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[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Do people just not know who and what Chris Roberts is?

This is what he's done throughout his career - the only thing that's notable about Star Citizen really is the scale of it and thus the opportunities he has to find ever more things to obsessively tinker with.

It's entirely possible that if Microsoft hadn't bought out Digital Anvil and given him the boot, this wouldn't even be Star Citizen - it would be Freelancer, coming into its 25th year of delays.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Chris Roberts is still rich, and could probably retire right now without worrying about anything. He could tank the company, and he wouldn't care.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When has any really rich person ever gone "you know what? I actually have enough now..."?

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago

That's the majority of them, but ragebait articles aren't written about them, so you have no idea who they are.

Don't be so easily manipulated by media.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't, what else has he procrastinated on?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

the wing commander series was famous for inflated development costs, freelancer was repeatedly delayed and eventually released like five years after it's announcement, and since then... he's been working on star citizen

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Keep in mind Freelancer was released after Microsoft acquired Roberts' company, kicked him out of a leadership role, and drastically slashed the scope.

Star Citizen is what happens when there is nobody above Roberts to say no, and now after years plenty of people under him with an interest in keeping the development churning.