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Star Citizen Crowdfunding Milestones Discussion

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  • WargfootWargfoot Member EpicPosts: 1,406
    Erillion said:
    Erillion said:
    Dattelis said:
    Any stretch goals for when they reach $1B in funding?
    Which might be soon.

     :) 612$Millions :) 

    and rising. 

    From almost 5 Million "Star Citizens". 


    Have fun
    I think Chris is just showing the ineterest that is accruing on his treasure pile.

    I am sure all the people working on the project work for free and it all goes to Chris private treasure pile as you suggest. Makes sense ... or not? Have fun
    He's just expressing some reservations about the "funds pledged" number.

    There is something weird going on there - like, it includes subs/interest/investments or other nonsense.  It stretches credulity to claim people are discovering the game for the first time and pledging funds.

    I think the number is padded - not that it matters.

  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    Erillion said:
    Erillion said:
    Dattelis said:
    Any stretch goals for when they reach $1B in funding?
    Which might be soon.

     :) 612$Millions :) 

    and rising. 

    From almost 5 Million "Star Citizens". 

    I think Chris is just showing the ineterest that is accruing on his treasure pile.

    I am sure all the people working on the project work for free and it all goes to Chris private treasure pile as you suggest. Makes sense ... or not? Have fun
    How I picture Chris



    And the rest of the staff


    Marketing Dept


    StarCitizen backers



    Normal Gamers (aka Haters)


    Cheers and welcome back




    WargfootScotmrputtsolepi

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  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,317
    edited October 2023
    Wargfoot said:
    Erillion said:
    Erillion said:
    Dattelis said:
    Any stretch goals for when they reach $1B in funding?
    Which might be soon.

     :) 612$Millions :) 

    and rising. 

    From almost 5 Million "Star Citizens". 


    Have fun
    I think Chris is just showing the ineterest that is accruing on his treasure pile.

    I am sure all the people working on the project work for free and it all goes to Chris private treasure pile as you suggest. Makes sense ... or not? Have fun
    He's just expressing some reservations about the "funds pledged" number.

    There is something weird going on there - like, it includes subs/interest/investments or other nonsense.  It stretches credulity to claim people are discovering the game for the first time and pledging funds.

    I think the number is padded - not that it matters.

    Padded in which position ?


    (there are older versions of the financial information too ... on the website and also (in UK) on government boards, as they got some government support when they opened their UK studio. You will find some of these numbers in older posts here.) 


    Have fun
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,317
    edited October 2023
    Kyleran said:
    Erillion said:
    Erillion said:
    Dattelis said:
    Any stretch goals for when they reach $1B in funding?
    Which might be soon.

     :) 612$Millions :) 

    and rising. 

    From almost 5 Million "Star Citizens". 

    I think Chris is just showing the ineterest that is accruing on his treasure pile.

    I am sure all the people working on the project work for free and it all goes to Chris private treasure pile as you suggest. Makes sense ... or not? Have fun
    How I picture Chris



    And the rest of the staff


    Marketing Dept


    StarCitizen backers



    Normal Gamers (aka Haters)


    Cheers and welcome back




    >>>>Normal Gamers (aka Haters) <<<< 

    Me seems you might view yourself as "normal". 
    Are you sure about that assumption ? ;-) 


    Have fun
  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,585
    edited October 2023
    Erillion said:
    Erillion said:
    Dattelis said:
    Any stretch goals for when they reach $1B in funding?
    Which might be soon.

     :) 612$Millions :) 

    and rising. 

    From almost 5 Million "Star Citizens". 


    Have fun
    I think Chris is just showing the ineterest that is accruing on his treasure pile.

    I am sure all the people working on the project work for free and it all goes to Chris private treasure pile as you suggest. Makes sense ... or not? Have fun
    It was sarcasm and not meant to be taken literally.  As in, he doesn't have an actual treasure pile either does he?


    Or... DOES HE?

    Hmmm

    Kyleran

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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    Erillion said:
    Erillion said:
    Dattelis said:
    Any stretch goals for when they reach $1B in funding?
    Which might be soon.

     :) 612$Millions :) 

    and rising. 

    From almost 5 Million "Star Citizens". 


    Have fun
    I think Chris is just showing the ineterest that is accruing on his treasure pile.

    I am sure all the people working on the project work for free and it all goes to Chris private treasure pile as you suggest. Makes sense ... or not? Have fun
    It was sarcasm and not meant to be taken literally.  As in, he doesn't have an actual treasure pile either does he?


