Chris Roberts Back in your wallet - STAR CITIZEN

[penfold]

Change the word "game" to "fund", and "ships" to "investments" and Roberts would be sat in a SEC cell next to Martin Shrekli by now.

[jakonovski]

Star Citizen to refocus on supporting VR.

http://www.roadtovr.com/star-citizen-to-refocus-on-vr-support-in-early-2016/

I'm sure this will not delay the game at all. 

[penfold]

Crowdfund car. Get boat.

[tmp]

CCP did a VR side-game about flying a spaceship and shooting shit a while ago, iirc. Maybe Star Citizen could start a kickstarter to buy them out, for the valuable development know-how

(they'd be like peas in a pod, come to think of it)

[Falconeer]

Eve Valkyrie, but it's not out yet. It will soon enough though as it will be sold in an bundle with the consumer version of the Oculus Rift.

[tmp]

Eve Valkyrie, but it's not out yet.

See, the peas in a pod.

[Sir T]

Eve Valkyrie, but it's not out yet. It will soon enough though as it will be sold in an bundle with the consumer version of the Oculus Rift.

Ahh what a kidder you are. Not familiar with CCP, are we? 

[Paelos]

YES! VR is exactly the kind of nonsense this game had to provide. Synergy!

[Lucas]

Oh look, a photo of one of the Dev Teams somewhere in the world with CR and Sandi!


In a parking lot.

[Tannhauser]

That is a diverse crowd of young, white males.

[IainC]

Somewhere Sanya Weathers is twitching uncontrollably and she doesn't know why.

[Merusk]

I can't find an emoticon that fits. Something that's a combination of  and  with a dash of 

"I am one of the best saleswomen in the world and always have been..."

Using what metric, exactly? The P.T. Barnum scale of Egress?

[Falconeer]

Who did she send that crap to? A random disgruntled fan who I would assume was asking for a refund?

[Malakili]

That's the kind of professionalism I'd expect out of the best saleswoman in the world.   

[Velorath]

Who did she send that crap to? A random disgruntled fan who I would assume was asking for a refund?

Short answer is that it was in response to a Goon who had been communicating with C.S. in regards to a permanent forum ban that he felt went against the stated ban policy (and also an unrelated issue regarding some gifted items or something).

The long answer is here.

[tmp]

"I am one of the best saleswomen in the world and always have been..."

Using what metric, exactly? The P.T. Barnum scale of Egress?

I think we can trust one of the best salespersons in the world to know one of the best salespersons in the world, when she sees them. If you can't trust such an expert, who you can trust?

Joking aside, they did squeeze over 100 mil out of idiots, with little more but promises and pretty pictures. That is some genuine marketing prowess.

[lamaros]

Not really. Somehow coming out the other side of this without spectacular failure and angst from those they've fleeced will be a trick, currently they're still riding the wave.

[Merusk]

The prowess expressed is the same as any huckster. It's simple to squeeze money from idiots, it just means you know a mark not an example of prowess.  Thus my reference to Barnum and his egress scam. Let's not forget hes the reason for the coined phrase, "a sucker is born every minute."

Scams and sales only look similar.

[squirrel]

The SA thread linked above is really fucking great. Even if you don't care for goons it's worth a read, it's astonishing and goons have made a frenemy pact with Serek Dmart and are trolling CIG / cultists but quiet cleverly. That email above is from the thread and was written by Sandi. Don't try to read the whole thing though, you'll die.

[Jeff Kelly]

VR was exactly the excuse CIG needed to pretend why the game continues to be in development for the next two years.

Expect them to write a post six months from now explaining why the shift to VR had unfortunately delayed development and release.

[Azazel]

Eve Valkyrie, but it's not out yet.

See, the peas in a pod.

Roberts pees in the space pod?

Holy shit. I just read the rest of the posts here. And, holy shit.

Such modesty from someone who clearly made it to the top on her own.

[Samprimary]

Star Citizen to refocus on supporting VR.

http://www.roadtovr.com/star-citizen-to-refocus-on-vr-support-in-early-2016/

I'm sure this will not delay the game at all. 

you may call it scope creep II

[Setanta]

At the December livestream, we announced that Squadron 42 and Star Citizen will be split into two separate packages in the near future. To update on this: the split will occur on February 14th. Squadron 42 will be available as either a stand alone game or an optional addon for Star Citizen rather than be included by default. If you want to lock in both games for the lowest possible price, consider pledging before this deadline.

Holy shit, "give us more money to play the game we might release one day except now were going to break it into modules so that you can pay more for each one even though some of you have lashed out thousands already"

[Torinak]

At the December livestream, we announced that Squadron 42 and Star Citizen will be split into two separate packages in the near future. To update on this: the split will occur on February 14th. Squadron 42 will be available as either a stand alone game or an optional addon for Star Citizen rather than be included by default. If you want to lock in both games for the lowest possible price, consider pledging before this deadline.

Holy shit, "give us more money to play the game we might release one day except now were going to break it into modules so that you can pay more for each one even though some of you have lashed out thousands already"

It's a natural progression of the business model. First, pay for something that doesn't exist. Then, pay twice (or more) for the same thing that still doesn't exist.

Any bets for how long it takes them to "refocus" into a subscription-only game? Maybe they can be pioneers in another way and require a pre-launch subscription in order to get basic functionality ifwhen it's released.

[March]

I don't care about this game... but c'mon people... I expect more:

http://www.slashgear.com/play-star-citizen-for-free-this-week-01425109/

[Rasix]

Is our twitter robot on vacation?

[tmp]

How many terabytes does their client take now?

Not going to bother downloading because I don't have a spare hard drive, but curious

[ezrast]

28 GB if the launcher isn't lying to me.

I'm going in. If I don't post screenshots soon, tell my family I love them.

[Sophismata]

28 GB if the launcher isn't lying to me.

I'm going in. If I don't post screenshots soon, tell my family I love them.

Your sacrifice was not in vain.

[Lucas]

28 GB if the launcher isn't lying to me.

I'm going in. If I don't post screenshots soon, tell my family I love them.

Thank you. You'll not be forgotten 

[Falconeer]

Is it news to anyone that now Star Citizen and Squadron 42 will be sold as two separate products?

[Jeff Kelly]

Didn't they basically announce this like a year ago?

[Tebonas]

It was news to me.

Which one will the Kickstarter backers get, then?

[Falconeer]

I think Kickstarters will get both, as it would be ground for legal hell if they didn't. But newcomers will have to pay twice. Or, of course, get the bundle now before the deal is over!

 

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-citizen-and-single-player-mode-squadron-42-wo/1100-6434373/

[ezrast]

Hey, I'm not dead! It's just taking a while to get through because still images really aren't enough to capture the glory that is Star Citizen, and also because the game is really bad.

Warning, 80 MB of gifs ahead.

Anyway, that's all I've got so far but I'll try to post about some of the real flying around bits if I can summon the strength to figure out how any of it works. Contrary to the article linked above, the free promo period runs until the 8th, so if this looks like a good use of $100 million to you, there's still time to get in on the action!