Star Citizen

[Dusty Lens]

Just to throw it out there for general reading.

World of Tanks has stuff in it that you can only acquire with cash. That's pay to win.

Star Citizen has a pledge drive to raise funding for the game within the set time period. That's a pledge drive with rewards. The average pledge is $54. Six dollars less than the cost of the box when the game goes gold. Lifetime insurance covers the hull of your vessel. Your equipment and your cargo are their own deal.

Any human ship can be insured with hull insurance. LTI is a convenience item.

The "cash shop" is a pressure relief valve for the gold farmers/sellers that always crop up in persistent environment games. If you buy from a gold farmer you may be banned. If you buy from CIG the game benefits and you at least get something out of something that always crops up regardless. Tell me EVE Online is pay to win. To say nothing of the financial cap.

The pledge drive is its own creature. The second phase is winding down in 5 days. It will be completely done in November. Everyone knows that every dollar spent is another that wont need to be taken from an investor, some people like that. Some people are attracted to buying into the alpha/beta and getting the game for less than retail.

You can invest a few bucks. Get your alpha/beta/finished game. Walk off. Most have opted for that. It has served them well. Looking at a kickstarter or development campaign and declaring that it's pay to win because they're rewarding investment is the sort of thing that makes one wonder how you can type and breath at the same time.

There is no stream archive that I am aware of.