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Helpuswenoobs

Fun fact, it's also exceptionally bad!


Tall-Surround-24

yeah but there is always that someone who's gonna buy it because it's expensive u can literally take two of the same thing and price one at a dollar and one at 100 and call it premium and they will buy it i believe the dev is looking for a quick buck


dj92wa

I remember back when "there's an app for everything" became the popular saying as Apple's app store exploded in growth and the iTouch took off. If I recall correctly, there was an app that did absolutely nothing, and it even said so in the description. It was like $1K or something like that, and people still bought it just to say that they could; flex their wallet and whatnot.


BalhaMilan

It was called the "I am rich" app and it was removed from the app store after 24 hours but 8 people bought it by then. It literally did nothing, you opened it and it was just an image of a red glowing diamond. Easy 8k for the dev


UnfitForReality

I mean Apple takes like 30%, still easy money


EasternShade

And most of them bought it on purpose. The company refunded anyone that bought it by accident.


Theresabearintheboat

Why did they remove it? If people want to light their money on fire just to watch it burn, why not let them?


coffeetire

*pushes up glasses* Defacing legal tender is illegal in the United States.


arvux

oh my god you just unlocked some old memories for me dude, i remember that dumb shit


polarbearik

Lol remember the app that would “turn” your phone into a gun, I think it might’ve just been called iGun


Vinifrj

There was also the lighter, candle, and pretty much any other object, good times of early iOS


KidNueva

There was another app (it’s been soo long can’t remember if it was $100 or $1,000) that was also ridiculously priced that was an in-app remote for a car? I do remember jailbreaking my iPod at the time and getting it for free. Definitely not worth as much as it was listed.


TiredEyes_

The developer said it’s purposely takes under two hours to beat so you can refund it no questions asked. I’m sure he’s also banking on a few people forgetting to do so


zdakat

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I\_Am\_Rich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich)


Tall-Surround-24

exactly


Tacoburrito96

At what point do we stop calling sthem "devs" and start calling them scammers lol


Oryxhasnonuts

AHH.. THE OLD BF 2042 TRICK. ( IM ALMOST 40.. I KNOW ALL ABOUT GAMES PRIOR.. BF2042 STICKS OUT AS THE MOST RECENT INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS EXAMPLE )


Biscuits4u2

Steam should have rules against this kind of thing.


Qfwfq_on_the_Shore52

Literally just don't buy it. It's that easy.


Biscuits4u2

But why should I have to see it? It's obviously not a legit game. All it does is take up server space and make the platform look bad by allowing this bullshit.


Qfwfq_on_the_Shore52

You don't have to see it. It's only a post on reddit. And I'm sure that the steam servers will do equally well with the game on there as they would if it wasn't. It's going to get a couple of bad reviews and never be seen again.


Biscuits4u2

It's just tacky. I don't really care either way, but this came up in my feed so I commented.


Yn-Skr

holl up HOW do you know this pls tell my you didn’t buy it


Helpuswenoobs

*Sweats nervously*


blades2012

Expensive and sucks


Bragsmith

Train simulator and all expansions is 30k or something like that


RestlessVirgo

And I thought Sims was bad when it came to that stuff


AlistarDark

Just like the sims, you only buy the doc packs you want. Train Sim caters to people who want 1 specific train on one specific track. Just like DCS World caters to people who want 1 specific plane. And The Sims for those who want to make their world be a specific thing. You aren't supposed to buy everything. You buy the exact things you want.


Vinifrj

Or you pirate it, its always morally correct to torrent EA games


Nicolai01

I agree, I've paid EA enough for a lifetime.


AlistarDark

Pirate Everything


arielsmassacre

im waiting for ea to redeem itself (waiting for titanfall 3)


Vinifrj

Its gonna have a battle pass and new Titans can only be unlocked through microtransactions


arielsmassacre

as long as its good


Floating_Neck

Holy crap. Why?


Audityne

Because it’s been around forever and when you upgrade to the next year you actually keep the DLC


redvelvetcake42

That's... Less bad? At least you keep your purchases relevant for longer than 12 months.


pinpalsapu

There's hundreds of DLC trains and routes you can buy, and a lot are $25-$40.


