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… with head honcho Christ Roberts …

Interesting typo.

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What deadlines? Squadron 42 was supposed to release in 2016

That ship has sailed.

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Yeah was about to say something similar.

What’s some special about this deadline?

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This deadline was set once the money was coming in more slowly than it was going out.

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I’m surprised they set a deadline at all, considering how the game itself will never release

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Oh it’ll release, just not by Chris Roberts.

The last game he was in charge of was Freelancer, a highly ambitious game for the time and he never finished it. His company, Digital Anvil, started to have financial woes due to the long development of Freelancer and was acquired by Microsoft. He left the company and then a couple years later Freelancer was released!

It was very different from what it was supposed to be, but it was still an awesome game, imo.

I think the same thing will happen to Star Citizen. The money will dry up and they’ll be forced to sell. The buyer will kick Chris out and then have the team make a finished product.

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What are the chances they never deliver what they promised?

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Pretty good chances.

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Yep, at this point, never actually releasing the game is part of the business model.

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prominently those in the QA department, as a part of its restructuring efforts.

That’s certainly one way to make sure you hit a deadline.

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They just find pesky bugs, that need to be fixed. No bugs, no need to fix stuff.

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