Fans of Star Citizen can still financially support the game by spending money on ships that don’t even exist (yet). This really annoys a user who considers this practice “lies” and has therefore reported the developers to a British regulatory body. They actually found a breach. You can find out how the whole thing turned out here on MeinMMO.
What bothers the user? Reddit user Mazty has been dissatisfied with the marketing of Star Citizen for a long time. But after the recent email urging him to quickly participate in the sale of a Gatrac Railen ship, he had had enough.
He immediately wrote a complaint letter to the “Advertising Standards Authority” (ASA), accusing the developers of misleading advertising.
According to Mazty, all of this is “lies” and he has “had enough”. The ships that are offered there are just concepts, and it’s not certain that they will ever exist.
By the way, he is not alone in this; even employees criticize that there seems to be more marketing than gameplay in Star Citizen.
The game has not been released yet and only exists as an alpha, but one can still spend money on ships that currently only exist as concepts, and it is not certain whether these ships will really be available in the announced form.
Regulatory body criticizes Star Citizen, but they are still allowed to sell non-existent ships
How did the ASA respond? According to Mazty, after a few weeks there was indeed a response from the ASA. The advertising for the concept ships is indeed misleading and violates the advertising code. They asked the developers to change that.
What has changed now? However, those who hoped that the developers would no longer sell concept ships have been mistaken. Instead, a gigantic disclaimer now appears under the text in the current form of the offer, explaining exactly why the ships are NOT yet in the game.
For this, you get a loan spaceship that is already in the alpha version of the game, and you can use it until the purchased ship eventually appears.
What does the user say about it? For Mazty, the matter is still not settled, as this disclaimer is still no explanation for what he sees as the fraudulent actions of the developers:
However, when you read the disclaimer, you see that the wording is still extremely misleading, as it claims that the ships WILL be playable. Come on Chris, stop making promises you can’t keep!
Recently, there was already trouble with the fans of Star Citizen. Some of them were banned even before the release for misbehaving.
