This is worse than The Sims 3. This must be Zuckerberg just intentionally shovelling money out of Facebook and to his friends.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Yeah, sure, but they still charged up front for vague promises and many of those ships, features stripped, still take years after sale to show up. It's a grift, and it's an extraordinary one.

    • yellowparenti5 [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      the target market is like 35-60 year olds that played space games in DOS. a lot work tech jobs and dropping 2k on space jpegs isnt a big deal for them.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It's still a grift and there's nothing stopping vulnerable people from being victimized by the grift.

        "If you don't like it don't buy it" is a catch-all dismissal of loot boxes, season passes, pre-order pressure, and other sleazy tactics as well. Just because one specific group is supposedly unaffected by spending thousands on internet spaceship jpegs doesn't mean it's a good thing and doesn't prevent others from being pulled in and losing money they can't afford to lose.

        https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen_refunds/comments/c86e16/the_addictive_cost_of_predatory_videogame/

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNjI03CGkb4