They have deadlines?
As of now, Star Citizen has raised $769,261,551. Three quarters of a billion dollars.
And now they say they need to fire the QA department to “laser focus” to meet the deadlines of the release. That’s when you need QA the most otherwise that release is going to be a fucking mess. I call bullshit. This is a money saving decision, which means they’ve blown through their $760 million dollar bank account. Insane.
What deadline? Of their life? Cause deadlines are gone since it was supposed to release 10 Yeats ago
Its a buggy mess and they axe qa?
I guess when you have so many pay piggies you dont need to pay anypneThere was a deadline? What did they set, a 20 year development cycle???
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What deadlines? Squadron 42 was supposed to release in 2016…
That ship has sailed.
Yeah was about to say something similar.
What’s some special about this deadline?
This deadline was set once the money was coming in more slowly than it was going out.
prominently those in the QA department, as a part of its restructuring efforts.
That’s certainly one way to make sure you hit a deadline.
They just find pesky bugs, that need to be fixed. No bugs, no need to fix stuff.
How is this still a thing lol
Is it playable yet?
Yes.
Buggy, incomplete, kind of a mess, but absolutely playable if you have a sufficient tolerance for jank.
While it’s for sure a ways away from being the game that was promised, what’s there is still one of the most unique and ambitious gaming experiences you can ever have.
I’m surprised they set a deadline at all, considering how the game itself will never release
Oh it’ll release, just not by Chris Roberts.
The last game he was in charge of was Freelancer, a highly ambitious game for the time and he never finished it. His company, Digital Anvil, started to have financial woes due to the long development of Freelancer and was acquired by Microsoft. He left the company and then a couple years later Freelancer was released!
It was very different from what it was supposed to be, but it was still an awesome game, imo.
I think the same thing will happen to Star Citizen. The money will dry up and they’ll be forced to sell. The buyer will kick Chris out and then have the team make a finished product.
… with head honcho Christ Roberts …
Interesting typo.
What are the chances they never deliver what they promised?
Pretty good chances.
Yep, at this point, never actually releasing the game is part of the business model.
