Elite: Dangerous (Elite Kickstarter) David Braben/Frontier

[fishbowlhead]

Make a ps4 version and I'll get the console just to play it.

[VR46]

eastyy there was an article last week saying "sales" so far were at around 75,000 - though that did include the kickstarter backers too. Think it was on Eurogamer. Was a decent read on how as well as the kickstarter they had sunk ?8M of their own cash in too.

Must have been on Eurogamer as a console version was asked about too.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.pcgamer.com/uk/2014/09/19/elite-dangerous-beta-2-goes-live-at-the-end-of-the-month-original-elite-is-free-right-now/

On 30th September the developers will be releasing Beta 2

[VR46]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-09-19-elite-dangerous-beta-2-launches-this-month

More info and the mention of free original Elite game.
Seen a few posts on forums that this new game is amazing with everything cranked to the max on the 980 video cards that come out this week.

[Sam The Man]

Seriously looking forward to this.

[Neon Ignition]

Dammit, I'm so weak. Just ponied up for the game and beta access lol

[Brad]

I was in on day one so I could register a cool name. Not forked out for the beta though so I'll be waiting til release.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-29-elite-dangerous-beta-3-goes-live

Beta 3 is live which adds 2000 star systems visual effects and more

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-07-elite-dangerous-release-date-announced

The official release date for the final version is now set for 16 December 2014

[eastyy]

[MartyG]

Drops offline mode, people get annoyed.

I might still take a look down the road but I'm not sure I want to buy in to a game that doesn't have to be online only when there is so much other choice about. Offline wasn't just a small option in the menus somewhere.

[charlesr]

Isn't that what was always planned? FAQ from 2012 says: the game code will not include DRM (Digital Rights Management), but there will be server authentication when you connect for multiplayer and/or updates and to synchronise with the server.

[MartyG]

From the Kickstarter FAQ on "How will single player work? Will I need to connect to a server to play?":

The above is the intended single player experience. However it will be possible to have a single player game without connecting to the galaxy server. You won't get the features of the evolving galaxy (although we will investigate minimising those differences) and you probably won't be able to sync between server and non-server (again we'll investigate).

[Brad]

Whole thing has left a sour taste tbh. Beta people getting cheap insurance for life etc. Smells like ea and ubi

[VR46]

Stinks really, many people (like me) would have spent 75%+ of the time in offline mode I'm sure.
That thread Marty has linked to, is up to 485 pages!