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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (16 children)

this is just a long winded way of saying it's a scam. if you ask for money promising something and you have no plan of delivering, it's a scam.

they have to keep developing and redeveloping because they have a bunch of idiots with more money than sense pumping money to them. if they actually finish the game and release it chances are revenue will come crashing down. selling a promise is much better than selling a finished product because people like to wishcast and throw money at their own hopes and imagination. anything missing they fill in the blanks. surely the game will deliver eventually.

It's a scam.

[–] jeeva@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (15 children)

Where does he say "have no plan of delivering", out of interest? I've re read it a few times and can't find that.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (14 children)

what's the plan? when is it coming out? no one has to say it; there's no plan.

[–] Sightline@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It is out, get on youtube and watch someone play.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

it's out? I can finally buy the finished product? awesome! I couldn't find it on steam though. surely it must have come out on steam, such a big release.

maybe I'm typing "star citizen" wrong. could you link me to the store page? thank you for informing me, I'm so ready to take back everything I said once I start playing.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

considering the amount of people already playing SC, I wouldn't expect it to be on steam, but that's also not what they said, is it?

must be the world's worst scam if they are actually spending money to make something.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i don't care about people alpha testing unfinished games. I've been talking about release. they said "it's out". where is it. what's the plan. when was it finished. why is it not out. stop trying to feed me bullshit, you're confusing me with someone who lives on hype alone. if I were I'd be playing the star citizen half-game myself.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean you don't live on hype, neither do i, but you do live on hate, as someone else here already pointed out, in fact you seem to engaged by hating this game, and anyone who likes it, it seems unhealthy. idk, maybe do some introspection if the yearly star citizen clickbait makes you rage to this degree and consider not using the web for a while, and seeing the rest of your comments across the site only backs up this assessment.

you have called for people to be jailed due to not making the games you want, ffs

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

hate? what's with you guys weirdly anthropomorphizing a game that's only maybe halfway done in a decade? you got too invested, too attached maybe, that someone calling it a scam seems "hateful" however that works? rage? lol wtf have you seen anyone rage before, mate? calling something a scam is not personal, it's not even an attack. and it's definitely something I live on. I have called people to be jailed for swindling.

how much money has this game extracted from dummies over the past decade? how much money's worth is "playable"? I was gonna say "out" since that was the original claim but obviously the answer is zero. the games not out. but I'll settle for playable since apparently you guys have already given up hope on an actual release and have settled on playing half baked demos bit by bit.

pointing out that you're being scammed is not hate. it's a wake up call. I understand though, an alarm clock seems hateful to me too when I'm enjoying my dream too much.

you should see me talk about the cybertruck.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you called Ubisoft to be jailed because they dissolved your favorite game studios, also your entire basis in calling it a scam is it not being done in a time span to your liking, what else is this but a poor excuse for you to dogpile some hate on something other?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

sorry i didnt realize you were rummaging through my comment history to find something to attack because you cant come up with a good argument in the relevant conversation so i thought you meant i was talking about this scam.

I don't know what depths of your ass you pulled that the team of the latest prince of persia is my "favorite game studio". I think you should be jailed for playing with people's livelihoods despite their success merely for more profit, yes.

a time span to my liking? how about any time span? tell me when it's coming out mate. where's the plan? you don't know why I'm calling it a scam, you don't know what I criticized about it... why is it so hard for you to follow a conversation?

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say running through, I did see it while looking at other stuff tho

and yes, a time span to your liking, because you clearly don't actually care about any of the work they are doing, so by your definition anything you see that's not already done the first time you see it is a scam that should get someone tossed in jail

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

the first time I see it?

you think this is the first motherfucking gameplay video that I've seen from this motherfucking game in ten motherfucking years?

no one said anything about a time span to my liking.

either read the conversation you're trying to contribute to or just stop talking about irrelevant shit.

I'm asking for the plan.

#where's the plan, lebowski? where's the fucking plan?

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