Just take these five games, for example.
Rocksmith The Full Set
Say you wanted to perform one of the most memorable gigs of all time.
Purchase all 2,200 songs inRocksmithat $2.99 apiece, and you’ll waltz away with the complete set.
For the rest of us who are content with a couple ofGuitar Herojams well, not so much.
That’s whereTrain Simulatorcomes in.
Upgrade to first class, however, and you’ll end up stacking $11,000.
But what’s the reward?
Well, that’s just it.
We’ll let you decide whether or not that’s worth $11,000.
Personally, I’d opt for the $400 interrailing ticket.
Well, for $12,500, you could of course find out.
Unless, of course, you count pouring hundredsif not thousandsof dollars into backing its lengthy development.
Either way, the fact isStar Citizenstill isn’t planning on releasing anytime soon.
But has that stopped developer Cloud Imperium Games from offering even more DLC to purchase?
No, not even for a second.
Before long, The Legatus Pack rolled out with a whopping $27,000 price tag.
Curiosity What’s Inside The Cube?
Then the microtransactions strolled along.
The winner, however, was promised to have a stake in the game when it did finally release.
Whether that turned out to be legitimate or not is another question.
Either way, it’s one monster of a gamble.
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