"Ponzi scheme" does not mean "thing that gets lots of money that might not deliver and I don't like"...

You may consider Star Citizen a scam, but it's definitely not a Ponzy scheme. In a Ponzy scheme the profits of early "investors" are paid from the money later investors put in.

Well, if its a ponzi scheme, its the most fun I've had blowing up space pirates in a ponzi scheme.

Thats not what a Ponzi scheme is

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