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Major Tom released a nostalgic video yesterday.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN6qgUTO6q0[/youtube]
They got away with it because of all the media hype surrounding the product. All the content they created in Cinebox, passing them off as “in game”, also helped build the hype.
The momentum has kept going because of the whales who are still propping it up. This is evidenced by the fact that, even though funding is down (we still think the chart is BS) year on year, those whales (who still have faith) still keep putting money into it. Which is why the only time their funding spikes now, is when they have JPEG ship sales.
If you don’t get a refund, report it to your bank, your consumer organizations etc.
I wrote about that back on June 12th. No clue what they’re planning, but whatever it is, it all seems a tad shady to me.
That’s good news. Where are you located? And how does this agency have any control over what CIG/RSI do? Meaning, how do they know that you will be issued a refund?
Yup, totally called it. So someone in the PU managed to reach the edge of the game world.
When truth bombs appear on Reddit, people run for cover. Nope, that’s not me.
“Moreover, even huge development funding in no way guarantees a good game.
You only need to look as far as #8 and #9 on that same Wikipedia list to find examples. Too Human and APB: $100M+ apiece for two unmitigated failures. Both developed by relatively small, relatively unknown, independent studios. Both of which collapsed shortly after releasing said games.
Somehow we’re meant to believe that CIG — an independent developer with literally no history or track record, now in control of a project budget larger than the national debt of some small countries — is going to be different. Simply because it’s the fans paying for development out of their own pockets this time.
We all want to believe that. I want to believe that. But at the same time it reeks of the modern of “just throw more money at it and it will automatically be better” mentality.“
Also, I mentioned this guy before in my blog post comments section. He too has been taking steps to get his money back by reporting to various agencies. They said they would refund him, but have yet to do so.
“I know Derek can speak for himself, but trust me when I tell you that outside our mutual disgust of CIG, I have little in common with the man.
But dare I fucking say it, “he was right”. Not only was he right, but he helped me in recouping my $3,000 I flushed down the toilet.
I don’t give a flying fuck about his game career or his motivation for tearing down CIG, and yet despite that he’s done more to help me than CIG ever has.
I didn’t come here because of something Derek said, I came here because I finally opened my god damn eyes to see what SC really was.
I don’t think you’re ever going to convince me otherwise when it wasn’t Derek that convinced me in the first place.
He’s less “a leader” and more your community boogeyman because that’s what Chris painted him as.“
