‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Crowdfunding a $200M Game
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‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Crowdfunding a $200M Game
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#2I pledged a fraction of this fellow's total in Star Citizen, probably the lowest tier that would result in a digital copy of the game once complete. I was after a modern Privateer reboot, essentially, and figured it was worth the gamble.
I haven't followed the development with anything more than a casual, occasional glance and accompanying eye-roll. I doubt I'll ever see anything come of it. A shame, not necessarily a surprise.
I'm fully aware and prepared that kickstarting a game confers no guarantee, but the feature creep in this case is staggering. I suspect that if this case were to succeed they'd suddenly find themselves underwater with all the pledges clawed back once the precedent was set.
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#3Wrapping every purchase in a binding arbitration agreement is absurd. It completely defangs consumer protection laws.
Re: ‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Crowdfunding a $200M Game
#4Meanwhile, No Mans Sky, the underdog-turn-most-hated-turn-underdog-again game is releasing full multiplayer free upgrade next week. They engineered a PR disaster for themselves but have been adding great features at a slow steady pace, which is exactly how it should be done.
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#5Wrapping every purchase in a binding arbitration agreement is absurd. It completely defangs consumer protection laws.
This is the idea...
Re: ‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Crowdfunding a $200M Game
#6Meanwhile, No Mans Sky, the underdog-turn-most-hated-turn-underdog-again game is releasing full multiplayer free upgrade next week. They engineered a PR disaster for themselves but have been adding great features at a slow steady pace, which is exactly how it should be done.
How does it compare to Elite Dangerous?
Re: ‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Crowdfunding a $200M Game
#7I pledged a fraction of this fellow's total in Star Citizen, probably the lowest tier that would result in a digital copy of the game once complete. I was after a modern Privateer reboot, essentially, and figured it was worth the gamble. I haven't followed the development with anything more than a casual, occasional glance and accompanying eye-roll. I doubt I'll ever see anything come of it. A shame, not necessarily…
I think they came to a point when they thought "This could be huge and mind blowing, and can't be done for a long time if we don't do it" and kept going.
I myself went from a critic to someone shouting "Go ahead!"
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#8I've read somewhere that you should not lend to those more powerful than you. :)
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#9Wrapping every purchase in a binding arbitration agreement is absurd. It completely defangs consumer protection laws.
And how does a judge seriously decide to retroactively apply an arbitrarion agreement when none existed at the time of the transaction? Is the argument that the new ToS were accepted when Lord participated in the bug test? The article seems to be missing that detail if there even is some logic that was used in the ruling (as I assume there was, beyond not wanting to have two rulings).
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#10I guess my biggest issue with this all is that it’s called a “pledge.” I pledge money on the condition that I get a game. In this case they’re just taking my money with a huge chance that I’ll never see anything remotely close to what I pledged for. My end was fulfilled, their end not so much.