{"id":1290,"date":"2013-11-24T16:56:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T23:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2013-11-24T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T23:56:06","slug":"state-of-the-empire-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=1290","title":{"rendered":"State of the Empire #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the inaugural edition of what will be a weekly post summarizing the week in Star Citizen events, and news. \u00c2\u00a0I’m calling it ‘State of the Empire’ after the United Earth Empire (The Human government in game). \u00c2\u00a0I’m going to try and have this up every Sunday, so you can start the new week off right! \u00c2\u00a0This will let me capture newsworthy items I might have missed during the week, and where possible, I’ll include anything that I know is coming up in the next week, so you’ve got a good head’s up on it (like the live stream coming up on Tuesday).<\/p>\n

It’s been a busy week in Star Citizen this week.. \u00c2\u00a0it started off with Chris Roberts taking to the forums to clarify CIG’s position on porting Star Citizen over to consoles (a dev version PS4 was seen on someone’s desk in last week’s Wingman’s Hangar, leading to the forums erupting in drama). \u00c2\u00a0His full post can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s the highlights:<\/p>\n

As far as consoles go Star Citizen will never be on the PS3 or Xbox 360. As for the next gen consoles, PS4 and Xbox One, we have NO CURRENT PLANS, but my stance remains open and is consistent with the many interviews I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve given –<\/p>\n

IF the platform holders (Sony & Microsoft) allow us to update the code and data without restrictions and odious time consuming QC procedures, IF they allow our community to openly interact with each other across platforms then I would CONSIDER supporting them.<\/p>\n

And even then it would only be contemplated as a port from the PC, not the other way around plus we would require a financial commitment by Sony to make it happen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, never fear PC Gamers… Star Citizen is ours. \u00c2\u00a0Since Sony, and Microsoft have both, in the past, refused to allow console players to be on the same servers as PC players (see Defiance, for example)… I doubt they’ll change that stance for Star Citizen. \u00c2\u00a0Which means SC will be a PC exclusive for a very, very long time…and you can take that $400 you were going to use to buy a next-gen system, and go buy a new high end video card instead!<\/p>\n

The Anniversary\/End of LTI sale also started this week…and it’s been like opening the floodgates on crowd funding. \u00c2\u00a0Over 3 million dollars has been raised this week alone! \u00c2\u00a0This is a last chance to grab some of the limited availability ships, complete with LTI (regardless of your backer status).. so, hopefully you’ve picked up anything you’ve been waiting for. \u00c2\u00a0Full details of the sale are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n