Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
The game is obviously intended to be gaas or whatever you wanna call it so no, they don't have to intentionally never arrive to a launch with it if they don't want to move on from it. It's a persistent universe of unprecedented scope, obviously not intended to be played for a year or two before a sequel has to start forming. And obviously the money will stop flowing if they really don't keep improving it to a state where you (and they) can eventually call it a launched title that then continues being expanded with ongoing support so it's not somehow enabling them to be more profitable by intentionally never delivering. Also that would be a scam for real and they'd be having people and whole studios that know their goal is to not meet any goal. Whether they release or it crashes and burns is a different matter, it's clearly not the intention of anyone at the various studios to just never release, nor do they sit there doing nothing or working 8 hours a day or whatever towards nothing, that would be far more exhausting than trying and failing and shutting down and moving to other endeavors. The dude doesn't need to run a scam and pay all these people and studios to be rich.I'm hoping this game actually turns the corner one day and starts to become a concrete reality rather than a consistently broken alpha, but right now I tend to agreement with your assessment. I paid $45 for the game a few years ago and I pop in every now and then to see if it has improved enough to actually spend some time playing only to be disappointed every time. Sucks because this is exactly the type of game that I've been wanting for as long as I can remember. I just don't understand why they can't build the foundation of a finished game first and then build on it. I think you are right, the answer is in the business model.
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Alexios you know I value your opinion my man. What's your perspective on my take here since you gave me the laugh emoji?
I'm not a fan (wasn't even a fan of Freelancer, I think StarLancer was the last great from him) and have already sold my account and anyone who has put money into it can probably sell theirs if they really have a problem with it, either for profit or not much of a loss depending on what they have. Just because as a player the demos and alphas and whatever weren't what I wanted so I opted out with the available options doesn't mean it's a scam or the people who remain "all in" idiots who are being scammed (whether it releases or crashes and burns as games/studios have before). And once again, all the people who have paid now are also a portion of the fanbase that is not going to be paying any more post launch (as it's not a subscription game) so all this money isn't just development funds but also maintainance for when it's live and part of the profits too. If they end up putting it all in development then it's most certainly a loss for them (and for king scammer Chris who apparently does this for his own profit but somehow is spending all that money on development too and sharing it with ~1000 employees and contractors and all their studio expenses).
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