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Machinima is all that we'll have to show for all this time and money 
******Official Star Citizen / Squadron 42 Thread******
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How much did GTA5 cost?
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GTA5 Production costs widely reported as $265million. Don't know what SC current burn rates are like but I doubt they'll take long to reach those numbers.
Also a backer from long time back but really starting to doubt I'll see a finished product any time soon.
Have some real concerns about their funding and business model - few people are going to be spending hundreds or thousands once they're live. Just don't see how this is really sustainable once launched?
Costs will drop post launch but there will still be transactions of some kind, that's always been the model. Financially I don't think they are in that bad a spot they've recently had another wealthy person buy a chunk of the company (can't remember exact percentage) but the wealthy don't splash out like that unless they will make a few bucks later on.
Most people spending thousands can afford it tbh, they'll likely continue to do so post launch if it makes them feel "special" and gives them that extra special Jpeg
That's assuming we get to launch, I'm getting old. Maybe I'll pass on my account to my daughter who was 2 when this all started out..
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What's the latest projection for a finished game? This thread is morbidly fascinating.
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Will most likely be able to purchase the ships in real life before this game actually gets released.
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Maybe another 4-5 years?
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SQ42 is 2020 isn't it? I would guess SC the following year
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Try 8 years and well over $250M!
Every build is just another list of features pushed back.
What a farce.
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If you ever want shining example of how feature creep can stagnate a project this is it, constant additions to the original scope without ever delivering what was originally promised. It's not helped that despite missing ever deadline they had set, people still kept throwing money at them. So instead of having to finish what they originally promised they were allowed to tinker and keep adding side projects. I'm a backer as well, I've honestly given up at this point but at least it was only £25 I lost.
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I think my pledge was $60. I actually do think S42 will come in the next 18 months
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It's looking quite good on the roadmap https://robertsspaceindustries.com/roadmap/board/2-Squadron-42
They've missed a few dates already for SQ42, so I'm not convinced.
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i am not convinced about the dates either, but am hopeful.... i AM confident it will release at some point however (even if CIG went under i think someone would pick up the pieces)
I don’t remember seeing Vulkan in their task list, or VR for that matter.
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There is a lot wrong with the development but then there is a lot of good from it. Tbh if nothing else the engine is already pretty sweet because it could easily now do a full sized single planet exploration game with 100 people and has all the needed back engine code to do so.
The game would also work much better right if they had just stuck to having Hurston and moons and limiting the play area to test all the other functions like AI and mechanics and then adding another planet to a new system to test those mechanics and then building out the systems because it is the amount of content now in terms of space that is killing most of the performance.
I suspect when SSOCS happens in early 2020 (that is my assumption of when it will actually happen) we will see the performance needed for the servers to work and AI suddenly working as intended etc.
I don't think we will get anymore player space with the new planets till SSOCS happens and so although they may finish the planets and moons on first pass on roadmap they will be delayed release till Q1 2020.
Missing though are all the gameplay loops because SQ42 doesn't have those and they need that out next year which will likely be a Q4 release and then the following year we may finally see the missing gameplay loops start to be added such as salvage, repair, refueling, proper cargo trading etc.
It is going to be a long 18 months till that starts to happen though.
The game would also work much better right if they had just stuck to having Hurston and moons and limiting the play area to test all the other functions like AI and mechanics and then adding another planet to a new system to test those mechanics and then building out the systems because it is the amount of content now in terms of space that is killing most of the performance.
I suspect when SSOCS happens in early 2020 (that is my assumption of when it will actually happen) we will see the performance needed for the servers to work and AI suddenly working as intended etc.
I don't think we will get anymore player space with the new planets till SSOCS happens and so although they may finish the planets and moons on first pass on roadmap they will be delayed release till Q1 2020.
Missing though are all the gameplay loops because SQ42 doesn't have those and they need that out next year which will likely be a Q4 release and then the following year we may finally see the missing gameplay loops start to be added such as salvage, repair, refueling, proper cargo trading etc.
It is going to be a long 18 months till that starts to happen though.
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Sorry but when did this game have server meshing allowing 100 players to be on the same server?
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That isn't relative at all to what I stated since I mentioned reducing the player area to allow for increased player area. It is total data the server is tracking that becomes the issue and so thus reduce one element to increase the other.
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Yea but what I mean is that serve meshing ain't done yet and far from it as well as many of the game mechanics especially in fps mode/view