Sony really managed to erase one of their best-selling games in less than 3 days, for literally no potential gain at all. All risk, no reward: what a fuckin’ business strategy
Suits only think in green, and assume “consumers” do only that: consume.
I’ve been waiting 20 years for people to realize it, and that’s only because I’m young compared to others who have realized what capitalism is: Institutionalized greed.
I’m glad people are pushing back against this. All the unnecessary account creating has gotten out of hand.
Steam being a class act as usual.
Me remembering all those origin fan boys going on and on how steam customer service sucks without taking that sliver of a second to ask why they constantly had to use EAs customer services all the time.
I got mine off fanatical and they’re not budging, telling me to reach out to the devs lol. So I quoted the devs on their discord saying to pursue refunds and that I’d opened a chargeback XD
This is big, I think I’ll try to refund my copy now too. I was just thinking it would be a wash, and that I’d kinda gotten my 50 hours of fun, and just wouldn’t play anymore.
It is worth it to refund it to send the message. We have seen what happens with ubisoft when they just stop supporting a game. What is stopping Sony from discontinuing matchmaking down the line after forcing a psn account, thats in addition to the regional restrictions and the fact they leak like a sieve.
Helldivers 3 could come out and they decide to just stop access to 2.
Money is the only thing these execs care about. Its worth tanking a game so they get the message.
I’ve tried to refund twice in the past 2 days with no luck. Would love to know what option people are selecting and what message they are including to steam to get it
Where do you live? Sprinkling in some consumer law may help
I live in France, so I would be covered by EU consumer laws. Not something I’m familiar with at all but definitely something that could help
Not legal advice (I don’t even live in Europe), but this might be helpful: https://commission.europa.eu/business-economy-euro/doing-business-eu/contract-rules/digital-contracts/digital-contract-rules_en
Quote the right to have the advertised service delivered and that substantial changes can’t be forced without a right for the buyer to refuse and cancel
https://www.europe-consommateurs.eu/en/shopping-internet/guarantees-and-warranties.html
See the points on conformity
Can’t wait to see the complaints when they rebuy the game and their progress is gone.
They’d be stupid to delete progress… that just sounds like it’s a way to guarantee that nobody returns instead of trying to lure them back.
…but then again, I suppose we’ve learned that business decisions aren’t their strong suit 🤷♂️
My original comment was more about a hypothetical scenario, based on previous incidents. Now seeing the response my comment got.
I hope they do.
There’s nothing I love more than seeing G*mers throw temper tantrums like the little babies they are.
Why in the hell would they save progress for a player that has refunded the game? You’d have to be delusional to assume that.
Literally the opposite. Why would they ever do that? You are underestimating how easy it is to do nothing, game progress is beyond negligible in terms of storage space. And deleting it would reduce any chance of returning customers.
Look at it from sony’s PoV, if they did delete saves and then the community becomes less upset next year, why would they want to preemptively prevent people for giving them another chance?
Not only would it be a terrible business and PR move, there is just no precedent for this type of thing. Do MMO’s delete your characters once you unsub? Or do they just sit tight and wait for you to come back?
I know FFXIV saves your data. You’re welcome back anytime with your account
Not if you refunded the purchase price of the game. Letting your payment lapse isn’t the same thing….
