This ponzi scheme is second only to bitcoin in the number of victims who continue to insist it will be successful so they don't have to face the fact that they got fleeced.
But it can be played now, so it is at least partially successful.
And new purchasers aren't required for me to get what I paid for, so it isn't a pyramid scheme.
If you don't like it, that's fine, of course. Just be honest with us (and yourself) about why, if you're going to all the trouble of telling us you don't like it.
Bad games are playable and “partially successful”. And given that the full game won’t be finished unless ever-more money is wrung outnfrom die-hard fans or naive newcomers - a brazen state of affairs that has dragged on so long that, yes, I dare say “pyramid scheme” is an appropriate way to derisively analogize it.
Preaching honesty and offering a free taste of snake oil is a ghastly display of chutzpah (but just what an industry that fell for thos grift deserves)
Meanwhile, Star Citzen continues to entertain the world by vastly enriching the YouTube genre of wacky game bug videos, so it’s not all bad news!
And new purchasers aren't required for me to get what I paid for, so it isn't a pyramid scheme.
If you don't like it, that's fine, of course. Just be honest with us (and yourself) about why, if you're going to all the trouble of telling us you don't like it.