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Star Citizen Expose Paints a Fairly Bleak Picture: 'There's No Actual Focus on Getting the Game Done' (wccftech.com)

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[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

One of my ex coworkers has spent somewhere in the ballpark of 12k. He sells, flips and trades rare ships to sell back to people after the exclusivity of the ship has expired. He's made like 4k. I don't understand gaming anymore.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Lol if that game is ever finished, I bet there's going to be some people who paid way too much for a ship that turns out to completely suck but seemed ok on paper. Kinda like a PT cruiser, except it looked ok on paper.

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago

Lmfao the PT Cruiser! My Grandmother's new husband has one, and he put flame decals on it as one does....backwards.

Yes theres a shit ton to balance. Honestly no mans sky seems more appealing now adays. I might go fire that up on my xbone.

[-] ours@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

That's not gaming anymore than people buying toys, leaving them in their boxes as an "investment" are into playing with toys.

Meanwhile the rest of us are buying games, playing them, enjoying them, moving on to other games and so on.

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Yea that's where I'm at. I'm platform agnostic, and the only game I simp for is the original halo trilogy. Microtransactions are dirty. And making digitized items a financial value just to sell them is the same as what you said, like Funko pop collectors.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

to be fair this kind of expenditure and aftermarket exists in CCGs.

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Yes of course! But I'd imagine the average CSGO/2 player is really only in for $100 or so on side market deals. Not 1000s. The lowest ship is like $35 or something.