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Star Citizen Funding crosses $600 million mark (robertsspaceindustries.com)
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[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I expect to see many videos exploring the failures of this project in the future, maybe a few lawsuits. It would be a miracle if a good complete game worth this investment was created.

[–] cstine@lemmy.uncomfortable.business 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, I think CIG has enough true believers buying JPEGs for this to continue pretty much until the whales die of old age or just run out of money to send him. I wouldn't be shocked if we're still talking about this in another decade, except this time it's $1.2 billion in funding.

[–] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After a couple trillions in funding maybe we will see a true 1 to 1 to real life physics engine lol

[–] WrittenWeird@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After that much funding it would have been cheaper to build a real space program.

[–] cstine@lemmy.uncomfortable.business 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes but would a real space program have you fall through the floor of your toilet and spin off out into space? I don't think so.

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Give me an extra trillion and I can make it happen for you.

[–] AssPennies@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

| you fall through the floor of your toilet and spin off out into space

$40 worth of the right mushroom variety can get you the same effect.

[–] cstine@lemmy.uncomfortable.business 1 points 1 year ago

How many mushrooms can I get in exchange for these stupid spaceship jpegs?

[–] tupcakes@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not gonna lie. I was a huge fan of wing commander and freelancer. I backed this early, but for a while now I’ve given up on ever expecting anything from this project.

I’m not sure it’s actually a scam, but probably a vision that got away from them due to feature creep. At this point I don’t even care.