The actual game doesn't matter, it's about selling a lifestyle and exploiting FOMO by artificially limiting supply (just like Rolex and Ferrari!).
Wait are we talking about Star Citizen or crypto and NFTs here? 
While I would never say any of these things are inherently frauds and don't have possible merits, I would note that the historical record is pretty clear on how many fraud schemes have been unchanged for centuries and simply keep reoccurring with a new gloss. The "brilliance" of Bernie Madoff's scheme was how it was a simple ponzi scheme scaled up, nobody thought it could be because it would be obvious and somebody important would notice, right? (Parallels to WeWork?
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