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[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (16 children)

It’s because its grift. They’re cashing in on it through donations. If it releases, that stops.

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Not a grift.

A grift implies that someone is making bank off of it.

No, Chris Roberts is instead burning money by having devs do work, then redo work to add in some last minute shit that he thought of, then repeat until the feature creep completely overtakes their lives. It's the Chris Roberts way.

Work is being done on the game, but remember that treading water is also a lot of work.

[–] Rottcodd@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Chris Roberts

This is and always has been the biggest issue.

Hell - if Microsoft hadn't given him the boot when they bought out Digital Anvil, it's entirely possible that he'd still be working on Freelancer.

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