On: Ask HN: What is the most expensive off-the-shelf s...

[mrjay42]

Half serious/Half Joke

- The Sims 4

Total cost is around 1200$ (with ALL DLCs, packs, etc.)

https://www.thegamer.com/the-sims-4-base-game-all-dlc-cost/

[taspeotis → mrjay42]

I think the train simulators have that beat.

[mrjay42 → taspeotis]

Oh yeah! Train Sim would be above 9K€ (source: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/bsyd5i/tot...)

Now that I think of it...DCS, the flight simulator -> buying the whole thing, would cost a little above 3K€ (source: https://steamcommunity.com/app/223750/discussions/5/38759693...)

Also, Star Citizen, the biggest pledges (you don't technically NEED to pay with real money, you could try to farm the content ingame) -> anyway, it's probably around 10K€ or 20K€ total. But that's going to be contested by some who will claim that you're not buying content, you're pledging money to the game. Fact is: you pay for a ship, you get the ship -> pledge or not, that looks like buying to me. (Source: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge ; https://robertsspaceindustries.com/store/pledge/browse/game-... )