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Star Citizen's 'Everything Pack' Costs $48,000 (kotaku.com)
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[โ€“] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

When I was in sales, I was always told "you can't sell it unless you offer it". There exists people who blow $48,000 on stupid stuff daily. What's the harm in offering a product to that very small demographic? Maybe you get lucky and make a $48,000 sale doing literally nothing.

[โ€“] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

They're not selling a product, they're selling promises. The "product" is only worth something because it is supposed to materialize into in-game assets in the most ambitious, technologically advanced video game ever made.

Future will tell if those are empty promises. I personally believe that they are, and if the publisher knows for a fact that they are building vaporware, then it's called a scam (though it's essentially unprovable until the publisher "finishes" their game or goes out of business).

I know that salespeople aren't usually big on ethics, but I believe that what RSI is doing is both unethical and (probably) illegal. They've gotten half a billion from their lies though so what the fuck do I know.