Originally Posted by
KyrtF
What they are doing is delaying legitimate refunds and putting up barriers with no legitimate justification. Telling people they are not entitled to a refund is NOT checking they are involved in some sort òf scam. It's at best a ploy to delay them and at worst intended to put up so many barriers that the person simply gives up.
Am I expecting an "imminent" collapse? No. But unless CIG are lying about their financial state in their reports, or have managed to hide an income stream, they are spending a lot more money than they are raising.
That inevitably does lead to financial collapse. Maybe not imminently, but within the next few years. That CIG still have huge marketing, hosting and publication costs to pay from their dwindling reserve should send up warning flares, never mind that every assurance CIG can finish the game has come from a man who has consistently and massively underestimated the time, money and manpower needed to meet his companies milestones, a man who has lied to the backers, a man who is recklessly driving up costs and adding needless delays
Income is down by a third.
Interest is shrinking
The ship sales could have been more successful
3.0 still isn't out....and it's a year late with about a tenth of the promised content.
Costs have risen
And more and more people seem to be seeking refunds
The GC17 demo was a shambles and the CC17 demo showed stuff that CR admitted wasn't going to be in game.
What makes you think SC isn't "broken" already?
Yes. Very much so. Very few people proclaim on the Internet that they got a refund for anything. Why do you think Star Citizen is any different?
For every person you see posting "I got a refund!!" there's going to be a hundred who got one without shouting about it. The backer numbers and amount raised figures aren't adjusted for refunds.
Why? I'm not wishing for CIGs collapse. But I'm also not a rabid fanboi or paid shill.
CIG and SC has many obvious problems. The likelihood that they are eating through their reserve and quickly running out of money is only one of them.
CIG could collapse tomorrow...but odds are they'll last long enough to deliver some sort of game.
I just don't think it'll be the game you think it'll be.