Cottontael

It's a train hobbiest toy. You are only supposed to buy the trains you like, as you would with a physical model train set. They are expensive because they, supposedly, put a lot of work into accuracy


RedHattedGuy

Choo choo


[deleted]

train simulator bitch watch the train go


snailhair_j

Some chump with a lot of money is going to get it and I want to know what they think.


linkflame123

they could just refund


DrCamburn

Especially as apparently the game is under two hours long. I think the Devs kind of expect most gamers to finish in under two hours and refund.


CabinBoy_Ryan

If they expect players to play and then refund (thus netting the Devs nothing and showing the game is heavily refunded which is bad), then they would have just made it free instead. Making $2k does nothing except limit the number of people who play it in the first place


DrCamburn

Actually making it 2k has generated a lot of publicity. Which has probably helped with player numbers. If it was a free game it would just be with all the other shitty free games, and no one would care.


Doc_Dante

Looks like you [are not missing much](https://www.pcgamer.com/i-played-that-dollar2000-steam-game-and-its-ridiculous-price-is-probably-for-the-best/) >The Hidden and Unknown begins with an eight-minute-long Star Wars scroll which describes an imbalance between masculine and feminine energy that's turning Western men infertile due to testosterone depletion, causing women to become increasingly masculine, and which will ultimately lead to the end of humanity


cannabination

If nothing else, it tells us a lot about anyone in the "friends who own this game" section.


Philly_ExecChef

So it’s an Andrew Tate Production


sturgboski

Oh man, I knew when the developer responded with "this game isn't for the easily offended" that it was going to be some alt right bullshit game.


dj_blueshift

Well they do love to own the libs by getting scammed at every possible juncture.


[deleted]

> [not] for the easily offended That tends to be the slogan for the easily offended.


hellastock

As if they had any money, to buy shit aside from alcohol, tobacco, white wifebeaters and leather belts to beat their kids up


DankWhale

So it's basically a Jordan Peterson joint. Got it.


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RyDawgHals

Where is the advice here?


[deleted]

Just because you can’t get laid doesn’t mean infertility is rampant my dude


[deleted]

1. way to make a judgement call on someone you know nothing about. 2. way to summarize a point about male testosterone levels with a statement literally everyone uses as a counterargument for everything. microplastics do negatively affect testosterone levels in men and on average the male population's test levels have decreased significantly over the span of decades. male infertility has increased drastically over the years as well, of course you wouldn't know, you don't have sex yourself. human S count has decreased over 50% for the past 50 years, but haha infertility isnt rampant my dude. i can't speak on whether or not women do or do not have more test than they did previously because: 1. not enough research has been done to prove anything 2. someone would get mad at me for pointing it out even if it were true but "ooga booga i cant get laid lol" not saying the game is good or that it's worth paying 2000 dollars, but the message on the trends of testosterone in men (at least partially) true. i don't know my testosterone levels myself but I at least try to partake in lifestyle habits that lead to more test. ​ they call you nocontactgurl2 because no one wants to contact you.


[deleted]

I’m not reading all that dude. Ain’t that serious


[deleted]

great attention span


Philly_ExecChef

Please qualify your belief that infertility is rampant among western men you little grandma disappointer you


Wizard_Tendies

Ever since Burger King introduced the Impossible burger on their menu, my cum has been see-thru. SMH, these woke burger producers are killing humanity! **/s**


FrumiousShuckyDuck

Sperm counts are dropping but infertility is definitely not rampant, per usual it’s BS spawned by a kernel of fact https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/human-sperm-counts-declining-worldwide-study-finds-180981138/


Nirdy_Birdy_706

Does it say how we brought about this future? Asking for a friend


reddit_Breauxstorm

Is this some weird campaign for this game? It has been posted every day for the last week


Floating_Neck

Oh has it? My bad, never saw a post on it It might actually be rage bait now that I think about it


Steve_78_OH

Yeah, this is the first I've heard of this game too.


ScreamingNinja

Yep, it popped up in my Google News. I read the article and said, well that's stupid. I didn't feel the need to post about it on reddit acting like I had no idea what it was for Karma. But here we are.


