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Seems like some players are still repeating this based on a stretch goal years ago. That has absolutely no relevance to the Star Citizen of today which is vastly different in scope an overall organisation size. The game isn't already funded, the games scope increases with the extra funding CIG receives. If funding stopped tomorrow everything wouldn't be fine, but funding isn't about to stop tomorrow so there's no need to worry on that front.
CIG are still crowdfunding because they need to do so. Not because Chris wants to swim in a pool full of $50 bills like Scrooge McDuck. Some people have deluded themselves into thinking bad press about Star Citizen doesn't matter. That the games already funded an the current community we have now is all we ever need. That's simply not the case, I'd hazard a guess that most of us found Star Citizen through various online media or via friends referral.
When people are misinformed about Star Citizen, or have some valid sometimes harsh criticism we should listen. Because it absolutely matters what people who haven't bought into Star Citizen think. We where all like that at some point, an simply dismissing their fears & criticism as uninformed or irrelevant doesn't help anyone.
Sorry if this doesn't seem to have any context, but I'm sick of seeing this repeated on these forums. No the game isn't already funded, an yes we still need to encourage gamers of all varieties into the Star Citizen community. Even those skeptical of the game.
CIG are still crowdfunding because they need to do so. Not because Chris wants to swim in a pool full of $50 bills like Scrooge McDuck. Some people have deluded themselves into thinking bad press about Star Citizen doesn't matter. That the games already funded an the current community we have now is all we ever need. That's simply not the case, I'd hazard a guess that most of us found Star Citizen through various online media or via friends referral.
When people are misinformed about Star Citizen, or have some valid sometimes harsh criticism we should listen. Because it absolutely matters what people who haven't bought into Star Citizen think. We where all like that at some point, an simply dismissing their fears & criticism as uninformed or irrelevant doesn't help anyone.
Sorry if this doesn't seem to have any context, but I'm sick of seeing this repeated on these forums. No the game isn't already funded, an yes we still need to encourage gamers of all varieties into the Star Citizen community. Even those skeptical of the game.
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Extra funding and features are kind of... you know... extra.
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Cheers!
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Doing so will earn you 5,000 UEC! Which you can use to buy guns. Or something more practical like a......lamp.
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If I go back that far I could quote Chris Roberts saying the Idris is a corvette, therefore demand CIG make the Idris corvette. I'd be a moron to do so, all I would have to do is actually realise the scope is vastly different now.
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So honestly....I wish they would stop funding (they won't)...I personally think it's a distraction that isn't needed at this point. Focus on finishing the games, release them, and let sales of the actual games be the new source of "funding".
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Doing so will earn you 5,000 UEC! Which you can use to buy guns. Or something more practical like a......lamp.
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Assuming an average $90k salary:
2013: 48 employees = 4,320,000
2014: 161 employees = 14,490,000
2015: 258 employees = 23,220,000
2016: 363 employees = 32,670,000
Labor costs to date = 74,700,000
This doesn't include the outsourced development costs and property leases. It wouldn't surprise me if money concerns were on the horizon at CIG, but I don't think it's a terribly pressing issue yet. But people who predict a release in 2018 have to take this into account.
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(Personally I am patient in this matter and already enjoy playing the alpha a lot)
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But if they aren't, then the game is never truly "funded". You're thinking about this game like it's a single player game. This game needs to have constant development for the next 10-15 years, so there is never a point in time until the game shuts down where we can say it's fully "funded".
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The end result matters not. If you stopped throwing money at them today then development will continue. If it wasn't funded then development could not continue.
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We'd get a lower quality product with less content.
There is also the point that CiG scales development to match the funding, so it's not like they have 100 million sitting around because they are only going to spend 25 million on the game.
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As CR stated they should have enough to finish the game to whatever basic standards and features they have promised (in theory).
By that definition the game is "funded".
Since more money = more features/depth (in theory) than the game only becomes "funded" by any particular individual when it has fulfilled their preconceived notion of what the game should be in its final form. Since we are still so early into development for the PU the second definition will only be realized in the future, and on a personal basis.
All that said as OP stated funding should only be an issue now if they grossly misuse the $$$
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I'm only saying this hopefully because as you stated, if the numbers are correct than they have already spent a huge chunk of the money.
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A lesser experience isn't an option at this point. It's high-water mark AAA first person universe or bust.
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People do remember that there was a point in this time before SC was -not- completely funded, they were accepting money (outside of KS), and there was a very real chance they might not hit funding needed.
Its quite clear that even without the stretch goals and all the other added stuff, SC/SQ42 could not have been completed in a way anywhere near the concept they were trying to push.
They have since moved to a model where they keenly know the amount of money they can generate over time, and the amount they are spending, and they clearly are working on getting the game done. But to say they have all the money they need is preposterous.
They know funding won't cut off 100% unless they do it themselves (or some outside party causes them to tank). They can plan accordingly with regards to fluctuations in funding and that is their current model.