Star Citizen Introducing a $48,000 Ship Bundle, but Only for Players Who Have Already Spent $10,000::Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games is releasing a ship bundle for its controversial space simulator that costs an eye-watering $48,000.

    • Laticauda@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      Apparently it costs up to 48k to get certain ships, so that means absolutely fucking nothing.

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        10 months ago

        It costs 48k for every ship in the game. The most expensive single ship that I’ve seen was about 1.2k.

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          10 months ago

          1.2k … for some bits and bytes.

          I know professional software licenses that are cheaper.

          • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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            10 months ago

            Dude that’s like a month of any Autodesk software! :O

            And yes it’s utterly ridiculous, and I just wanted to take a shot at Autodesk because screw them lol.

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      10 months ago

      I don’t like WoW, but that’s at least an actual game. SC is still nothing but a glorified tech demo. And I say that as one of the earliest backers.

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        10 months ago

        Yes, it is nothing but a glorified tech demo right now. You’re absolutely correct.

        That $45 price (or whatever you choose to spend on the game) is a pre-order.

        If you don’t like owning incomplete products, don’t buy incomplete products. This seems pretty simple.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      That’s a incorrect comparison. You’re treating WoW and Star Citizen to be similar games. When WoW for more than a decade has been in its own premium bucket.

      The average MMO today is free. Then the small percentages of MMOs that require the core game purchased.