real talk it's rly not a 'prize' if it's just money to put back into a company lmao that's like what Fallout 76 did when its $200 'Power Amor Edition' came out with a shitty product that was falsely advertised (the canvas bag that... wasn't canvas when it showed up), and when people rightfully complained the dev's 'refunded' them with 500 Atoms to spend in the Atom Shop (i.e. $5 of digital currency to give right back to the company on top of the $200 they already lost from the pre-order which was never refunded lmao)
not saying those two situations are exactly the same, mind you, but again, getting monopoly money that you can spend right back on the company doing the competition isn't a prize lmao
but that's all i'm gonna say on that, i'm gonna retreat back into the shadows of obscurity now