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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by opdahl on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:20PM (#30196353)
Star Citizen is actually the perfect game for me. What I’ve noticed over the years is that I almost enjoy the wait for a game more than when its released and I get to sit down and play it. I love reading up news about games, seeing announcement of new features and developer blogs. With Star Citizen never properly releasing I get to watch youtube videos of people dissecting new systems etc and looking forward to the new tech coming in a few years.

The moment Star Citizen releases I know for a fact I will lose all interest, so keep up the current pace CIG!

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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by rafale on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:35PM (#30196591)
You are gonna be Senior Citizen by the time you play it.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by kjeetgill on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:16PM (#30198986)
I've never heard anyone articulate exactly how I felt about Planetary Annihilation and Overgrowth: the only two games I bothered to pay for prerelease / dev news. In general, I think I've grown to enjoy reading about interesting projects more than playing games anymore, so it's almost like getting to go spend time at an interactive art exhibit after fawning over their work.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by Barrin92 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:35PM (#30199244)
Is Star Citizen the first truly modern religion? This is basically the business model of a cult whose members gather every year for the end of the world, but when it never comes they just get more excited for the next one

It's like the Mormons in the Expanse with all the Star Citizen players going on a generation ship

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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by isaiahg on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:11AM (#30207702)
It's about as close to a religion as the opposition is.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by gigaflop on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:41PM (#30196693)
It sounds like the kind of game I'd like to watch other people play, with how big and expensive everything seems. Why would I want to spend $1k and wait to be bad at the game, when I can instead watch someone else who spent $10k and does cool things?
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by bduerst on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:49PM (#30196813)
Removing the public road map is antithetical to what you seem to love so much about Star Citizen though.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by t1c1 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:54PM (#30196888)
Backed this in 2013 on Kickstarter, I try to play it once every few years but never get past installing the latest update and figuring what my login is.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by brailsafe on Thursday February 03, 2022 @02:09PM (#30197169)
People have been doing this for the last 18 years with World of Warcraft since it's release.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by sneeds on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:47PM (#30196792)
The future of gaming right here!
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by The_SamminAter on Friday February 04, 2022 @09:48PM (#30216603)
Well then you’re gonna love (waiting for) GTA VI
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by everyone on Thursday February 03, 2022 @02:02PM (#30197047)
Sound like you simply dislike computer games.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by tonguez on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:44PM (#30196745)
That's like saying you enjoy buying lottery tickets because you like to fantasize about what you're going to do with all the money once you get it.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by dandelany on Thursday February 03, 2022 @02:16PM (#30197278)
How else would you explain why people play the lottery? It's well-known that the expected value of any given ticket is negative (except in rare cases), unless you place some entertainment/fantasy value on playing.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by mbg721 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @03:26PM (#30198302)
The expected value of insurance is also negative (it has to be, or else insurance companies wouldn't be able to pay their expenses), but people buy it for the same reason: the rare payoff is life-altering, while the much more common cost doesn't make much difference in comparison.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by staticman2 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @02:34PM (#30197579)
Why would you think lottery players are using your "expected value" model to decide whether to buy tickets?

If I believe "I'm lucky" the expected value is positive.

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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by Operyl on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:48PM (#30196794)
I mean, this is why I chuck 5 bucks in every once in a while. I know, realistically, I am not going to win, but the fantasy is a fun activity. The human brain is weird.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by abletonlive on Thursday February 03, 2022 @02:14PM (#30197253)
That's much more rational than buying lottery tickets because you are in desperate need of money.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by barbecue_sauce on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:46PM (#30196768)
That seems accurate.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by suifbwish on Thursday February 03, 2022 @05:19PM (#30199830)
It’s true. If I won the (big) lotto I would no longer enjoy buying lottery tickets.
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Re:Star Citizen will limit its roadmap, as players are getti... by tarboreus on Thursday February 03, 2022 @02:36PM (#30197602)
Isn't that the point of playing the lotto?
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