Curiosity Update Lets Players Pay to Add Cubes
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CardinalPiggles said:
Bernzz said:
(13.7+4.7)/.5*10=$368
Whoo, enough money for most of a grocery run!
Seriously at least do a bit of math first?
Profiting on the trollish nature of gamers? BRILLIANT!
I guess there wasn't enough curiosity to go around.Saviordd1 said:
I think the money makes it that much more interesting. Before it was just an experiment into how much time people might waste (I'm sure businessmen will say that time is money, but that's only true in practice for the top 5% of earners who've fubar'ed the global econemy). Now it's a question of just how much money people are willing to throw away. (This is going to be very interesting to EA and their microtransaction culture)piinyouri said:
I actually downloaded this a while back just to see what it was like. It's very relaxing to play since the ambient soundtrack is so soothing and simple. However, when I'd finished chipping away for about 5 minutes. I zoomed out to look at how much I'd done and said out loud "fuck this."
It's now deleted.
It's now deleted.
I would say its a pyramid scheme, but its a cube... also, I already know whats in it, the most brutal gift of all.
But the real trick is that it's a computer game so they can (and do) just keep cycling with a new cube. This will end after people stop being interested in it. That's the whole "experiment". If this monetization project works they're going to keep going for quite a while.
I feel as though this monetization has went right over the edge of "underhanded" and circled back around the spectrum towards "brilliant".
I mean... if you people are really willing to spend money on something like this. Fuck it. Let them.
A virtual "chipping away", in this case.
I mean... if you people are really willing to spend money on something like this. Fuck it. Let them.
You'd be amazed how easily the human mind can be misdirected into thinking it wants something it then immediately regrets getting, or better yet, something that is actually detrimental.Denamic said:
A virtual "chipping away", in this case.
This might possibly be one of the worst games ever made, mostly because it exploits peoples psyche to extract money out of their wallets while giving them nothing but dissapointment in return. It´s a black hole that sucks people time and money in the most mundane way possible.
Which is ultimately why it's the perfect social experiment. Its nature as a huge moneygrab is just part of that. For once, Molyneux has more or less delivered on his promises. Not that that is saying much.
I can't help but think that it would be terribly ironic if whoever reached the center got every last cent that everyone spent on the game...
I can't help but think that it would be terribly ironic if whoever reached the center got every last cent that everyone spent on the game...
As much as people are hating on Molyneux for this, you've got to admit that this idea is genius. Especially if he is actually making money off this.
It does show how sad human curiosity is sometimes though if people would pay money in the hopes that whatever is in there is going to be good, when in actual fact we all know it can never live up to the hype.
The only way it could live up to the hype is if the contents of the cube are all the profits the "game" has made from people buying things to get to the center of the cube - Which could be a life changing sum.
After all, what else could it possibly be that is life changing?
It does show how sad human curiosity is sometimes though if people would pay money in the hopes that whatever is in there is going to be good, when in actual fact we all know it can never live up to the hype.
The only way it could live up to the hype is if the contents of the cube are all the profits the "game" has made from people buying things to get to the center of the cube - Which could be a life changing sum.
After all, what else could it possibly be that is life changing?
