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sanitation@lemmy.today to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Star Citizen Developer Stream Goes Horribly Off the Rails, Creating Further Distrust Among Players

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Star Citizen Developer Stream Goes Horribly Off the Rails, Creating Further Distrust Among Players

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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'Felt Like a Hostage Video' — Star Citizen Developer Stream Goes Horribly Off the Rails, Creating Further Distrust Among Players
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A recent Star Citizen development stream went horribly wrong and resulted in some fans losing confidence in the long-awaited sci-fi game.
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    Why anyone would want to play a game that sells items for tens of thousands of dollars is beyond me

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      counter strike?

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        Well… technically, Counter-Strike doesnt sell the skins for that much. That’s a player driven market. Shows you how much people care about a gun being a different colour, which is crazy in itself.

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          “A different color”? That’s a gross oversimplification of some of the incredible art you can get. Sure it’s kind of a weird medium if you think about it, but it is art appreciation nonetheless.

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            And, like art collection, at the highest end of it, it’s mostly just money laundering.

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        I mean, the game itself is free to play, and sometimes it’s even fun!

        • bandanawearingbanana@lemmy.world
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          Also no part of the actual game is locked behind paying, only cosmetics.

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        I think that’s different but the gambling is gross

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      I don’t play this game. Is it an in game economy or like does the company sell these items?

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        The company sells basically jpegs of ships they want to bring into the game at some point with unknown strength for high sums of money.

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          What the fuck

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            Indeed

      • Larry@piefed.social
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        The company sells them

        https://www.ign.com/articles/star-citizen-introducing-a-48000-ship-bundle-but-only-for-players-who-have-already-spent-10000

        • Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world
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          No way I’m paying real life money to buy in game assets. I think we all know this is going the route of Duke Nukem whenever.

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            They got that out whole Jon St. John was still alive.

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          This has to be money laundering of some kind

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