How do video games with long development periods remain up to date with current tech?

Question

This is an extreme example but take Star Citizen for example. This game has been in development for over 10 years. How do they take what they’ve already accomplished and keep it up to date? Especially things like graphics.

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Answer 1

Here is the thing they don’t most of the time. They would spend to much time updating things and trying to keep everything working