Star Citizen Becomes Two Games Next Month [Jan 30, 2016, 1:32 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Part of the
Roberts Space Industries Roundup we mentioned
last night includes word that as of
February 14th, Squadron 42 and Star Citizen will become two
separate packages (thanks Cutter). At that time Squadron 42 will become a
standalone game or an optional add on for Star Citizen, a plan that's apparently
old news to backers of the space combat game(s). Here's word:
At the December livestream, we announced that Squadron 42 and Star Citizen will be split into two separate packages in the near future. To update on this: the split will occur on February 14th. Squadron 42 will be available as either a stand alone game or an optional addon for Star Citizen rather than be included by default. If you want to lock in both games for the lowest possible price, consider pledging before this deadline. You can learn more about Squadron 42, our thrilling single-player adventure, here.
Yosemite Sam wrote on Jan 30, 2016, 23:26:
Seriously though seems like a cheesy manuver to try and get anyone left on the fence... If any such people exsist.
It's purely for practical and marketing reasons.
Squadron 42 is supposed to finally be finished this year (doubtful but it might just make it) but the PU is not going to be in any shape for a commercial release for years to come.
So they are now splitting off Squadron 42 to be able to have a huge marketing-driven commercial release with all the Hollywood names on it and so on.
I can guarantee right now that S42 will sell millions just based on marketing the Hollywood talent, flashy trailers (CIG are the best in business at creating marketing media) and pretty OMGGRAFFIX.
With the MMO/PU they can then proceed to continue selling early access and stuff like that as soon as all the fresh meat has been baited via S42. "From the makers of Squadron 42" and all that blahblah.
From a marketing and franchise perspective this split is a very smart move by CIG. I would not even totally rule out that they might now go to consoles with S42 and then pretend like they only ever said that SC (the PU) will be PC-exclusive but not the single player game. They are well known for stunts like that by now where they go back on their previous word and then pull some semantics bullshit out of their asses.
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