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Star Citizen Introducing a $48,000 Ship Bundle, but Only for Players Who Have Already Spent $10,000 (www.ign.com)
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Never play Star Citizen, even if it somehow becomes playable. Got it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

The game costs $45, for the record. For an MMO. With no subscription fees.

WOW costs $155 per year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

1.2k ... for some bits and bytes.

I know professional software licenses that are cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

No MMO is free. The question is just how you're paying.

Servers cost money no matter what.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

If it's $45, how are people spending $10,000 on it?