A player wants to know when Star Citizen will finally celebrate its release. He is faced with a lot of frustration and anger. Many feel in a similar situation: they do not know how the gigantic project is progressing, which has soon raised a billion US dollars from players.
Star Citizen is highly controversial among players: some consider the space game to be brilliant, others see it as the biggest scam in gaming history. The fact is that Star Citizen has now raised many millions of US dollars for development. However, the situation is frustrating for many players:
- The single-player mode Squadron 42 has been constantly delayed, and may come in 2026 if it is not delayed again.
- After 13 years of development, Star Citizen is still in alpha status and has raised over 900 million euros. Soon, the billion mark could be broken.
- At the same time, the developers repeatedly make themselves unpopular, by selling spaceships in parts and demanding large sums in real money.
A player who considers himself one of the first backers has now returned to Star Citizen and wanted to ask on Reddit whether there is “a realistic roadmap for a version 1.0 after all these years.” Moreover, he is unsure whether the big download will finally be worth it after all these years. However, the response from the community disappoints him.
Still no release of version 1.0 in sight
This is the current problem: Many players have invested money in Star Citizen, but have stopped following the project. About 10 years have passed since the first crowdfunding phase. And the mentioned user is not the only person in this difficult situation who does not know what to make of it.
One user writes on Reddit that he finds himself in the same situation: he stopped following the emails from Star Citizen years ago because other games simply seemed more worthwhile:
I’m in the same boat. I stopped reading the constant update emails years ago when I slowly realized that I could just as well inform myself about games that have actually been released and are playable.
What is the response like? For many players and the user, quite disappointing: For neither a release of version 1.0 is in sight nor is there a real roadmap. Already in mid-2024, the team stated, the release should be tangible and also announced that there would be a new roadmap. Now it is 2026 and nothing is seen of a 1.0 release.
This confusing situation also means that many players no longer believe in a release or a roadmap. Nasty tongues even claim that Star Citizen is mainly interested in players continuing to spend money on the gigantic project. And as long as players are willing to spend money, that will not change:
The roadmap is: “Continue to release updates instead of new content as long as people give us their money”.
Once that stops, they will move on to phase 2 of the roadmap: “Declare the project dead – too ambitious”.
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