Derek Smart · @dsmart
16th Jan 2017 from TwitLonger
SQ42 on console. Blackmailing your backers 101
As soon as news broke about the Lumberyard engine switch, I knew this was going to happen. Which is pretty much why I mentioned it as one of the bullet points my Irreconcilable Differences blog.
http://www.dereksmart.com/2016/12/star-citizen-irreconcilable-differences/
It just makes sense from a financial perspective.
The most hilarious thing is that they won't dare try to put Star Citizen on consoles, like Frontier did with Elite Dangerous because it's an un-optimized mess. Plus backer whales will completely revolt. Remember the "I am a PC game" spiel from 2012? Or how Chris Roberts proclaimed that he was "Going to save PC gaming"? No? Here it is again:
https://youtu.be/w7FUx6JHuMk
But with SQ42, given his recent statements (which you can read below) in the media about using it to fund SC if funding stopped, I think he is basically blackmailing backers now. See, if backers stop putting money into the SC furnace, then Chris will have to use SQ42 to fund it. Just like he said. Hence a console version seeing as most of the people who would have bought SQ42, have already PRE-PAID for it. So the growth path, especially for a space game with a completely disastrous and tarnished rep, is severely limited.
It's a fucking genius plan if you ask me.
http://dereksmart.com/forums/topic/star-citizen-musings/#post-5198