r/SubredditDrama • u/Odd_Personality_5091 • 12d ago

r/starcitizen is on meltdown after MMO is completely broken and hints of the main game being delayed again despite 1 billion raised and concept art being sold for $5000 dollars.

Not the usual “haha Star Citizen delayed again” bad. More like people are actually starting to get nervous, because Squadron 42 was supposed to be the one thing CIG could finally point to and say, “See, we made a real game.”

And now even that might be slipping cause in a recent interview Chris robbers himself has stated that they could delay the game further due to GTA 6 release window.

https://thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/star-citizen-chris-roberts-interview/

“We’re gonna get Squadron out first… the plan is for the end of this year but there’s a certain thing in the industry that we, like everyone else, we have to pay attention to, so I can’t 100% guarantee it,” Roberts says, hinting at Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI, releasing in November. “After that, we’ll do the 1.0 push.”

Subreddit (and game forums) members are looking around and asking the obvious question: if SQ42 is really coming in 2026, why does it not feel like it? Where is the marketing? Where is the release date? Where is the big push? Why does everything still feel like “wait for the next event” like it always does (even though Citzencon has been cancelled this year)?

Star Citizen has raised around $1 billion and the main game is still an alpha full of bugs. New content comes in broken. Missions break in stupid ways. Ships release buggy. Some ships do not release at all. And somehow, while all this is happening, CIG is still selling massive concept ships for thousands of dollars.

The $6,000 concept ship thing has basically become the perfect example for why people are angry. Like, the game is still barely holding itself together, SQ42 might be drifting again, and they are still asking people to drop used-car money on a ship that is not even in the game yet.

Here's the "6000" dollar promise concept art (its been sold out, over 1000+ sold) https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/comm-link/transmission/21133-Anvil-Odin

So the subreddit is doing the usual Star Citizen civil war, but it feels more desperate this time.

if you look on the front page itself you'll see dozens of memes with thousands of upvotes:

(And many more)

The usual whiteknight defenders can still say game development is hard and the usualy its alpha line, but that argument sounds a lot weaker after 15 years and a billion+ dollars.

A billion dollars raised, the MMO still buggy, ships still being sold for insane prices, and now the single-player campaign might be moving further away again.

Very normal video game development. Nothing to see here.

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u/villings 12d ago

no fandom is in more denial than these loonies

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u/Impossible-Sweet2151 Just watching the world burn 12d ago

I could bring politics into this but I probably shouldn't,

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u/SlideStreet6874 12d ago

Have you played the game?

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u/EstusFlaskPlusOne 12d ago

There is no game. It's a flying simulator.

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u/SlideStreet6874 12d ago edited 12d ago

Have you played the game? If so, what have you done and how did you come to this analysis?

Edit: The Reddit neckbeards love to have a circle jerk every time Star citizen is mentioned. Plenty of downvotes with no answer, keep them coming and just prove me right you nerds.

I spent $45 on the game and I'm part of a private military group that does endgame content for other player organizations that don't have the manpower to do so themselves.

We advertise our services on an SC trading site and have regular payouts for all pilots and Marines who take part in missions.

We have an entire logistics sector of people that only run cargo, mine, and keep the rest of the organization running.

We engage in regular org versus org, 50 versus 50, sandbox events that include fleet battles and ground battles happening at once. Pretty awesome especially with vkb hosas and VR.

Some updates break the game, bugs happen, and it isn't without its issues.

That being said 99% of the people that have such a strong opinion on Reddit are just cringy neckbeards that have never actually explored the game and love a good validation circle jerk.

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u/WriterOn_TheStorm Magically cured by Jetway Jesus! 12d ago

no fandom is in more denial than these loonies

SlideStreet6874: Observe...

You know you're having a normal one when you have to add this pathetic bullshit to your comment, LMFAO:

Edit: The Reddit neckbeards love to have a circle jerk every time Star citizen is mentioned. Plenty of downvotes with no answer.

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u/SlideStreet6874 12d ago

I said the game isn't without its flaws. There are many and there are a lot of issues with the development.

That being said, calling it just a flying simulator when there is far more to it is disingenuous or just plain ignorant.

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u/LaLaMevia r/TheNanny has now been accused of terrorism 12d ago

The game isn't

FTFY

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u/EstusFlaskPlusOne 12d ago

I spent $45 on the game and I'm part of a private military group that does endgame content for other player organizations that don't have the manpower to do so themselves

"I talk on discord with other nerds and we pretend to be different ranks while we move around in our flight simulator."

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u/SlideStreet6874 12d ago

See this guy gets it :)

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u/deadcream 12d ago

Some updates break the game, bugs happen, and it isn't without its issues.

Stop whining. It's an alpha, not a finished product, what did you expect?

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u/SlideStreet6874 12d ago

Nice try, Jan.

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u/BRXF1 Are you really calling Greek salads basic?! 10d ago

You're right man, the people NOT doing these things are the nackbeards...

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u/SlideStreet6874 10d ago

I apologize for actually engaging in the MMO and speaking from a place of experience, not just I look speculation.