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"Scam" is the problematic part. The article avoids the word in the title because the article itself says: > "I think we use the word scam as a colloquial term
by sanxiyn 5y ago
"Scam" is the problematic part. The article avoids the word in the title because the article itself says:
> "I think we use the word scam as a colloquial term mostly and there's some nuance to this. I don't think either game's developers have the actual intention to not deliver."
So it's not a scam, not to speak of blatant scam.
- onli 5y agoThat's a quote in the article. He also said this: > "I think for me, the base intent matters very little when the end result is the same and you've lied to everyone throughout." If it's true that the game developers promised this: > The campaign promises, among other features, "multiplayer with the population density of real cities" and a fully dynamic environment with no fixed interaction points. Then it's clearly a scam. And both statements really are on the kickstarter. There is also this gem: > We plan to expand to every internet connected device with a screen very soon! Ridiculous.
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- Bjartr 5y agoThere is however the possibility they are merely incompetent and genuinely don't appreciate the difficulty implicit in the scope of what they've set out to do.
- shkkmo 5y agoThen they've lied about how much technical and game development experience they have.
- seattle_spring 5y agoThey did lie, 100%. Cofounder said he, "quit Google, Facebook, and Apple" to start Dreamworld. He fails to mention that both Google and Facebook were 3 month internships, and his role at Apple was an SDET and not an actual software engineer.
- vmception 5y agoI agree, we should be using the word ripoff way more often, as scam is heavily diluted to things that aren't.
- philliphaydon 5y agoIt's a scam IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RQ7NdpW1R0&t=0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RQ7NdpW1R0&t=0s