Squadron 42 - Star Citizen Trailer - Chris Roberts space flight sim, Wing Commander, Freelancer etc $7m+ total raised

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zarx said:

SvennoJ said:

Good interview, I hope he can pull it all off. Together with Oculus Rift support and that finger tracking device he's talking about, this could be amazing.

Please, pull it off.
Ok Zarx, I can't resist any longer I backed it now.

I do share his concerns about Windows 8 though, what it might do to gaming. Yes pc gaming is really healthy now, but with Win8 and new consoles coming the focus might be away from pc again in 2 years.

I have a feeling that this project will end up a bit like Freelancer.In terms of being incredibly ambitious but probably going too fall short of everything that is being promised, but still end up being a good game. The diference this time is that the business model supports the continued support and expansion of the game so even if it does fall short there is still a chance that it will one day live up to it's ambition even if it takes a few years after it's "release" to do so. 

He really is promising the galaxy, so even falling a bit short the game will be pretty impressive. 

 

As for Windows 8 there is a lot to be concerened about with having the "metro" (or whatever they are calling it now) UI apps being locked down to their store. And with them already pushing exclusive apps and games to that store it could cause a schizem in the windows space. I fear MS are shooting themselves in the foot with Win 8, their focus is clearly on touch and trying to get an iOS style cut of all app sales. But for now the classic desctop and open maket is still very much there on Win 8. 

Yep, MS can try that closed marketplace thing on phones, because they already work through subscriptions that include closed marketplaces anyway, with the sole exception of Android offering an open market and the option for marketplace plurality, but open SW and HW markets are essential features of PC and one of the main things still keeping it alive, together with the legacy HW and SW base, that would be almost completely destroyed too by a closed marketplace, as only the newest devices, programs and versions and a very small minority of the older ones would be certified. This could persuade the majority of Windows 7, Vista and XP users to avoid the upgrade to Win 8 like the plague. And all these things could seriously damage the market of Windows on PC, leaving it vulnerable to disruption or simply marginalization.