That point is really undermined by putting so much attention on Star Citizen, which raises all its money outside the game and raised a crapton of money before t

That point is really undermined by putting so much attention on Star Citizen, which raises all its money outside the game and raised a crapton of money before there was any game - trying to link crowdfunding to micropayments confuses the issue. Crowdfunded games don't exist yet and thus can't raise money soley through the sort of psychological manipulation he decries. The whole piece is either scattered and incoherent or fundentally dishonest. Or both.