    Or... DOES HE?

    Hmmm

    He did, but that moon base from which he will rule the world cost a pretty penny.
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,317
    edited October 2023
    Scot said:
    Erillion said:
    Erillion said:
    Dattelis said:
    Any stretch goals for when they reach $1B in funding?
    Which might be soon.

     :) 612$Millions :) 

    and rising. 

    From almost 5 Million "Star Citizens". 


    Have fun
    I think Chris is just showing the ineterest that is accruing on his treasure pile.

    I am sure all the people working on the project work for free and it all goes to Chris private treasure pile as you suggest. Makes sense ... or not? Have fun
    It was sarcasm and not meant to be taken literally.  As in, he doesn't have an actual treasure pile either does he?


    Or... DOES HE?

    Hmmm

    He did, but that moon base from which he will rule the world cost a pretty penny.
    Bigelow disagrees ;-)

    You could also have a space architect employed by NASA and ESA design your private moon base if you like 


    Some of the structures look a lot like the small bases you find on Star Citizen moons and planets. 


    Have fun
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,317
    edited October 2023
     >>It was sarcasm and not meant to be taken literally. >>>

    Who would have guessed ?  ;-)


    Have fun
  • BabuinixBabuinix Member EpicPosts: 4,442
    B)

    Erillion
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    Erillion said:
    Kyleran said:
    Erillion said:
    Erillion said:
    Dattelis said:
    Any stretch goals for when they reach $1B in funding?
    Which might be soon.

     :) 612$Millions :) 

    and rising. 

    From almost 5 Million "Star Citizens". 

    I think Chris is just showing the ineterest that is accruing on his treasure pile.

    I am sure all the people working on the project work for free and it all goes to Chris private treasure pile as you suggest. Makes sense ... or not? Have fun
    How I picture Chris





    >>>>Normal Gamers (aka Haters) <<<< 

    Me seems you might view yourself as "normal". 
    Are you sure about that assumption ? ;-) 


    Have fun
    Good point, I'm rarely accused of being very normal, especially since my friends and family know I'm rooting for a zombie apocalypse to happen.  ;)



    Err, SC make any announcements about adding in space zombies maybe?

    ?




    "True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde 

    "I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant

    Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm

    Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV

    Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™

    "This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon






  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    edited October 2023
    Kyleran said:
    Erillion said:
    Kyleran said:
    Erillion said:
    Erillion said:
    Dattelis said:
    Any stretch goals for when they reach $1B in funding?
    Which might be soon.

     :) 612$Millions :) 

    and rising. 

    From almost 5 Million "Star Citizens". 

    I think Chris is just showing the ineterest that is accruing on his treasure pile.

    I am sure all the people working on the project work for free and it all goes to Chris private treasure pile as you suggest. Makes sense ... or not? Have fun
    How I picture Chris





    >>>>Normal Gamers (aka Haters) <<<< 

    Me seems you might view yourself as "normal". 
    Are you sure about that assumption ? ;-) 


    Have fun
    Good point, I'm rarely accused of being very normal, especially since my friends and family know I'm rooting for a zombie apocalypse to happen.  ;)



    Err, SC make any announcements about adding in space zombies maybe?

    ?




    Don't get me started! People actually put down zombies as a genuine reason when surveys ae done of what could end the world, it rates up there with nuclear weapons and pandemics, they can't all be pulling the surveys leg. Bonkers. :)
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,317
    edited November 2023
    Babuinix said:
    B)


    * Blink *


    624 M$ now  (mid Nov 2023)


    Seems like some people got their X-Mas bonus ... and used it



    Have fun
  • WargfootWargfoot Member EpicPosts: 1,406
    edited November 2023
    Final Fantasy 14 has almost 50 million subscribers, which means they earn in 'donations' per month what SC has taken 10 years to raise.  

    Final Fantasy also has space ships.


  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,317
    Wargfoot said:
    Final Fantasy 14 has almost 50 million subscribers, which means they earn in 'donations' per month what SC has taken 10 years to raise.  

    Final Fantasy also has space ships.



    While FF14 is very successful, i would like to see some numbers backing up your claim.
    Matsuda-san seems to be less optimistic:

    ".... While that's nice to see, the publisher's video game division (or "digital entertainment," as it's known in the report) had its issues, admitted president Yosuke Matsuda. 
    "The High-Definition (HD) Games sub-segment struggled,..."



