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		gdulli on Sept 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Star Citizen has officially reached half a billion... If they have an audience already willing to give them money, why wouldn't they keep that going indefinitely? What changes if they release a game? The reviews will inevitably not live up to inflated expectations. And the other change would be that they'd have to start giving a relatively predatory cut to Steam. Compared to their payment processor or crowdfunding platform fees now.

klipt on Sept 22, 2022 [–]

Yeah, reminds me of the Silicon Valley quote about how revenue is never enough and it's better to be a "pre-revenue" pure play.

Star Citizen is a "pre-product" pure play.

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