I can see that happening after nine years.

But every time something did slip, people noticed, and some weren’t best pleased.

So CIG are, uh, calling out their fans.

A spaceman’s face in a Squadron 42 screenshot.

But there still remains a very loud contingent of Roadmap watchers who see projections as promises.

Anyone watching a game’s development should be aware that it’s hard and unpredictable.

However, CIG should know better too.

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They’re raised $434 million largely from dreams of what the game might become.

Yet tomorrow never comes.

people who might buy spaceships but are put off by complaints that it’s taking forever.

Which, uh, yeah, newcomers should be wary of that.

Quite a few spacemen like Star Citizen as is, and good for them!

The answer, as always, is to say less.

I don’t envy them.

That’s probably my hot take: I don’t envy Cloud Imperium Games.

They can’t just go quiet until it’s actually done.

And it’s a situation entirely of their own making.

Yeah, I don’t envy them.