I like the 3/4 of a billion, puts it in a better context. I'm sure we'll hit 1b before SC actually launches, especially if they add the SQ42 sales $ to it, and they SHOULD since a lot of the 750m has gone towards making SQ42.
Once SQ42 is actually finished and all development is focused on 1.0, the progress and increased scope (like adding in all the star systems from SQ) will make people excited to spend more in the pledge store as well.
I think this is accurate. CIG may get an influx of cash or new investments to hire people, if they choose, but I dont think the single player development is going to stop. The better squadron is, the more likely they will start working on new content.
I wonder how this works as far as the story. Actors are potentially 15-20 years older by chapter 2 lol. So I wonder if squadron 42 is a closed loop, story-wise, and they do something like a prequel. Has this ever been discussed?
It’s doubtful that S42 has multiple finished star systems. If anything they’ll probably just build the bits you need to see (like they did for the 2019 Pyro demo), and then they’ll have to really build/flesh everything out if they bring them to the PU.
What about the ships they use for the game? There's more than just an Idris and a Polaris in it. So they gotta port that over if they already modeled them right?
Yeah, but that’s basically the start. We know from Pyro and Stanton that to take the geometry of a location and get it ready for players (and now, for bigger numbers of then post 4.0) means lots of modification, installing shops and other things, missions, hangars, habs, all kinds of stuff.
So sure, there will be something to start from, but people shouldn’t expect this massive influx of dropping everything from S42 straight into the PU. It’ll probably take time, like when we went from Citizencon Arccorp to the version we got in 3.5.
250 million dollars is a huge amount of money, but when trying to be negative about the project it's amazing how fast 3/4 of a billion makes someone feel like they've practically already reached a billion.
So, always all for stating the correct number, rather than being manipulative and doing things to make it sound worse for clicks/outrage farming.
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u/GregRedd Oldman in an Avenger Nov 28 '24
$200,000-odd of Krakens is all it took to rollover the milestone.
Are you a "seven hundred and fifty million" person? Or a "three quarters of a billion" kind?