Star Citizen player claims to get $45,000 refund, developer calls it “fabricated”

Star Citizen's ongoing development is nothing if not eventful, beginning with being a Kickstarter darling before becoming one of the most hotly contested and controversial games in online circles. The controversy surrounding the game has taken yet another turn as a Redditor who wished to remain anonymous claimed that they were able to get a massive refund in the sum of $45,000.

The alleged refund comes from a guild who supposedly purchased three completionist packages, bought at $15K each. Here's the schtick the poster gives as the reasoning for requesting a refund:

"We sidelined many other great games and commercial opportunities waiting for Star Citizen, but in the end we can't wait any longer, and a new generation is joining also who have absolutely no interest. The final straw was evidence presented the committee of Chris Roberts blatantly lying, we don't mind the delays but couldn't handle the lies anymore, and it left us wondering what else he is knowingly lying about."

Frankly, the post gets a little weird from there. The poster claims the guild is a "commercial" organization that "used a corporate card" to buy the completionist packages. The poster describes the refund process as a "nightmare" claiming that it took five weeks to accomplish and leaves links to some self-described "juicy" screenshots of a back and forth dialog with an employee named Schala.

Cloud Imperium Games has since told multiple outlets that the refund claim has been "fabricated" and that the actual amount that was returned to the person in question was around $330. A CIG representative told PC Gamer that the ordeal was "wrong on so many levels" and that "The screenshots do not represent the actual communications which were shared to and from our support department."

"So no…there’s nothing to it at all. There is no story," they said.

It's worth noting that the Redditor's account has since been deleted after PC Gamer attempted to reach out to them as well as a video of them refreshing the page that was added as an edit to the original post as a means to silence doubters. The screenshots, however, are still live on Reddit, and you can check them out here.

Sources: [Reddit, PC Gamer, Ars Technica]