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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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[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The difference with in-game spending is that they use all the same shady techniques as casinos to exploit those people.

You don't see sneakers shops offering time limited loot boxes for a chance to obtain limited edition sneakers, they also don't show you a big grid of their catalog with holes for the sneakers you don't own. "Just buy those 2 pairs to complete the collection of running sneakers!"

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

You clearly have no idea what "sneakerheads" are, as these tactics and more DO exist and have for decades. Hell, little kids were getting murdered for their Air Jordans not 30 years ago, walking home from fucking school, son.