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Star Citizen has a disastrously laggy stream with horrendous vibes, which isn't a great look when you're past $1 billion in funding (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

That's a fair point. We'll see. Do they even have a viable post-release business model?

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[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

My guess is that if they get there (a very big if) then they will just copy a microtransactions model that every online game has.

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