    Have fun

  • WargfootWargfoot Member EpicPosts: 1,406
    Erillion said:
    Wargfoot said:
    Final Fantasy 14 has almost 50 million subscribers, which means they earn in 'donations' per month what SC has taken 10 years to raise.  

    Final Fantasy also has space ships.



    While FF14 is very successful, i would like to see some numbers backing up your claim.
    Matsuda-san seems to be less optimistic:

    ".... While that's nice to see, the publisher's video game division (or "digital entertainment," as it's known in the report) had its issues, admitted president Yosuke Matsuda. 
    "The High-Definition (HD) Games sub-segment struggled,..."



    Have fun

    Yeah, we both have the same issue here - the numbers smell funny.
    Simply Google: "number of final fantasy 14 subscriptions"

    If SC is going to include subscriptions under "funds raised" then I'm going to include FFXIV subscription under "funds raised".   FFXIV is raising more money in two months than SC in 10 years.

    FFXIV also has spaceships, I don't think you can fly them, but hey...they share that problem.
  • WargfootWargfoot Member EpicPosts: 1,406
    Erillion,

    Also, I know the SC Fanbois have had it rough for many years.  No need to be defensive, after all, I bought a lifetime sub to Fractured Online.  It isn't like my track record is going to win me any internets.

    -Respectfully
    Wargfoot
    Champie
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,317
    edited November 2023
    Wargfoot said:
    Erillion said:
    Wargfoot said:
    Final Fantasy 14 has almost 50 million subscribers, which means they earn in 'donations' per month what SC has taken 10 years to raise.  

    Final Fantasy also has space ships.



    While FF14 is very successful, i would like to see some numbers backing up your claim.
    Matsuda-san seems to be less optimistic:

    ".... While that's nice to see, the publisher's video game division (or "digital entertainment," as it's known in the report) had its issues, admitted president Yosuke Matsuda. 
    "The High-Definition (HD) Games sub-segment struggled,..."



    Have fun

    Yeah, we both have the same issue here - the numbers smell funny.
    Simply Google: "number of final fantasy 14 subscriptions"

    If SC is going to include subscriptions under "funds raised" then I'm going to include FFXIV subscription under "funds raised".   FFXIV is raising more money in two months than SC in 10 years.

    FFXIV also has spaceships, I don't think you can fly them, but hey...they share that problem.
    If you scroll up in this thread you find a link to Star Citizen financials posted by me. I asked if you have something similar. 

    Number of subscriptions is one thing. The profit from these subscriptions is another. Matsuda-san seems to be less happy than you are. And he is the president of that company.

     I agree that FF14 is very successful. But maybe it makes less profit than you think. If you have the numbers to back up your claim, let see them. 


    Have fun
  • WargfootWargfoot Member EpicPosts: 1,406
    edited November 2023
    Erillion said:
    If you scroll up in this thread you find a link to Star Citizen financials posted by me. I asked if you have something similar. 

    Number of subscriptions is one thing. The profit from these subscriptions is another. Matsuda-san seems to be less happy than you are. And he is the president of that company.

     I agree that FF14 is very successful. But maybe it makes less profit than you think. If you have the numbers to back up your claim, let see them. 


    Have fun
    The confusion over what numbers mean is kind of my point.

    Using the link provided by you, I see that much of the income is sales and some of it is subscriptions.  That is something different than the 'funds raised' vernacular of a kick-starter.

    So is the $600 million 'funds raised' for a kick-starter or is a cumulative income statement? 

    The difference matters because a kick-starter that generates so much hype as to get 600 million in donations is altogether different than a cumulative income statement.  Of course as long as they have paying subs that number will go up - but I'm guessing those aren't donations for a vision but payment for services rendered.

    As a cumulative income statement, 600 million for 10 years isn't anything to brag about.
    Most games we'd readily recognize have pulled that in - some of them per year.

    IMHO, claiming 600 million 'raised' is ignorant, and at worst, deceptive.

    That doesn't make SC a bad game nor does it mean the game will be anything other than wonderful.  However, stupid thread needs to die.
  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,449
    SC fans are the same as Tesla fans with the gaslighting.

    "Panel gaps and lack of quality control and cheap materials are a feature, not a flaw" "Cyber trucks frunk is bigger than it looks"  "it's performance is gonna be great" "cold whether effects performance of ICE vehicles too" .... one big echo chamber.




