Star Citizen Raised $35 Million In 2017

@hansyolo: When we have evidence that Chris Roberts lives in a mansion, with multiple cars, goes on vacations and is living a rich mans life style while having no work but Star Citizen....

You have to ask yourself where the money is really going.

@infiniin: i smell someone who doesn't know jack shit about the game

@infiniin: Honestly, I'll bet the folks who are responsible for most of that $35 million are the ones playing the current alpha builds and already super sold on Star Citizen. When CI finally launches something for general consumption, I doubt the people into it for a bunch of money are going to be upset by it (and they'll probably have been playing it for a couple years at that point). Most everybody else wont have kicked in anything to get ripped off.

@totallytc: I know I pitched in $30, now my account is probably worth $200 just from the free stuff they gave to kickstarter backers since the game launched. When you log in you'll have lots of perks people have to pay for now.

@totallytc: That's how they're building together they're making separate modules then once they're all complete putting them together to make the game.

@Pyrosa: Oh Star Citizen is never going to be "complete" until the game dies. Just like ARC or PUBG. CI will keep iterating and iterating, and eventually they'll call one of their iterations the "release version", but then they'll just keep on patching, and adding, and redesigning. My guess is, that by the time Star Citizen actually has its "release", the majority of people who actually care about Star Citizen will have been playing the early access for a while and reviews will be totally meaningless.

@nurnberg: They key word here is *alpha* build. You should already know that, since you follow the game so closely and all.

@nurnberg: The real tragedy here is that whoever had the displeasure of reading your dumb ass, ignorant, blatantly incorrect comment had to lose a few thousand brain cells as a result.

@nurnberg: Utter nonsense. But if you actually had been following "the development of Scam[sic] Citizen closely" you'd know that. The main reason the game plays choppy/laggy is because it is running on netcode (required for bug testing), which is also why it runs exactly the same on a GTX 1060 as it does on a GTX 1080Ti - the netcode simply won't allow a higher framerate. There are hacks you can do to disable the netcode and it then runs just fine.

@nurnberg: The effort you put into trolling and lying about Star Citizen while remaining willfully ignorant about the game's development is utterly pathetic. You are an ignoramus and compulsive liar!

For those who are actually interested in Star Citizen and Squadron 42's ongoing development, here are some great videos to check out:

Squadron 42 Gameplay Vertical Slice featuring Mark Hamill (published by Gamespot)

Squadron 42 Behind the Scenes - Mark Hamill Interview

Star Citizen Alpha 3.0 Trailer

Star Citizen Alpha 3.0 - Quick Start Guide!

Star Citizen Alpha 3.0 Gameplay- Scale of Delamar & Travel to GrimHex

Star Citizen Alpha 3.0 Gameplay - Dogfight money is good money

Star Citizen - What’s Coming in 2018?

This is just the tip of the iceberg for informative Star Citizen content. There are a dozen streamers dedicated to Star Citizen alone who have published hundreds of videos of Alpha gameplay, as well as their summaries and commentaries on the official content published by Cloud Imperium Games.

All of this information is out there, and it's obvious that the haters and trolls haven't seen any of it -- or they LIE and pretend that they haven't because it doesn't support their false narrative against the Star Citizen.

@nurnberg: are you saying a game in alpha has bugs? holy crap I never would of guessed...

@playstationzone: I read this three times and still have no clue what you are trying to say.

@Metalnoid: you act like its a finished game. They literally just released the 3.0 build with all mechanics and technology of their own design that requires a lot of optimization and bug fixes. Do you not understand that games, especially ones of this caliber, ambition, and innovation takes time to make? do you think companies put their money in a game machine and out pops a video game?

@Metalnoid: AFAIK the game is still running on netcode (required for bug testing), which makes it run pretty much the same (i.e. relatively choppy) regardless if you're using a GTX 1060 or GTX 1080Ti. It's easy to test - just set the game to lowest visual settings and see if you really do get a tangible increase in framerate. My guess is that you won't because the netcode can only parse the game so fast. Needless to say, the final release won't be running on netcode.

@Metalnoid: Star Citizen costs $45 for the full game, which includes a starter ship. The game is currently in Alpha, which is why backers can only play the Alpha. If you can only run Star Citizen at 20 fps then you have a PoS PC. Star Citizen isn't a console game. It won't run on a $500 shitbox. Star Citizen was pitched from inception as an uncompromising PC game that will take advantage of the most powerful gaming tech. My 3-year-old gaming PC has an i7 4790k OC'd to 4.6 GHz and a GTX 780 Ti, and it averages 40 fps at 1080p Very High settings.

You're wasting your money on shitty consoles and crappy PCs designed to do nothing but check email and surf Facebook. Get a real gaming computer and stop blaming Star Citizen. You're the one who is broke.

@Metalnoid: if you use a potato perhaps. This alpha better than most games combined and works at 60 fps for me on my 1080.