Fair enough. However, if you consider the entertainment value delivered over time, the costs can be very low. If you count it is as a 20$ a month movie ticket, you could pledge/buy a Hammerhead in around 2 years. The game and its users have been around much longer then that. It's a game that can deliver hours and hours of entertainment each weekend. The price per hour would be low, and there are other hobbies much more expensive then this.

Even if the game were to shutter and you were to lose access to your ships, you'd still have that value delivered over time like a bunch of movie tickets. Also, you don't buy ships. You pledge to support the development of the game. You can also buy a Hammerhead in game quickly if you know what game loops to target.

[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you count it is as a 20$ a month movie ticket, you could pledge/buy a Hammerhead in around 2 years.

Jesus Christ lmao

Yeah man, I could enjoy a Blu-ray of my favorite movie for a comparable amount of time but that wouldn’t make me any less of a moron to buy a $400 Blu-ray.

[–] SlippyCliff76@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A few hour Blu-ray won't give you near the entertainment time that a game or comparable hobby will. You'll watch it once, then maybe once again if you really liked it, then maybe you might watch it again a few years later.Then it's mostly just collecting dust. In fact more so given the popularity of streaming.

[–] Sidyctism@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Right. And a single ship in a single game of questionable status isnt gonna give you nearly the entertainment value that the 7-40 games you could buy for the same money are gonna give you.

Look, if you are happy with your purchase, thats cool. But to us this looks like a f-ton of wasted money.