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

You develop the game so the core gameplay mechanics are separate from the graphic rendering part. Then the graphics part can be improved without you modifying the core mechanism.