Smosh scamming $250K out of their fans? - 1

Smosh (Ian and Anthony) are making an iPhone/Android and computer game. They made a video saying that they need $250 freaking grand for a simple game. Knowing my programming logic, I know that at least a game as simple as the one their making needs less than 10 grand to make. Granted they are making it for iPhone/android and the computer, but they don't need 250, 000 dollars to make a simple game. Do you know how much the budget the developers for angry birds, fruit ninja, farmville, and all of those other games had? Less than $50 grand. Even 50 grand for a simple game is pushing it.

Shall I also mention that Smosh makes between 1-2 million dollars anually off their main channel? Not to mention they have many other channels such as SmoshGames, ShutupCartoons, etc., plus phone apps, and merchandise that they profit off too. They're already well over millionaires, why would they need 250 freaking thousand dollars for a simple game that shouldn't even take 50 grand to develop and distribute. And yes, you could pay the programmers and the design team with 50 grand. Smosh (Ian and Anthony) most likely make 2-10 million in all just off their youtube channels, phone app, and merchandise.

Do they honestly think their fans are that stupid? Well apparently I guess so because they already have 240k+ on their donations that took less than 4 weeks. Smosh fans, if you donated to them, I feel sorry for you. It's not your fault. I know you're fans of them, but you have just been scammed if you actually donated to them. And if you donated to them, even the stuff that they give you in the game + a poster is still a scam. For instance, if you donate 25 dollars, you get the game for free. Let that sync in. If you pay 25 dollars, you get a game (that shouldn't be worth more than 2 dollars) for free. Now does that sound like a scam to you, because it does to me.

To add on, they're only donating a very small percentage of the remaining donations to charity. Now I'm not saying that they won't do that, but I don't think that that''s what's going to happen. This whole entire phone app is just a way to scam their fans. For god sakes, Ian and Anthony are well over millionaires anyways. Why they couldn't just come up with the money themselves, I will never understand. They are the #1 most subscribed channel on youtube, and they ARE abusing their fans.

Take Pewdiepie for instance. He's raising $250k for a charity that will provide clean drinking water to children across the world. He's not just donating a small percentage of it… He's donating All of it, leaving no profits for himself. Now I'm no banker, but 250 thousand dollars is a lot of money. A LOT of money. I don't even watch Pewdiepie, but when I found out he was doing this donation, I automatically subscribed to his channel.

In conclusion, it sickens me that Smosh would even have the decency to scam their fans into donating them 250 thousand dollars to make a little, simple phone/computer game. Now if the game comes out, and it looks like it has 250k put into it, I will take back everything I said. But when it comes out, ad it looks like the crummiest game ever, it will sicken me even more. Even 50k is pushing it. I just don't see why Smosh would abuse and use their fans like that.

Pewdiepie's donation - http://my.charitywater.org/pewdiepie

Smosh are idiots

If people are stupid enough to fall for something like that, then it isn't truly considered a scam. Befriending 'random' people you meet over the internet and blindly handing them over money; smart.

You could say the same about FPSRussia, he made a video asking for donations for a video game he was making, video made probably over 6 months ago now, and we haven't heard anything else about this 'game' he speaks of.

When you have 10 million subscribers, and most of your fans are gullible children, it's very easy to make money off of them, and Smosh are the definition of what people call "money wh**es" since they will do pretty much anything within the interest of money.

I'm sorry but there's nothing we can do, that's life, some people are like that…