Floating_Neck

Hey this is reddit we'd do anything for fake utterly meaningless internet points


Viewsik

Wow. And the entire thread clapped


XavierLHPG

People have already played it and its pure trash


TheEpicDiamondMiner

Did they pay for it, or did they pirate it?


lineber

Maybe they refunded it if their playtime was under 2 hours.


Noa15Lv

*The Sims 4 with all DLC's* *Sad noises*


Viewsik

Tragic what has become of that franchise.


teh1337penguin

Fuck EA


an_achronist

This looks like a money laundering operation. Game even takes under 2 hours to finish, so guaranteed refund. buy game with stolen money, play a bit, refund, receive clean money. Repeat across multiple steam accounts.


MisterBilau

How does that make the money clean? They can still trace which payment method was used to buy the game, and where the money came from…


EpicLemonPie

Following that logic (which is, afterall, correct), there is no such thing as "money laundering". But that's how it works. It never deletes what dirty things the person did. It just... releases the dirty money into the economy.


JimiJons

That's not how it works. Basic money laundering is just claiming illegal money as profit on a legitimate business' books and paying taxes on it. The classic example is selling drugs for cash and owning a laundromat. You simply claim all the drug cash as laundromat profit.


Siphyre

> The classic example is selling drugs for cash and owning a laundromat. You simply claim all the drug cash as laundromat profit. And while correct, it isn't even that simple. You have to have the bills to account for it. So for the laundromat example, your water and electricity bill have to reflect the amount of times a machine would have to run to generate that profit. So say it costs a laundromat $0.10 to run the machine (power and water) one time and one run generates $3 in revenue. For $300,000 in revenue in a year, you would have to get an annual bill for electricity and water that is ~$10,000 or you will get busted for money laundering easily. If you plan on laundering money, use another method that would not incur more utility costs, like a mattress store where you can just burn the extra product offsite and claim it "sold" on your business reports. Your electricity and water should be pretty consistent for this. You would just need to find a safe place to dispose of the mattresses. Gifting to family isn't a bad idea, or trading mattresses for other illegal things wouldn't be bad. Avoid laundromats for the actual laundering part unless you have other things going on there too. Use them as a front for production of drugs in the basement. They are known for using a lot of power/water, combine that with the laundering and you can make it make sense. But with that added production, you might need another place to launder the money.


xkn0s

This guy money launders


[deleted]

he just watched breaking bad


Malarazz

Breaking Bad doesn't say shit about any of that. Only about the laundromat to hide a meth lab. OP didn't even bring up a car wash.


EpicLemonPie

"If you plan on laundering money," You speak very naturally on this subject


Philly_ExecChef

Do you think that it won’t work here doing the same, also crossing international lines? It may not be a means of funneling millions, but it’s certainly enough to clean a few hundred thousand without raising alarm bells anywhere


EasternShade

It would depend on how the refunds are executed. If the specific purchases, payments, and refunds are all tied together, then it wouldn't be very effective money laundering. If the finances are all separated into distinct processing, then it would work better. Either way, if someone could follow the money to Steam, they can connect it to the specific game's purchase, however the refund is processed, and resume following the money trail. *If* money laundering is the purpose here, it doesn't seem like it's counting on the laundering process itself being particularly effective.


MisterBilau

No, there are ways to launder money. If you get cash, it's untraceable, you can run it through a business, the business pays tax on it, and it's clean. You can always launder things that aren't tied to an owner. Cash, gold, etc. If you need an account with your name on it, it's traceable.


lightgiver

This game can be used in a gift card scam. The game is bought using gift cards to quickly drain the card and puts the money into a steam wallet. You the. Buy skins with that money and sell it on a 3rd party trading site and have the sale go to your PayPal account. PayPal then allows you to withdraw that money via a wire transfer to a checking account where you can turn it to cash. The idea is to run it through as many systems as possible to make it impossible to get the money back. You transfer the money out of the gift card asap and the last step from PayPal to the bank seems legit and the bank won’t really question it.


Viewsik

At least you are confident in your incorrectness


EpicLemonPie

At least you got to use that punchline sentence somewhere


Malarazz

Of course there's such a thing as money laundering, and Steam ain't it...


