@kireek said in The Cyberpunk 2077 Snuff Chip Problem:
We reach the crux of the problem... and the original post. It isn't freaks that make the market, there are too few to really make such a detailed operation sustainable..
You're making an assumption, here. A pretty big one. Niche markets are still markets. It just means that you have less competition and can, in fact, charge higher prices, especially given the danger/effort involved in making it.
Yes, it absolutely can be sold to 'a couple of freaks' for very high prices, just like any other item in a niche market.
@kireek said in The Cyberpunk 2077 Snuff Chip Problem:
And instead of [ad]dressing it, I wonder why people are so quick to point out it isn't real and fake.. when that.. clearly is obvious? Like no duh? It doesn't change the fact people are participating in this sequence without questioning it. Just following along, perpetuating the market in this game..
That raises no eyebrows or questions? None at all?
...no. Because it very clearly is a game, and you're using it as justification of some kind of ... what? Social engineering experiment? That just isn't there. Like, you are the only person seeing it.
And hey, maybe you're right and we're all being trained to be Secret Nazis, or whatever. But like -- given the events of 2020, nobody has to be subtle about that shit anymore. You can just vote them into office.
@kireek said in The Cyberpunk 2077 Snuff Chip Problem:
As for why it is a trick.. eh, it doesn't really explain what participation means in a broader context.
Because there is no broader context. That's -- kind of the point, here. The game does not have to make a commentary on the society of the world we live in. It just doesn't. It exists, as a thing, unto itself, and requires no justification.
@kireek said in The Cyberpunk 2077 Snuff Chip Problem:
WHy did CD Project Red make this sequence instead of something else? There was a point to spend meticulous man hours on what is ultimate a sequence which could be done a myriad other ways. This was done with a purpose what purpose?
To show that the world of cyberpunk is fucked up? HOW? How is it showing its fucked up? Why is this necessary?
Becuase there is a market for BDs like this, that society has decayed so much that death is commercialize. But how does this market exist?
We reach the crux of the problem... and the original post. It isn't freaks that make the market, there are too few to really make such a detailed operation sustainable..
The crux of the problem is that you are trying to inject entirely too much RL into what is essentially an escapist fantasy, albeit a dark one, with apparently very little understanding that people are capable of separating fantasy and reality, and one does not necessarily influence the other as much as you seem to think it does, book thesis or no book thesis.
