Molyneux to offer £50,000 DLC with Curosity

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Molyneux to offer £50,000 DLC with Curosity

Postby Keep 117 on Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:37 am

See for yourself -

Peter Molyneux’s told New Scientist 22 Cans’ first game Curosity will have DLC priced at £50,000.

The iOS and PC title, unveiled earlier this week, lets players pick away with chisels at a black cube with a prize lying inside the cube for the first person to get at it.

New chisels can be bought as DLC from 59p to a diamond chisel for £50,000 that is 100,000 times more powerful than the bog standard chisel

Molyneux says this is not not an attempt to make a profit from it.

“It’s an insane amount of money,” he said. “This is not a money-making exercise; it is a test about the psychology of monetisation.”

Molyneux’s thinking behind the experiment it is to “record and study how news of what’s inside spreads across social media in an attempt to explore the psychology of social media users. We will rely entirely on social media.”

The results of Curosity will form part of 22 Cans’ next game in two years time. Curosity launches in a few weeks time for iOS and PC.
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Re: Molyneux to offer £50,000 DLC with Curosity

Postby Bob on Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:51 am

I see the notoriously reserved and publicity shy Moly is ready to let his games do the talking...

A shameless attempt at free publicity for his no doubt underwhelming new games.

I really hope everyone will see it for what it is an in fact by none of his dlc.
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Re: Molyneux to offer £50,000 DLC with Curosity

Postby nojdanzig on Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:29 am

Ahh but do you feel more when you get the more expensive chisels?
Do you cry more too?

Probably
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Re: Molyneux to offer £50,000 DLC with Curosity

Postby hollywooda on Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:48 am

He's finally gone off the deep end, Poor Peter not even his unbelievable cross gender sexual magnetism can save him this time....
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Postby ClownTrousers on Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:32 pm

The chisel dies. :cry:
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Re: Molyneux to offer £50,000 DLC with Curosity

Postby Johnny Shoulder on Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:04 pm

I think it would be more popular if you could chisel away at Molyneux...
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Re: Molyneux to offer £50,000 DLC with Curosity

Postby Keep 117 on Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:59 pm

Johnny Shoulder wrote:I think it would be more popular if you could chisel away at Molyneux...


£50,000 well spent on a diamond chisel if that's the case.
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Postby Johnny Shoulder on Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:23 am

I prefer to use a spoon...
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Re: Molyneux to offer £50,000 DLC with Curosity

Postby nojdanzig on Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:29 am

In most of Molyneuxs statements he IS the spoon.....
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