ASUS reports a 30% drop in sales of their "Republic of Gamers" gaming laptops.
According to a company spokesperson, the drop in sales is due to "Star Citizen killing gaming."
In a XTwitter response Chris Roberts said "Not sure what they are talking about. I bought one of their laptops for all the staff, we do something like that every month or the piles of cash in my second Mansion get too high."
I know what this is...but how yall like that 4.0 evo coming today? Real SC fan are getting hyped for next weekend
Originally posted by laokoko "if you want to be a game designer, you should sell your house and fund your game. Since if you won't even fund your own game, no one will".
They've been sucking up, and wasting all teh funds for games! (1)(2)(3)
NOTES: 1: Hey Babs, how ya been? 2: It is the Tuesday Troll. I'm bored, please provide your best troll. 3: Don't worry about me, once the mods read this, I can create a new account later. The first person to take this thread seriously, looses!
I don't understand how such a low effort, trolly post has had so much legs. And I'm anti Chris Roberts.
We are really, really bored around here these days.
That's the first time I see a cat use the royal we. With single 'e'.
Listening to the regrets of these 'donors' you can come to the conclusion that this is destructive in so many ways.
Dumb decisions are the responsibility of those that make them. If $25K isn't a trivial amount in comparison to your overall wealth you shouldn't be spending that much on a crowdfunded game that may never be.
I cant imagine how it goes when someone tells their spouse they cant pay rent that month because they spent 25k on a video game.....
Squadron 404! Coming Soon to a theatre near you! 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024.
And that's just the single player game based on a noted single player engine. One that's deeply deprecated now.
Server Meshing! Coming soon to a theatre near.... etc.
It's going to change how we view stuff in theaters! There's nothing like it!
You can get in on the ground, er, floor now for only $4,000! This amazing deal gets you one week of early play time once the work is finished and released.
I'm waiting for the lawsuit. Although with the piles of cash Chris and co will probably win the case.
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I cant imagine how it goes when someone tells their spouse they cant pay rent that month because they spent 25k on a video game.....
My wife as angry at first, but then she left me.
Met a guy who dropped $8K in a month on a mobile game and his wife did leave him. I think it was on her credit card.
(He has some other issues of course)
I've a friend whose husband bought a 30K motorcycle, said he won it in a radio contest, but then the bill came due. He eventually joined a motorcycle gang and rode off to never return.
And that's just the single player game based on a noted single player engine. One that's deeply deprecated now.
I could go back and find your old predictions for release, and repurpose that picture.
Must admit that my prediction of a 2020 release of SQ42, back in 2015 or so, turned out to be wildly optimistic.
Good luck finding them (cue laughing meme)
Yeah, I know you didn't but the Rabbit and Max did and they won't even show their faces around these parts anymore.
Besides, from what is going around in this recent Inside Gaming story it appears Roberts himself is destroying Star Citizen. (No surprise to anyone who has followed his career)
"Both current and former staff say that one of the fundamental issues at CIG is the creative process, which will see the head honcho of CIG, Chris Roberts, make game-defining changes daily that can cause weeks of issues.
Roberts is relatively well-known in and out of the Star Citizen community for being a perfectionist at the best times. Still, developers feel that his constant changes in vision and scope have become one of the most significant burdens to Star Citizen, Squadron 42, and CIG as a development studio.
Staff say that this isn’t just on the prominent game features either, but down to the minutest of details. They said that decisions that should take a matter of seconds creatively can sometimes take hours, or even days, due to his micromanagement. “I’ve genuinely been sat in meetings that got derailed for 30 minutes so that the placement of objects that players are likely never to interact with could be discussed in detail,” said one former employee, “there’s just no actual focus on getting the game done,” they continued.
Sometimes the most basic features can be reviewed by him [Roberts] half a dozen times, for it then to be scrapped or changed on the 7th review,” said another employee. The constant changes in scope are made worse by inappropriate deadlines, many of the employees said, which will see months’ worth of work expected in weeks or even days, which still ultimately runs the risk of being scrapped."
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According to a company spokesperson, the drop in sales is due to "Star Citizen killing gaming."
Originally posted by laokoko
"if you want to be a game designer, you should sell your house and fund your game. Since if you won't even fund your own game, no one will".
Kidding… mostly!
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I cant imagine how it goes when someone tells their spouse they cant pay rent that month because they spent 25k on a video game.....
You can get in on the ground, er, floor now for only $4,000! This amazing deal gets you one week of early play time once the work is finished and released.
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If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
(He has some other issues of course)
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So, it isn't just gaming, I suppose.
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
Besides, from what is going around in this recent Inside Gaming story it appears Roberts himself is destroying Star Citizen. (No surprise to anyone who has followed his career)
"Both current and former staff say that one of the fundamental issues at CIG is the creative process, which will see the head honcho of CIG, Chris Roberts, make game-defining changes daily that can cause weeks of issues.
Roberts is relatively well-known in and out of the Star Citizen community for being a perfectionist at the best times. Still, developers feel that his constant changes in vision and scope have become one of the most significant burdens to Star Citizen, Squadron 42, and CIG as a development studio.
Staff say that this isn’t just on the prominent game features either, but down to the minutest of details. They said that decisions that should take a matter of seconds creatively can sometimes take hours, or even days, due to his micromanagement. “I’ve genuinely been sat in meetings that got derailed for 30 minutes so that the placement of objects that players are likely never to interact with could be discussed in detail,” said one former employee, “there’s just no actual focus on getting the game done,” they continued.
Sometimes the most basic features can be reviewed by him [Roberts] half a dozen times, for it then to be scrapped or changed on the 7th review,” said another employee. The constant changes in scope are made worse by inappropriate deadlines, many of the employees said, which will see months’ worth of work expected in weeks or even days, which still ultimately runs the risk of being scrapped."
https://insider-gaming.com/star-citizens-development/"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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"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