Molyneux: $50,000 Curiosity DLC "nothing to be ashamed of"
Peter Molyneux has defended the eccentric pricing for the DLC for Curiosity, the forthcoming experimental app from his start-up company 22 Cans. During a question and answer session at today’s Rezzed show in Brighton, Molyneux was asked by a member of the audience whether the DLC – which includes one diamond pickaxe that’s valued at $50,000 – was “sinister”. “Why is that not nice?” Molyneux retorted animatedly. “We can’t be ashamed for asking people to spend money. We can’t be ashamed of that. As a designer that is proof that I have done something meaningful. I’m not saying that you have to buy these chisels – and I don’t expect the diamond chisel to ever be purchased. If it is I want to meet that person. They may be an investor or something!” Read more…
