stusser
4628
Yeah, I guess they send you a monthly PDF magazine and you get various cosmetic perks. They have both a $10 and $20 subscription level. And if you stay subscribed for a year you get a coupon for 10% off a DLC, capped at $50.
This is the sort of thing that I generally feel is OK in a released F2P game. For an unreleased B2P game, it’s disgusting.
Oh, wow. I didn’t even know about this. That’s pretty gross for an EA game.
Subscription revenue contributes to Star Citizen project development by funding behind-the-scenes shows like Around the Verse, Reverse the Verse and the “10 For the” series in addition to Jump Point, the monthly digital magazine about Star Citizen.
You have $156 million dollars raised already! Why are you asking for more money to make progress updates?
stusser
4630
Well they are really deluxe progress updates. We’re talking multiple weekly 20+ minute long videos, professionally edited with music and titles. Those aren’t free to produce, and by separately funding them they avoid the trap I referenced in my original post, where people backing the game pay for that fluff.
Timex
4631
I believe you also get free access to ships and stuff, if you subscribe. They have a ship of the month thing, and then I think they get rental credits that let them temporarily test drive ships without buying them.
I get that, but how about just try not spending so much damn money to produce the video updates? People want more info, they don’t need it presented with all the jazz.
stusser
4634
The primary criticism of these guys is they’re ripping off their dedicated supporters while frittering away their money on obscene scope expansion and undisciplined development. So, yeah. Obviously they shouldn’t do these things, but they don’t give a shit about that.
Janster
4635
I think people buy into this kinda knowing, to own a piece of something potentially awesome, lets just say humanity has done worse, wayyyy worse…
stusser
4636
Good point. It’s definitely nowhere near as bad as the Khmer Rouge.
Janster
4637
Or world war 1…or whatever cool pyramid scam is going on now, or the odds to win the patron competitions
If people don’t want their money going to the fancy video updates, they can stop buying community subscriptions.
Janster
4639
Well the whining in this thread is surely worth its own thread soon, with appropriate name…
That gif is awesome, I just laughed out loud and got funny looks from my coworkers. I love this thread, can’t miss an update. I don’t even watch Game of Thrones anymore, this gets me all the intrigue I need.
What’s this? “World Exclusive first planetary landing”?
An excuse for more snarky posts to come? Pretty much everything is.
Right, so it’s just the first person outside of CIG to land on a moon. I thought it may be something new, related to the first look at a proper full planet in action!
The headline makes it sound more exciting than it is! ;)
