“64 patty melts gets you a spaceship”: Fans Worry about Starfield’s odd in-game Economy after some Ingenious Investigations

Starfield is nearly here. Barring any more delays or major catastrophes, we’ll all be jumping into our ship and flying around space in a matter of weeks, with the game destined to release on the 6th of September.

Between monstrous PC specifications and promises of an in-game world never before seen, Starfield is shaping up to be a genre-defining release. But with such high expectations comes some criticism, and although the game hasn’t released yet, it has had its fair share already, although this is definitely unique.

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Starfield has Patty Melts… and Spaceships, don’t forget the Spaceships

Over on Reddit (of course) one fan has posited his calculations and ideas to other like-minded Starfield fans, revealing what could be a worry-some fact about the economy of Starfield.

Using screengrabs from Starfield Direct, user Mr_Twiddles has showed his worry and frustration that at 295 credit, players can buy a ‘Patty Melt’, presumably some sort of burger or meat sandwich, judging by the above photo. That doesn’t sound particularly worrying without context.

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In the second picture below, a second screenshot shows the potential purchasing of a ship with a value of 19054 credits, meaning that you could buy 64 Patty Melts, or one ship. Not to be flippant, but I don’t think I could buy a car or 64 meal deals.

Many users on the subreddit pointed out that there are other variables at play here, for example the rarity of the ingredients involved in a Patty Melt, as well as the history of the economies involved with Bethesda games, food etc is usually priced oddly, due to the regular purchasing of it compared to that of a ship, for instance.

Some users pointed to the name of the ship, as well as the curious similarities between the cost of the ship and the amount of credits on hand for the player in the example, stating that it was doctored, fake, or a troll move by someone.

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We don’t know the answer unfortunately, but thankfully we don’t have long to wait until we find out how much a Patty Melt costs, whether it’s 64 of them to get a spaceship, or something entirely different.

All we know for certain is that come September 6th, there will be two distinct groups of Starfield players. Those who play the game their way, and those who need to find out how correct this Reddit post was. We’re firmly in the latter.

What do you think of this? Does a game’s economy really bother you enough to have done these calculations, like Mr_Twiddles? Let us know in the comments!

Source: Reddit

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