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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 30 2018, @11:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the nearly-all? dept.

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.

Previously: Star Citizen Reaches $100 Million in Crowdfunding, Alpha 2.0 Released
Star Citizen Developers Sued by Crytek


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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday May 30 2018, @04:31PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Wednesday May 30 2018, @04:31PM (#686334) Journal

    Grepolis seems to have done the same thing: create for the people spending big money and losing in the long run.

    https://en.grepolis.com/ [grepolis.com]

    feed to the big spenders and lose the players.
    Oh well, if you have the money, go for it but you better also learn: if not, you'll be spending big money just keeping from losing.

    It was a great game: one of the best i've played. Then just got lost in money. Spend or you can't do this. Spend or you can't do that.

    Too bad.

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