The double standard around AAA game development is wild. Especially when it comes to Squadron 42 and Star Citizen Why is it "let them cook" when Rockstar spends 12+ years and over $1.5B behind closed doors, but "it's a scam" when Cloud Imperium Games builds two massive games, one in wide open development? Let's look at the starting lines for both companies. 1. Rockstar: 25+ years of infrastructure, thousands of veteran developers, dedicated mocap stages, and that development team with their own proprietary RAGE engine with years upon years of prior experience 2. CIG in 2012: Zero employees, zero studios, and an off-the-shelf CryEngine branch that was never built for space. 3. Rockstar tried the multi-project model at peak AAA fidelity and literally couldn't do it. To ship RDR2 and GTA VI, they: • Shelved Bully 2 • Canceled Agent • Scrapped all GTA V single-player DLC • Consolidated ALL global studios to focus on ONE game at a time. Meanwhile, @CloudImperium took the insane (probably irresponsible at the time) route, simultaneously building the Persistent Universe (Star Citizen/MMO) AND a 40–60 hour cinematic single-player campaign (Squadron 42). All while engineering brand-new tech from scratch: 64-bit coordinate positioning, nested physics grids, and Server Meshing. Now let's look at the cost & timeline comparison: • GTA VI: 12+ years of R&D, estimated $1B–$2B total budget. • Star Citizen + SQ42: ~13 years, ~. $1 billion + crowdfunded across BOTH titles combined. One gets praised for perfectionism. The other gets called vaporware. Let's call the difference.. "The Black Box vs. Open Dev" figured it was a good analogy... Rockstar hides their scrapped code, engine rewrites, and pipeline crises, internal strife behind professional death sentence NDAs until a polished trailer drops. CIG lets players play the alpha live (all bugs included) . So You experience every bug and server crash in real time as the tech gets solved and. Continues To Grow and change . CIG Is Now a studio with 1,000+ developers, custom server architecture, and a live universe played by hundreds of thousands every week that isn't a "scam." Rockstar proves scale takes massive time and money. CIG just refused to hide the mess behind PR silence. Has the project been perfect?. Hell no.. But this doesn't change the principle of the comparison. That's the price of crowd funding I guess. #StarCitizen #Squadron42

David "Bone" Gill, directeur des technologies d'interface utilisateur de #StarCitizen, est décédé ce week-end. 😢 Rest in Peace Bone, et toutes nos condoléances à ses proches.

Nos amis de @CrewSader_Orion organisent prochainement DEUX #BarCitizen : l'un à Mons 🇧🇪 et l'autre à Paris 🇫🇷 ! 🍻 BAR CITIZEN MONS 📍 The Monkey's Café (Rue de la Chaussée 32, 7000 Mons, Belgique) 🗓️ Samedi 28 mars 2026 - 17h ✨ Seront présents : @AdopteUneAdu, @Elostiragne, @ThecreeperEB & @verveine_live 🔗 crewsader.fr/fr/event/bar-ci… 🍻 BAR CITIZEN PARIS 📍 @espotparis (150 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France) 🗓️ Samedi 9 mai 2026 - 17h ✨ Seront présents : @NicouLenny, un développeur de @RobertsSpaceInd, le @1erCorpsCo et sa machine à quiz, @AdopteUneAdu, @commander_fran & @yannock_ 🔗 crewsader.fr/fr/event/bar-ci… ⚠️ Important : l'inscription (gratuite) est OBLIGATOIRE pour participer à ces événements ! Pour vous inscrire, cliquez sur les liens ci-dessus : le bouton "S’inscrire" se trouve à droite des pages. 🏠🚗 Besoin d’un covoiturage ou d’un logement ? Rendez-vous sur le Discord de @CrewSader_Orion : discord.gg/M7RCY6fPYv #StarCitizen #SCFR #Jeuxvideo @barcitizensc @DiscordSCF

Giveaway time! We are giving away 5 Steam keys for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Beta, which will start on April 22! Follow us, like, repost, and comment to participate! We will announce the winners on April 21. Please keep your DMs open, so we can reach you if you win!

🍻 Pour notre premier #BarCitizen de 2026, nous aurons le plaisir de vous retrouver à nouveau au bar La Triche juste au sud de Bordeaux le 31 janvier prochain ! 👉 Plus d'infos sur pulsar42.sc/events/bar-citiz… 🖼️ Image de l'affiche par @Mr_Hasgaha #StarCitizen #SCFR #Pulsar42 #IRL @RobertsSpaceInd @barcitizensc @NicouLenny @DiscordSCF

Littéralement le truc le plus satisfaisant que j'ai vu sur le jeu :O merci @RobertsSpaceInd pour ça #StarCitizen

Lightning strikes again, now at 1:100 scale! Check out the insane detail on the officially licensed PLANET-RING’s F8C Lightning. Available as a kit or pre-built model. Which would you choose? Additional Details: planet-ring.com/starcitizen/…

✨ Save the Date: November 20 ✨ Join us for the largest ship show in the 'verse as the Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2955 returns to Orison. 🚀 Star Citizen Free-to-Play through Dec 3 🚀 Try over 150+ vehicles for free via rental kiosks 🚀 Discover new manufacturer releases More Details: play.sc/iae2955