Citizencon Direct

[Sky Captain]

Citizencon is being repackaged as livestreaming only...

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[BUTUZ]

Still be 250 quid tho probably

 

[Aramsolari]

Still be 250 quid tho probably

Well they did say it’ll be free on Twitch/Youtube not to say they won’t sell CitizenCon exclusive stuff for 250 quid!

Anyway good move on their part. They need to focus 100% on pushing SQ42 and the PU out.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

We're gonna have to have a Watch Party aren't we?

 

[Cyril]

Let's just all show up at Montoya's place for a watch party.

 

[Devil Dog Hog]

Let's just all show up at Montoya's place for a watch party.

Sounds good, whats the address. Ill bring "A" keg.

 

[Thalstan]

I am hoping that their stated reason is the real reason behind the move...or maybe they don't think they would get people into the US (but they could have done Montreal)

My FEAR is that they are going to have a delay in SQ42, or like last year, people were be expecting more of a "we are planning on releasing SQ42 on DD/MM/2025" (come on, another 2 year meme from CR who has never forecasted a date properly??!?!?!?!)...
In other words, they are afraid that it will end up being a "don't you have phones" moment....after all, they had so many bad moments from last year anyway (no, the Galaxy won't be a base builder, we never promised that"...oh wait, we were wrong, we did promise that...It will be, but...later" to yet another "we plan on focusing on the quality and stability of the game....like they have for the past 7 years....or the near revolt that happened when they shrunk the 100 systems down to 5...

People were pissed at citizencon last year. I think they want less....exposure....in a live setting

 

[Lorddarthvik]

This "oh we gotta concentrate on work" smells like corpo speak for "no one here really want's to deal with this by now".

I think they shouldn't do it. Like, at all. It's pointless. Still takes away time from work and it won't have the "I was there when..." factor as all content will be pre-recorded. It'll just be like any weekly youtube vid they put out.

Instead it should be a live announcement by CR telling us to buy tickets for the SQ42 release event for x/y/2026 , a nice new fancy ad for the game, and that's it.

 

[Devil Dog Hog]

It smells more like "We spent HOW MUCH on it last year? That life sized F7 cost whhaaaaaaaaaat . . . .?!?!" followed by "Well how much did we actually make?!" That coupled with the recent lay offs and shuttering of the LA studio and America about to enter a bear market (not to mention the headache of work visas right now), I see why a live citizen con this year is was canceled. Especially since they demonstrated they could do one digital during covid. Honestly, if it saves the backers money and helps them double down on production and development, I'm all for it.