Banana Developer Says Game Isn't A Scam
The developer behind the viral clicker game Banana is coming to the game's defense, saying it's not the scam people are making it out to be.
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Banana Developer Says Game Isn’t A Scam
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An embarrassment that Valve allows this. Any other company would be under fire for this exploitation.
They probably made millions from gullible people buying "skins" for their banana
They probably made millions from gullible people buying "skins" for their banana
Haven't you heard, a Valve monopoly would actually be a good thing.An embarrassment that Valve allows this. Any other company would be under fire for this exploitation.
They probably made millions from gullible people buying "skins" for their banana
It technically isnt, but he's making tens of thousands of dollars a day, the $50 bananas are all made by the developer, bots can only farm the 3 cents banana which are worthless.
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Here's a good breakdown, for every sale the developer makes 1 cent, if tens of thousand of people are selling bananas then he's making thousands of dollars a day, that's the scam.
Hilarious, was anyone actually expecting him to come out and be like "yea guys you got me"
Scam, I mean games with marketplaces do this, hell what you think transaction fees irl are. But the point is to click for money and the actual game is trading banana skins. GG to the developers.
Hilarious but I expect no less of PC and especially Steam folks lmao
Hilarious but I expect no less of PC and especially Steam folks lmao
But that's not a scam. The buyers are not bots, they are willingly paying for the bananas, there is no victim here, Steam pays nothing to the devs and the game is free, unless you consider someone buying an item that they "want" to be a scam. The video speculates that the creator is giving free bananas to his friends, but offers no proof to it, or even a way to do so- despite having "reverse engineered" the game.
I think its a much simpler explanation that the game is a meme game that people are running in the background. It hurts no-one and the only "point" to the game, seeing funny meme bananas, seems to be done.
It feels close to being a pyramid scheme where people are relying on getting new suckers in to hold the bag for them, and the only person who makes money is the guy at the top.
What takes it from being a game to being a scam or scam-like is the exchange of real money.
Well then, every customizable Steam account decoration is a scam. Which, well, fair enough, but I think people would be pissed if you "banned the scammers" in that case.
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It's a WHOLE career/industry over on STEAM. That's why it's so popular.
People literally farm CS GO and similar games to get skins, avatars, background profiles, etc. and sell them for big bucks (sometimes). You can even see listings on eBay (which IS illegal, but I guess Valve can't stop them all).
People complained about Playstation Stars, but you cannot trade any of those digital trinkets, nor can you even use real money.
So, that's why it puzzled me so much, when folks compared it to a "rip-off" version of STEAM's.
It's a WHOLE career/industry over on STEAM. That's why it's so popular.
People literally farm CS GO and similar games to get skins, avatars, background profiles, etc. and sell them for big bucks (sometimes). You can even see listings on eBay (which IS illegal, but I guess Valve can't stop them all).
People complained about Playstation Stars, but you cannot trade any of those digital trinkets, nor can you even use real money.
So, that's why it puzzled me so much, when folks compared it to a "rip-off" version of STEAM's.
Huh. I never paid attention to that stuff so that's crazy. I thought artists made those things and sold them like in a marketplace, didn't think they were resellable or like... idk