Star Citizen shows gameplay on a big stage, but in the middle the demo crashes and the audience applauds

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The dreaded demonstration effect really hit home with the MMO Star Citizen. In the middle of the presentation at CitizenCon 2024 in Manchester, the incredibly expensive game crashed on October 19, 2024. The audience applauds, the internet has a party.

What’s up with Star Citizen? The annual CitizenCon takes place in Manchester on October 19th and 20th, 2024. A worrying insider report was published in the run-up to the trade fair.

There is a 9-hour video on YouTube that shows the entire broadcast from day 1 (via YouTube).

But the clip, which only lasts 38 seconds, causes excitement.

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Audience applauds as the space battle freezes

What can be seen in the clip? We see an impressive space battle in the clip. The game apparently crashes and freezes.

A loud “Ooh” can be heard from the audience as the sound seems to repeat itself.

When a small Windows box appears on the large screen, the audience begins to applaud.

“Only a few million dollars missing”

These are the comments: The comments on reddit are very nasty in places, especially given the game’s now huge budget. Star Citizen has currently raised $729,680,204 through crowdfunding. Over the weekend, Star Citizen’s crash during the demo is the biggest topic on the general gaming Reddit:

  • “I’m sure they just need a few million dollars and everything will be perfect.”
  • “Yes, maybe 4 or 5 more Hollywood stars”
  • “I backed the game with $30 in 2012 – God in heaven, when can I finally play a real game?”
  • “It still takes 2 years until the release, a crash in the demo is not a big deal. The real problem is that even in 2 years it will still take 2 years for the game to arrive.”
  • “Shit, looks like I have to donate another $50,000 to them so they can iron out the problems. There’s nothing else that can be done.”
  • “The real problem is that CIG forced its employees to work 19 days straight for the demo. A demo that didn’t need to be created and is just there to keep the hype going for the next sale.”

    • We’ll give you a summary of the most important news about Star Citizen from CitizenCon 2024 on MeinMMO in this article: Single-player game for Star Citizen has all the features, shows great gameplay, and won’t be released for a long time

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