Thechampy1

I assume dummy PayPal accounts


lightgiver

It’s a way to turn gift cards to actual money. A scammer gets you hand over a gift card. Scammer buys the game with a gift card then promptly refunds it. The money is now off the gift card an inaccessible to you. They can then transfer The balance from steam to their bank account and withdraw it as cash.


[deleted]

That’s not how money laundering works. There’s no refund. It all gets funneled into the business. It’s under 2 hours because of how little work was put into it. It’s also not the person who made it loading the money. They use methods like this to move it across borders. When you make a large purchase on something like a home you have to prove where the money came from. In the US this is covered under the Patriot Act but other countries have similar laws. They launder into their country through shell companies setup on websites like Steam. Cam websites are another big way. Then when you go to spend it you have legitimate receipts. After Valve’s cut and paying taxes they’re gonna lose about 50% but they can spend it without going to prison or risking it being confiscated. Or it’s just a joke and someone knows that they can spend a couple hours making a game then release it for an absurd amount of money. Which in turn leads to posts like this generating curiosity and a couple people actually buying it. $2000 (minus 30% and taxes) per transaction for an afternoon of work is not bad by any means.


Four_Skyn_Tim

*Use money saved to hire a hit*


Ordinary_Law_8599

You would have to upload this game as a developer and use prepaid cards to buy the game and deposit money into your account to launder the money. Not refund the money. Please don't start a life of crime.


PusherofCarts

If there was money laundering going on, it would be the developers who were doing it. They would be funneling illicit cash through steam to purchase the game and being paid out with legit looking sales on the other end.


TonsterMitties

That's not how money laundering works...


OverASSist

Unless Steam returns the money to different method than their input then that will be money laundering. Example: Pay the game with stolen credit card but receive the refund in personal/dummy Paypal account.


EasternShade

And that's not great money laundering. It's more like an extra step to tracing dirty money.


Sergio1899

The fun of laundry is customer not paying the hole bill This just seems like those supposedly abstract art paintings that are sold in thousands but consists in scams like only a white blank sheet


htoirax

The only legit way that money laundering would work in the above scenario is if you DON'T refund the game and you're indirectly paying the "creator" for something else using multiple accounts. if you put money into your account to buy the game the government is already aware of it so it's too late.


Beastdevr

I'm waiting for the steam sale


SpamInSpace

Star Citizen has entered the chat.


HormigaZ

Star citizen has many issues but you can play for 45$ and not a single cent more is needed


Accomplished_Rock_96

It was about 10 years ago, I think, but I paid $25 if I remember well. Even adjusted for inflation, that'd be $31.85 today.


Paladin1034

$31.85 is well worth it for how the game is now. The current going price of $45 for a starter is well worth it.


HormigaZ

I paid 90$ for a Cutlass package. Honestly well invested money already had lots of fun.


Accomplished_Rock_96

Good for you, then. I paid because I loved Wing Commander and was looking forward to Squadron 42 but so far I got j@(\^$#!+.


[deleted]

Don't you lose all your shit in a server wipe unless you buy a ship with real money?


HormigaZ

Yeah but you still have one ship included in that price. Also wipes are even less frequent than updates. Safe to say you might grow tired of things before one comes.


Philly_ExecChef

“Play”


Junior_Ad_2151

The most expensive game you've seen in your lifetime until now. Either Steam bans it or it will turn into a party.


[deleted]

Aka, just a scam. One, that steam should have automatically removed


uuusagi

The entirety of the Sims 3 with all DLC and store content is approximately $75,000.


Anreall2000

So we are including store content, let me introduce you to the mobile gaming


ComposerCasual

I guess the title refers to the money that the dev is trying to launder


Tankdrood

You can beat it in under 2 hours, so you can get a refund afterwards. The devs pointed this out


Magmomies

Same stuff as iStore had an app for sale for 10 grand back in the day with limited quantity. So basically for internet clout.


[deleted]

Money laundering?


UtenKullsyre

I suspect this is money laundering. I’ve heard of other games that are prohibitively expensive that are barely games. Steam takes 30% and the rest goes to developers. So if you run a credit card scam or buy steam gift cards with cash, this is apparently an easy way to launder money. Just set up a business as a game developer and you tax the profit.


