Star Citizen often makes headlines whenever it reaches a new eyewatering donations milestone. Last month, the total surpassed $800 million, and a further $18 million has been raised since then.,
However, that doesn't mean that developer Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) isn't looking for more ways to raise this figure. As spotted by PC Gamer, the studio recently upset its community by rolling out paid upgrades for player ships, only making them available to obtain with real money.
Flight Blades will improve the performance of your ship, and as per the original announcement, wouldn't have been purchasable with the in-game currency. They would have cost anywhere from $9.60 to $42, and made unlockable without real-world money further down the line.
Since this would give anyone who paid an advantage, many understandably labelled it as pay-to-win. The backlash was so severe that Flight Blades have now been delayed, and when they go live, you will be able to use the in-game currency to buy them too.
However, CIG's response hasn't exactly pleased fans either. Here, the devs used the excuse of having to work on 11 patches for 2025, and fans just don't think that this justifies...
