Wad Wad Edition (This has to be a prank, right?)
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Thing is though: for most people to have that much 'excess cash' you won't have the mindset to enjoy spare time with gaming, if you have spare time at all since making that much money tends to mean your life consists of working and the basic necessities to keep yourself alive, I really wonder if this thing will be sold. I mean, with that much cash to burn, you'd probably have a super car (and all those car related perks in there) that would dwarf the lambo (you'd probably go for the aventadore instead) already.
Spaceflight, while obviously awesome, I'd up it a notch because I'm quite sure the trip won't be long and save up for an ISS trip.
If I wanted to burn one million spare change on DS, I'd give it to them in return for a life-time sub of alpha-, beta- and early-access to every game they'll ever make (and studio visits of course!); much more rewarding to me than a car you can only (safely) push to the max on a track, a spacetrip that probably won't even allow you to see the full earth from space, a knife to the face and two weeks locked away in a room with no access to mah games!
It's actually good value for money; those Virgin Galactic flights cost a lot.
It's actually 'only' 200K for a ticket. I'm more interested in how well decked out that Lambo is supposed to be, if it's the latest model, or simply a basic and/or used one.
Like I said, it's either going to be a loss for DS if it actually sells (not taking into account the extra revenue from the exposure generated through this crazy deal) or people would be grossly overpaying for this package.
But I do respect the balls that must be had to try this deal. Fits with the mindset of the game. BALLS! (and busting them)
I first saw this on Forbes (link here) and they quantified the value of this thing as being somewhere over $800k, before the wardrobe, surgery, and administrative costs. Also, without the dubstep gun.
Honestly, I'd probably put this package in the range of about $900k when all is said and done, giving Deep Silver and Volition a healthy $100k to roll around in. Overly expensive, sure, but an appropriate profit margin considering the overall price of the package.
Honestly, I'd probably put this package in the range of about $900k when all is said and done, giving Deep Silver and Volition a healthy $100k to roll around in. Overly expensive, sure, but an appropriate profit margin considering the overall price of the package.
Huh. I was looking at that and figured it'd come to a bit over 1mil, but then again I thought the flight was going for 300-400k, without checking. However, reading the Forbes review.. that's actually not to bad. Prices will vary and they DID note they can change or remove parts of the package at their discresion so it might come to a bit less than that, or a bit more. The result will be they'll probably take 5-10% tops... really, the biggest point of the package from a purchaser point of view is the idea of DOING it. Unless you don't want any media publicity, it'd be a heck of a quick shot with everyone knowing you as "that guy/girl who spent $1mil on a game" (yes there's a HELL of a lot more, but you know how the media will downplay that to hype up you spent a million dollars for a game). And on DS end this is a heck of a publicity thing. It's saying how over the top they can go.
And on the plus side, it doesn't seem it'll be so charged with being sexist this time!
And on the plus side, it doesn't seem it'll be so charged with being sexist this time!
I dunno, I could see some nutty sports celebrity forking out the dough for that, or some musician, perhaps?
Still, what a great PR bit!
For some odd reason your post makes me think a Ozzy Osbourn or his spawn might fit that description. I read nutty and musician and dough.