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The space simulation game Star Citizen has found a new way to extract money from the crowd:
Crowdfunded space simulation game Star Citizen has launched its $27,000 (£20,000) Legatus Pack, which includes nearly all its spacecraft plus extras.
Only players who have already spent $1,000 in the game can access the pack.
Cloud Imperium, the creators of Star Citizen, has received more than $200m in crowdfunding since launching a Kickstarter campaign for it in 2012.
According to its website it has more than two million players, although the game itself is still in development.
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Star Citizen Begins Selling a $27,000 DLC Pack
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by richtopia on Wednesday May 30 2018, @01:56PM (1 child)
I had a customer who was super excited for Star Citizen (worked with him two years ago). He had already spent around a thousand dollars on digital assets, but for him it was worth it. He was a senior engineer and played all the Wing Commanders previously, so while the money is expensive he could afford it.
Star Citizen still has the base packs to get you playing the game. If they want to sell assets for real money and people are willing to pay, good for them. Granted I have not played the beta that I have access to, so I don't have visibility if these purchases equate to "pay to win".
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 30 2018, @03:21PM
I'm glad that there are projects in the world that can find this kind of backing. Cynical me says that most of the "sales" reported are going to be like "primer" dollars in restaurant musicians' tip jars, but, whatever - if that's all it takes to get you to pay $27K for something is thinking that lots of other people have already paid too... you get what you deserve.
As for "pay to win" games - yeah, that's something I generally don't enjoy at any level. I liked playing Hearthstone for free because it didn't feel too rigged, the free cards were good enough to have a decent win percentage, most of the time.
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