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I'm an OG kickstarter backer and I kinda stopped caring a long time ago so I'm not super up to date on this stuff but, last time I checked it was infinitely more profitable for them to stay in development forever than to eventually release the game, has that ever been addressed ?
Same I was an OG kickstarter and after seeing the glacial development of the arena prototype I checked out. Came back for the persistent universe, it was so buggy as to be unplayable, checked out again (and sold my "lifetime insurance" too, made several times what I spent on that).
I just don't see this going anywhere as long as Chris Roberts keeps focusing on dumb shit and not the core gameplay. It has become evident that Freelancer being as good as it is was a happy accident.
Freelancer was as good as it was because Microsoft bought the studio, and Roberts was out, they then spent a while cutting it down in scope and trying to fix it.
It's a miracle.
https://gameranx.com/updates/id/70033/article/the-chris-roberts-theory-of-everything/
Good article on it.
It took me two hours to read through that thing but it was well worth it. Fascinating article with some great insights into Chris Roberts, and seemingly as relevant now as it was in 2016.
I don't know if they've directly addressed this, as it seems like a terrible thing to even acknowledge, PR-wise even though it's true. Though that doesn't really affect my enjoyment of the game in it's current state.