It’s not optimization if you just never upgraded the hardware you started production on

"Focus on optimization" = normal people can not get close to affording shit beyond their existing 10 year old hardware.

I looked it up and I backed this thing in October of 2012. I've played 0 minutes of this game. Talk about return on investment.

A list of things that will happen before this game actually comes out:

• Trump Dies
• Putin apologizes and withdraws from Ukraine
• Netanyahoo declares a Palestinian state
• my ex wife stops being a bitch
• My current wife converts to Christianity.

Chris Roberts' upcoming single player magnum opus, Squadron 42, now has a Steam page, the company's focus on optimization will allow the game to run on early 2010s era CPUs

Yeah, I believe this Chris Roberts guy, he seems to be very trustworthy.

Minimum 8gb vram is not 2010 level...

i should fucking hope so, those were state of the art when they started development.

Considering the persistance and severity of bugs in Star Citizen I would expect this one to be delayed about 5 more years. There is no way they get this out the door in a working condition any time soon.

Considering how bad his financial management is i doubt he has money left to finish his "magnum opus".

Game will probably cost 100$ for base edition and 500$ for day one dlc and 50000$ for ultimate edition and in game store of course.

I'm not believing it's coming until it's out. It's been too long and Roberts gaslights people every few years to keep the money flowing.

I really don't think this is ever going to release.

It would be incredible if they're able to pull that off.

I hate the trend of just pushing more and more graphics through up-scaling technologies. My electricity bill isn't too happy either.

Yeah, you'll find a person who runs Bulldozer with a 8GB GPU. /s

Q2 2027? So they're finally admitting it won't be this year. Or 2016. Probably not next year either.

We already have angels fall first Fuck Roberts

I believe it when I see it.

Holy shit finally. I was one of those idiots who pledged $40 way, way back when Star Citizen was first announced, solely because I wanted Squadron 42. I've maybe logged into Star Citizen twice.

Will be extremely surprised if there's a playable game next year but I'm into it.

I think it will start and "run" but won't be playable...

For background I've been a backer of Star Citizen since 2018, and am currently Concierge level.

Since CIG did the gameplay Livestream (the one where Ollie made his debut with the company), I'm not holding my breath with SQ42. I know, 2 different games, but if that was the best case scenario showcasing Star Citizen, then how does SQ42 look?

Here's hoping it turns out to be an amazing game and a true spiritual successor to the Wing Commander series though!