• Rottcodd@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Do people just not know who and what Chris Roberts is?

    This is what he’s done throughout his career - the only thing that’s notable about Star Citizen really is the scale of it and thus the opportunities he has to find ever more things to obsessively tinker with.

    It’s entirely possible that if Microsoft hadn’t bought out Digital Anvil and given him the boot, this wouldn’t even be Star Citizen - it would be Freelancer, coming into its 25th year of delays.

    • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      19 hours ago

      Chris Roberts is still rich, and could probably retire right now without worrying about anything. He could tank the company, and he wouldn’t care.

      • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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        15 hours ago

        When has any really rich person ever gone “you know what? I actually have enough now…”?

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          Wozniak is probably the most famous example. He recognized the corrupting nature of money, decided he had enough, and stopped to live in comfort and occasionally work towards causes he finds important

          Lots of people have done the same… But if they’re rich and still chasing after money? They’ll never stop

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            4 hours ago

            I guess Notch as well. Sold Minecraft for an obscene amount of money and got into indefensible right wing views instead.

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        14 hours ago

        the wing commander series was famous for inflated development costs, freelancer was repeatedly delayed and eventually released like five years after it’s announcement, and since then… he’s been working on star citizen