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2 million Star Citizens
Erillion
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Having fun ;-)
1) Play
2) Like the game
3) Are still around
Do we even know how many are backers? Or are these just accounts created?
Seems pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things. It's like saying SWTOR has 1 Million concurrent peak players.
They certainly did on launch. Doesn't mean much for them now though.
When you have cake, it is not the cake that creates the most magnificent of experiences, but it is the emotions attached to it.
The cake is a lie.
Star Citizens are accounts created. That is also how CIG officially defines them.
The number of paying backers may be around 35 % of that (that number is based on a very rough estimate by a guy from Turbulent management some time ago. Turbulent is a partner of CIG, mostly for their online presence).
So that would be a guestimate of around 700.000 paying backers these days.
There are quite a few others that have created accounts during the "free fly" weekends. I assume there will be new free fly weekends in the future too. They will be a significant number of the rest of the 1.3 million "Star Citizens".
The point here is that Star Citizen has a huge group of followers. And that number is still growing.
Have fun
How many accounts have you created for games you may have tried or were interested in that didn't last you a month?
I'm not saying 2 million people aren't following it, but it's safe to say theres going to be a subset of those that created an account that couldn't care less. Not to mention how many people may have created duplicate accounts, or troll accounts for the forums.
I can create an account right now, it doesn't make me a follower. Just a guy that created an account.
If I were you, I would be ashamed to say that " I am playing an ALPHA version of a game for YEARS" .
About the 2 mil ..donors , if we make a quick math , it seems that they donated around 100$ each ( on average ) , which is A LOT , because that's average , which again, it seems that the small % of whales ( naive whales that is - which I say they are no more then 5% ) , have donated A LOT of money to this scam., which again, it is VERY sad.
People often tells me that "is their money, they do whatever they want with them" , while I say , fuck off. Supporting a scam has nothing to do with "doing whatever you want with your money" , because in the end , more and more scams ( ok..projects ) will appear ( see that Lord British with his game , while he sells his hair and blood to "support" the game after taking millions from donors ) .
This is sad news , and nothing to "HUZZAH" for a game which is in "Alpha for years" with around Two Hundred Millions of Dollars in their pockets.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
""is their money, they do whatever they want with them" , while I say , fuck off. Supporting a scam has nothing to do with "doing whatever you want with your money" , because in the end , more and more scams ( ok..projects ) will appear" - such a funny comment.
The total numbers are always the numbers they use to promote titles, this is why we see MMO's with perhaps 100K active users proclaiming 10 million players!
The active base of a community is always a fraction of its total, we all know this, SC has 2 million accounts to date, that's all there is to it really.
Sure, naive people will always exist , no matter what, but that doesn't mean I can't say my voice exactly how I feel about this .."thing".
Why I am angry when it comes down to things like this, is because several years ago , all we had were real companies working and shipping games with their own budget. Failing , meant the closer of the studio ( or something ) and losing their money ( especially ) . Now they don't give a fuck if the final product will actually be successful or not. They take your money , work for 5 years from your money and then .. whatever.
But is fine. I see the good things in Star Citizen. If they fail , and they will , all this shitty KS projects will disappear.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
Thanks for looking out for all us dumb folks though!
You are clearly not me - not by far ;-) - and i am not ashamed. Helping with play-testing to make a game the best it can be is nothing to be ashamed of. Supporting an interesting crowdfunding project is also nothing to be ashamed of.
"donors" ... you may want to read the thread first ;-) before looking like a fool. The definition of what is a "Star Citizen" has only been posted here half a dozen times or so.
You say "fuck off". I shrug and STILL do with my money whatever i want. :-D People screaming at lamp posts have never held much fascination for me.
Lord British - whom i met in person and who is a great guy - is about to launch his game in a few days .... the one you claim to be a scam. You may want to read the articles on the front page of this website for a reality check that may burst your bias bubble.
So ... you may not like Star Citizen ... but obviously many others do.
To them i shout a HUZZAH HUZZAH ... 'ere we go 'ere we go 'ere we go .. through the cosmos !
Have fun
PS:
@IceAge said >>
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"Whatever" we got were some of the coolest games in recent history, all from successful Kickstarter campaigns. Examples: the three Shadowrun games, Wasteland 2, Everspace, the upcoming (great !) Battletech game etc.
Those Kickstarter teams had experienced people in there, with a good mix of skills and experience.
Of course backers/people had to pick and choose what projects to support. Even use their brains from time to time.
If someone backs a Kickstarter team of eastern european no name programmers that no one has ever heard of, that put a trailer together featuring existing objects from an engine toolset and proclaim it as their own work ... THEN ... someone may not have made the smartest choice in backing them ... but HEY ... its his own money and he is free to spend it any time he likes !
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because several years ago , all we had were real companies working and shipping games with their own budget.
Since several years ago we get risk-averse yearly re-runs of the same-old-same old following the same formulas from these companies you mentioned, with ever more loot-boxes and insane DLC policies added to the mix. Ask EA and their stock market rating drop that cost them billions ... ask them how that worked out for them ?
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Ever wonder why you keep receiving spam emails ? Because they "work"
They work because greed beats brain in quite a number of people.
And stupidity is a resource that breeds at least at the same speed as people.
And its - literally - a renewable resource.
Accounts are irrespective of the amount of crowdfunding accomplished. Accounts, in essence are meaningless. I could create 1000 accounts this month, it wouldn't change their funding.
Your extra 1000 accounts may have enticed other, paying backers to contribute.
For sure the international gaming press looks at these numbers and have published articles about Star Citizen and its huge following for years now. And THEM HAVE increased the number of backers significantly with that publicity.
A hypothetical, but likely scenario IMHO.
Have fun
When you have cake, it is not the cake that creates the most magnificent of experiences, but it is the emotions attached to it.
The cake is a lie.
soon someone will direct me to that figure stated by the random journalist backed by no one, i feel it coming!
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In all honesty, that seems much more likely. When it comes to game revenue from cash shop games, statistics show that a small percentage, usually hovering between 1% - 15% of the entire gaming population finance more than 50% of the entire games revenue.
But since this game isn't a released title, purportedly they have less than half of free accounts mentioned as paying accounts. That also doesn't take into consideration how many people have purchased multiple accounts, which are probably a small subset of them.
They aren't indicative of anything actually. Without actual numbers, and actual knowledge on what these accounts actually are, they are meaningless.
One person could potentially account for 30K accounts. While we all might think that is highly unlikely, we don't have any facts on the situation. If those accounts are active, if they are being used, if they were placeholder accounts, or what, we don't know.
Note I'm not for or against star citizen, I'm just pointing out the irrelevancy of "accounts created". It's no more a milestone than saying 2 Million people crossed 5th avenue today. One person could have crossed 1000 times today as a crossing guard. Nobody knows.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/ea/charts
When you have cake, it is not the cake that creates the most magnificent of experiences, but it is the emotions attached to it.
The cake is a lie.