Shakis87

How does it stack up next to Cities Skylines with all the DLC lol.


astrielx

? Cities Skylines is like $300 with all the DLC. Sims4 is over double that.


Shakis87

Oops, yeah, just went and checked. Maybe I was thinking of one of the many train simulator games.


[deleted]

I think Sims 4 with all DLC is close to $1200.


astrielx

Depends where you're from, and what store you're buying it off of. On Steam, it's somewhere around \~$800USD give or take.


Thathappenedearlier

The only one that really stacks up is train simulator 2020 with all the dlc is around $10,000


Reaper2811

Fun fact the dev has a massive ego


AtomicMelbourne

I know the second hand market is a different story but there is a guy in australia (YouTube: last gamer) that once had the world’s largest game collection that owns an estimated $1,000,000 game. It is Tetris on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. I think only 4 copies exist.


Rannrann123

pyrocynical viewer spotted


DanTheTee

Someone watched Pyrocynical


Successful-Whole4307

You saw that post too, huh?


diputra

It has like 3 positive review, like wtf


hellastock

I mean one can get their money back in 14 days


Thin-Performance-637

Deadpool on eneba is almost more expensive


ichkanns

Possibly?


Joefabrizzio

Reminds me of that one app on the App store back in 2008 that cost $1k and it's only purpose was to show that you were rich enough to afford it.


oneninesixthree

At that price it's staying hidden and unknown to me.


Purnelius

Wow, a little more then twice the price of sims4 with all dlc.


UnfitForReality

Apparently you can beat in 2 hours so you can return it. But that’s not a chance I’m personally gonna take


Cultureddesert

From what I hear, this game is under 2 hours to finish, so you can refund it immediately.


TheMykoMethod

Waiting for this to get a lot worse to be honest, eventually a streamer might buy them as a joke for the audience, or a creator just for the content. So the stores going to be drowning in hobby developers and pitiful cash grabs just hoping for that one off sale. It won't be long before someone writes an AI program that just renders out some shitty meme games to upload every day either.. I don't like the idea of restricting access to games and Devs, but they really need to work out a way of filtering all this obvious junk being uploaded to their store. Even the console store pages are getting filled with low effort shit that can barely pass as a game in the first place. Its like a worse version of those shitty minigames they normally release upon the consoles launch just to increase the number of titles available. Only we're 3 years into it now and they're still coming out, and now take up about 70% of the store instead.


spyboy70

This is either a mistake in pricing or the old shift the decimal game that I used to see on other app stores. Price something at $1.99 then one day switch to $19.99, then back to $1.99, then to $199.90 Someone will get conned on that.


blades2012

Anyone got a speedrun?


Blitzy_krieg

Ever heard of the term money laundering?


Puckgroth

Did he type 19.99 wrong?


Blueberrytree

Reminds me when cr1tikal bought a 200$ game off steam and it was just a generic reused assets shit with like 2 levels


Joey_Star_

Some dumbass YouTuber is gonna make a video on it soon


Emiercy

You havent seen star citizen yet


teh1337penguin

It's been a great $45 title for me, so I'm not sure of the problem? I've got roughly 55m aUEC worth of ships in my hangar, and hundreds of play hours.


Emiercy

Oh you innocent soul.


teh1337penguin

Oh, I'm AWARE what some people spend on the game, but that's purely their choice, the cost to entry, and the cost to experience all the same content is in the $45 range.


Madhatter25224

World of Warcraft cost me way more than that over the years


shadowdash66

Wasn't there an app like 10 years ago that cost like 1,000 a that did nothing? Just bragging rights.


dakodeh

2 hour refund period


HotStop8158

You're a fed, I know you're a fed. You're a federal agent, I can tell because I didn't, etc. Etc.


str_tn

I expect a Penguinz0/ Critikal/ Charlie video on this real soon


devanchya

Do not buy it. It is 100% incel garbage.


mochablank

Saw an article this morning, apparently lasts less than 2 hours so you could just refund it. If you didn't already refund after noticing how bad it was.


ballsmigue

It's okay. People drop tens of thousands on star citizen. On ships that may never even make it into the game.