which has already raised more than $600 million. When will its final version be released?
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I supported it but, I stopped playing, not enough to do. Graphics are insane but, little to no actual content aside from ships that you need to pay real money for. The constant dB resets prevent me from ever really grinding the game, what's the point of it will just reset next major update. I personally think the game is going to flop due to this.
I don't think it's possible for the game to flop anymore if we're going off money made. In terms of them making money after they fully "release", well... I don't know if it will ever actually "release".
I haven’t played the game but is it true that the ships cost real money? Do you also have to pay for the base game?
You purchase the base game which comes with a starter ship. In the game, you can do missions or do cargo trading to earn in-game money which you can use to buy ships.
You can absolutely use real world cash to purchase additional ships, which funds the development of the game. You don't have to if you don't want to. Almost all the ships can be purchased with in-game currency.
The main plus point for purchasing ships with real money is they are acvound bound and will stay with you after a database reset.
So the devs are insentivised to keep it in a perpetual alpha stage, wiping users game progress every couple months.
Well, not all the gameplay loops have been fully fleshed out yet which is why it is still in the alpha stage. Database resets happen as festures are added.
I don't know if i will go so far as to say they are incentivised to keep it in alpha.
Same for me. Although I really enjoy just low flying on the planets and enjoy the scenery but what made me quit is the insane amount of bugs. Sometimes it's nigh impossible to even get from the down area to the ship it out of the hangar. Once it's running, it's incredible but the lack of reliability is just to frustrating.