In this ‘game’ you walk a red carpet into a palace to see your name alongside other luxury devotees of Veblen economics.

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    3 months ago

    I have to imagine that the intersection of people who both have money to blow and would want a trophy for spending money are quite slim, but I guess you only need a few suckers to buy in to make a few K.

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    3 months ago

    If it takes 10 minutes, couldn’t you play it, beat it, and return it?

    Not that I’d want to float $1K for a game, but usually you can return something after <2 hours, no questions asked. Maybe beating the game locks you out of that?

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      3 months ago

      I suppose you don’t get to display the achievement on your profile and your name won’t be in the game anymore, so that kinda defeats the point. You’re not paying to play a game, you’re paying to show off the money you have, kinda like fashion brands.

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      3 months ago

      Like that “I Am Rich” app in the early days of the App Store that was $999.99 and just showed a picture of a diamond.