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SC makes PC Gamers worst micro transactions list
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the look on there face when its all made illegal .....PRICE LESS
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They kicked him off eBay for trying to auction his blood so he sold it on his own website, 10 vials of blood, 5 were his and 5 belonged to his producer.
I understand that the games need funding too be made but both the games moved into the realm of pure comedy.
I don't think it will be illegal, at least if they put it right. Getting bonuses for funding an upcomming game is not the same thing as selling random lootboxes, there is no gambling involved.
That said, rewarding too good stuff for funding a game is dangerous if they want to have more customers then just the ones funding it (then again, they are making the game for those people).
I think if some legal action will be taken against cashshop items or lootboxes a lot will depend on the wording. Offering a super pay2win ship as a reward for people that pledge a certain amount of cash is almost impossible to forbid but selling loose items is far easier.
What do people want with the hair BTW? Clone their own Lord British?
The argumentation of "selling stuff before it even exists" for SC (in the funding kickstart nature of it) yet give a free pass to season passes? hmmm
Maybe perhaps, CR will start selling his blood, then we can talk.
Loot boxes based on RNG are what was being investigated and potentially made illegal in Belgium.
That's because RNG loot boxes where real money is involved is gambling which is a strictly regulated industry and illegal without the proper permission.
In Star Citizen you get exactly what you pay for so, it's your own dumb fault if you paid $1000 for some digital ship that the rest of us will obtain, by playing in game, with relative ease in all likelihood.
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End of the day this project that might someday be a game ISNT that popular despite all the numbers of 'citizens' you want to cite. The money they have made is basically 99% micro transaction. Although I think they could call some of them macro since the prices are so ridiculous. So they could more than likely rename the list itself the 'Star Citizen award for most aggregious micro transaction pay to win concept ever thought of'.
As for the guy saying you get what you pay for...ummmm no you dont I dont think half the Jpegs they have sold have been pixelated into ships in the game yet. So its a gamble just hoping they someday get around to it.
I am sure someone has the list but I would like to know the 'oldest' jpeg they have sold that hasnt yet been made. Is it 2 years? 3 years? One of the first ones?
Either way Star Citizen epitomizes predatory selling.
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Of course, there's a lot of open ended things up in the air for ships too (exactly how good will they be and perform are unanswerable questions when the game's still mostly just concept for example). Land just has way more than that, especially with how complex and in-depth Star Citizen is making its housing and land system compared to other games (or at the least, how much in-depth they PLAN to make it, which is now legally binding since they stated it as fact instead of as something they HOPE to have in the sales page).
...so yea, "Dubious" (which means "uncertain", "suspect", "questionable", and "doubtful", for those who don't know) is definitely a good term for it.
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News flash: most ambitious crowdfunding game ever has optional pre-sales of future content available to all backers instead of locking it behind future paid updates.
Someone call the Fed's. Quick.
It's that bad now huh?
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In the end EVERYTHING is for sale. Its the most ambitious telethon thats for sure. Whether it turns into anything actually playable remains to be seen.
I dunno how they can manage tbh lol
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They didn't include this but there was an uproar when Mass Effect locked having a Prothean in a DLC if you wanted to have him as a crew member, it didn't go over well.
They take a game, build it, then cut it up and sell the pieces for additional profit.
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