Back to collectionThe Unlock Ends Quietly; Riftstorm Names a Destination
Background: The linear unlock of investors' allocations had weighed on Xai for two and a half years, its potential selling pressure calculated again and again in analysis posts. Today: The linear unlock of investors' allocations finished, ending an arrangement long regarded as the largest source of potential selling pressure. Impact and next steps: Unlike the days spent calculating the next unlock, there were no further tranches of this two and a half year schedule to await.
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Background: The linear unlock of investors' allocations had weighed on Xai for two and a half years, its potential selling pressure calculated again and again in analysis posts. After June's break below the trading range, the narrator expected this milestone to prompt at least some discussion. Players, meanwhile, were still waiting for clearer news about Riftstorm.
Today: The linear unlock of investors' allocations finished, ending an arrangement long regarded as the largest source of potential selling pressure. There was no announcement and no market reaction; the market barely noticed the day. Riftstorm also announced that it would come to Steam Early Access, but gave no date. The narrator wrote the two events side by side: 'The heaviest stone fell, and there was no splash.'
Impact and next steps: Unlike the days spent calculating the next unlock, there were no further tranches of this two and a half year schedule to await. Its end did not itself restore attention or confidence. Riftstorm had named a destination, but players still lacked a date around which to plan their wait. The narrator would track the game's schedule and the project's response to early supporters as separate questions.