You’ll need to cough up a grand for the pleasure first
Seemingly not content with having raised over $650 million for a game in development for over a decade without a full release date in sight,Star Citizenis now offering a new way for those with too much money to spend it: a bundle of digital ships costing £46,000.
Yes, that’s forty-six thousand pounds. Technically, £46,080 - or $48,000. That’s about ten grand more than the average person in the UK earns in a year, and more than the average mortgage deposit you need to buy a house. A real house, made of bricks, rather than one that you can only visit by booting up your PC.
While it seems a relative drop in the bucket compared to the £46,000 price tag on the bundle itself, you’ll need to spend a grand on Star Citizen to even be able to buy the mega-collection in the first place, as it’s locked behind the game’s Chairman’s Club, which only grants access to those who’ve spent at least $1,000 through its store. (Thanks,IGN.)
Of course, Star Citizen is no stranger to pricey DLC offerings, having earned a reputation for itself by selling virtual ships for hundreds of pounds toraise hundreds of millionsdespite the game being now into its second decade of development (with a separate single-player game,Squadron 42,also in the works) without a clear idea of when it will actually release. Itdoes look nice, though.
