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The no man's sky effect
The no man's sky effect by Fanza November 27, 2016
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No Man's Sky Effect
The 'No Man's Sky Effect' is used to described an occurrence when someone will not pay for something until after it has been released to public.
This is to ascertain whether the product will be good before buying it.
The 'No Man's Sky Effect' is caused by the game "No Man's Sky". The developers built up the game and informed everyone of these amazing features that will be included in the game. Doing so, they earned a great lot of money through kickstarter donations etc. However upon release it turned out that the majority of these features were either lies or not everything they cracked up to be. This caused the game to become a massive disappointment to everyone who had paid a lot of money towards the game.
And now because of this many people have become afeared to buy a game before public reviews come out.
This is to ascertain whether the product will be good before buying it.
The 'No Man's Sky Effect' is caused by the game "No Man's Sky". The developers built up the game and informed everyone of these amazing features that will be included in the game. Doing so, they earned a great lot of money through kickstarter donations etc. However upon release it turned out that the majority of these features were either lies or not everything they cracked up to be. This caused the game to become a massive disappointment to everyone who had paid a lot of money towards the game.
And now because of this many people have become afeared to buy a game before public reviews come out.
"Ah man, everyone's pre-ordering the new Far Cry game. You should get it too"
"No thanks. I'm going to wait"
"How come?"
"The No Man's Sky Effect is kicking in"
"No thanks. I'm going to wait"
"How come?"
"The No Man's Sky Effect is kicking in"
No Man's Sky Effect by bakersmileyface December 6, 2017
Sky reminder effect
When the current look of the sky reminds you of some kind of media or situation of some sort and it gives you a positive outlook on your current experience with the way the sky looks right now.
I was walking and looked up and noticed the sky was pure black and the city was all lit up. It reminded me of Need For Speed Carbon in so many ways! I had a good evening out for the rest of the night due to a really great sky reminder effect that happened to me.
Sky reminder effect by Justicewithtacosandweed August 10, 2018
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Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.
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murderhobo
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DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
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