• @Sektor@lemmy.world
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    463 months ago

    This has to be some psychology loophole they stumbled upon. It’s like religion or something.

    • @Skunk@jlai.lu
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      3 months ago

      It’s like religion or something.

      Well yeah, people putting money to buy several ships (instead of only 45$ for the basic game package) are buying into a dream. The dream of the perfect space sim, a sim where you can be anything you want. That dream has been growing since Elite in 84 and the X-wing games in the 90. So yeah, kinda religion for the space sim nerds.

      Im certain they will deliver, no idea when, but they will achieve it so that’s cool for future gamers. If earth still exists that will be awesome as I will probably be near retirement and will have a shit ton of time to play.

      PS: I only own a medium ship that I bought from the kickstarter funding back in 2010-ish ? I wanted it to be my flying space home.

    • @Telorand@reddthat.com
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      133 months ago

      It’s coming soon! You’ll see! It will come riding on the clouds with fire. And the backers will meet it in the air, and it will take them to be with it in the stars forever.

    • @slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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      33 months ago

      Why do people freak out so much about this 800million game when there are more than one 200 or 300million dollar games out there that are literally assets flim scams for crypto bros?

      • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        13 months ago

        I think this just had a larger community and more of a “Play the alpha! It’s awesome!” userbase that’s persisted in defiance of any kind of common sense. Like, there’s something resembling a game in there, it’s just a buggy piece of shit.

        The pump-and-dump crypto scams don’t tend to last ten months much less ten years. They’re vaporware from day one, so there’s no mediocre sandbox of broken hopes and dreams to play around in.