After raising over $800 million from its community, Star Citizen’s developer delays the release of a new ship upgrade as players baulk at having to pay for it
After raising over $800 million from its community, Star Citizen’s developer delays the release of a new ship upgrade as players baulk at having to pay for it
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ah Star Citizen. a grift that keeps on grifting…
I backed it in 2012 for $40 and while it is impressive, its now looking more like a tech demo/scam.
Fraud
The amount of self deception one has to partake in to believe this is not fraud is astounding.
Baulk
There is no way this isn’t a scam 😂
They were calling it “Scam Citizen” a decade ago. I can’t believe people are still supporting this in 2025
I cannot believe that I started my game dev career watching SC news and well over a decade later I’m still hearing about it.
I don’t follow SC at all but genuinely, what the fuck?
Bruh you could repair a few towns with that money. You could even relaunch the economy of Italy with that lol.
Almost a billion dollars and still no finished game for it
If you put money into Star Citizen in 2025 you deserve to get scammed tbh
“In space no one can hear you scream….” Unless you buy the Star Citizen Mega Microphone 5000 for the princely sum of $25 earth money, every pilot should have one so they can shout GG at the devs for producing such an amazing piece of vapourware.
Stockholm Syndrome. 13 freaking years and people are still giving them money.
As usual, The fiasco continue. Bet Squadron 42 will also be delayed too. again.
It’s truly incredible all those people saying ” it was worth it for me. ” Like you’ve swallowed all of their promises all those years, and now your standards are so low that you managed to get satisfied with the bug ridden versions they released?
Honestly i have one friend who act like that, and he looks more like someone who tries to prepare for himself a justification for his incoming disappointment than a player who enjoyed his time on SC.
They should release a way to will your ships to your descendants. That way, they can use it when it finally comes out.
One of the biggest scams in gaming history
I am waiting for the Star Citizen drama phase where all of the articles are about CIG’s legal team arguing in court that an alpha that can be downloaded and started on a computer fulfills their legal obligations to “deliver” a product.
800 fucking million ? For what?
There is some missing context from this rage bait article. I’m not going to defend their greed, but their standard marketing model is X hits the store for real money and becomes available in-game (credits/loot) next patch.
They said as much for blades and this is one of the two main upgrades for ships, the other being NPC crew (…lol). Folks are mad that the standard sales pitch didn’t magically change this time around.
I spend 45$ in 2023 and I’d say the current alpha is about.. slightly less than that price for entry.
There’s a lot of genuinely good stuff being worked on. But their marketing and sales teams are horrendously manipulative and it seems like every new thing they add to the game with the exception of core tech leads to the store in some way.
I do think they’re trying to make a game still. But they’re doing it in the most greedily way possible.
There’s also a very high chance that they’re doing this to maintain a playerbase to test their engine tech with.
Suckers just got played
Do they have to account for how they have used the $800 million so far or is it just a slush fund?
God this game is the biggest scam ever, I would feel bad for people for backing this scam but they are getting exactly what they deserve and I hope 10 years from now when they delay the game yet again those people will finally start to realize it was all a lie
I work in video game recruitment and have heard some serious firsthand horror stories from CIG. Think of a company run by an absolutely psychotic creative director/CEO with no morals, a god complex and major anger issues. Basically an evil version of Swen Vinke.
I wouldn’t work there if you paid me double and I wouldn’t advise anyone else to either, the place burns people out in a way I’ve not seen anywhere else. It sounds mean but we genuinely dont even look at potential candidates from CIG anymore due to how emotionally damaged they tend to be. Something seriously fucked up in that company.
Most successful scam ever