    SWG Bloodfin vet
    Elder Jedi/Elder Bounty Hunter
     
  • WargfootWargfoot Member EpicPosts: 1,406
    Tiller said:
    SC fans are the same as Tesla fans with the gaslighting.

    "Panel gaps and lack of quality control and cheap materials are a feature, not a flaw" "Cyber trucks frunk is bigger than it looks"  "it's performance is gonna be great" "cold whether effects performance of ICE vehicles too" .... one big echo chamber.




    I'd believe your assessment, but SC fans told me you were unreliable.
  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,449
    Wargfoot said:
    Tiller said:
    SC fans are the same as Tesla fans with the gaslighting.

    "Panel gaps and lack of quality control and cheap materials are a feature, not a flaw" "Cyber trucks frunk is bigger than it looks"  "it's performance is gonna be great" "cold whether effects performance of ICE vehicles too" .... one big echo chamber.




    I'd believe your assessment, but SC fans told me you were unreliable.

    There was a time when I was really excited about this game, around the time the hanger module came out; but the slow buggy progress, gaslighting and constant crowd funding over the years killed it for me.

    SWG Bloodfin vet
    Elder Jedi/Elder Bounty Hunter
     
  • WargfootWargfoot Member EpicPosts: 1,406
    Tiller said:
    Wargfoot said:
    Tiller said:
    SC fans are the same as Tesla fans with the gaslighting.

    "Panel gaps and lack of quality control and cheap materials are a feature, not a flaw" "Cyber trucks frunk is bigger than it looks"  "it's performance is gonna be great" "cold whether effects performance of ICE vehicles too" .... one big echo chamber.




    I'd believe your assessment, but SC fans told me you were unreliable.

    There was a time when I was really excited about this game, around the time the hanger module came out; but the slow buggy progress, gaslighting and constant crowd funding over the years killed it for me.

    I'm sorry.
    Truly.

    Have you tried it recently?
    Some say (I wouldn't know) that it has made progress.
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  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,317
    edited November 2023
    Wargfoot said:
    Erillion said:
    If you scroll up in this thread you find a link to Star Citizen financials posted by me. I asked if you have something similar. 

    Number of subscriptions is one thing. The profit from these subscriptions is another. Matsuda-san seems to be less happy than you are. And he is the president of that company.

     I agree that FF14 is very successful. But maybe it makes less profit than you think. If you have the numbers to back up your claim, let see them. 


    Have fun
    The confusion over what numbers mean is kind of my point.

    Using the link provided by you, I see that much of the income is sales and some of it is subscriptions.  That is something different than the 'funds raised' vernacular of a kick-starter.

    So is the $600 million 'funds raised' for a kick-starter or is a cumulative income statement? 

    The difference matters because a kick-starter that generates so much hype as to get 600 million in donations is altogether different than a cumulative income statement.  Of course as long as they have paying subs that number will go up - but I'm guessing those aren't donations for a vision but payment for services rendered.

    As a cumulative income statement, 600 million for 10 years isn't anything to brag about.
    Most games we'd readily recognize have pulled that in - some of them per year.

    IMHO, claiming 600 million 'raised' is ignorant, and at worst, deceptive.

    That doesn't make SC a bad game nor does it mean the game will be anything other than wonderful.  However, stupid thread needs to die.
    The original Kickstarter amounts to less than 1/3 of a percent these days. Subscriptions is mostly for getting the Jump Point Magazine and a few (mostly cosmetic) goodies in game. The biggest income comes from sales. So i find it not confusing, but your mileage may vary. 

    As a cumulative income most developers would LOVE to get 600+ million $ over 10 years. There are only very few games (e.g. League of Legends, GTA etc.) that have incomes in the hundreds of millions yearly and billions overall. Compared to tenthousands of other games that tried and failed. 

    Funny that this "stupid thread" was recently mostly pushed up by YOUR posts, of which there are more than mine in the last week. 

    * hums "Isn't it ironic ... " * 


    Have fun
  • ErillionErillion Member EpicPosts: 10,317
    edited November 2023
    templarga said:
    This thread started 9 years ago this month. So many comments I COULD make but I will simply say, Happy 9th anniversary thread!
    Happy Anniversary ! 

    * goes back to playing Star Citizen Alpha * 


    Have fun
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