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I was one of the fucking idiots that preordered No Man's Sky. The devs have done a lot to make up for it, so I don't really regret it anymore as it's a decent game now, but at release it was so drastically bare-bones compared to what they advertised that if the legal system actually gave a shit about consumer protection, the staff of Hello Games would have served jail time.
But Sean was a charismatic little con artist, and he cut right past my defense. bUt ThiS gUy'S diFfeReNt!! Bruh I fuckin knew better than that!
the staff serving jail time would make no sense as they're not the ones in charge of marketing decisions. the CEO, and the managers? sure
Idk who decides what in an indie studio, but whatever the job title, I'm talking about those involved in deceiving their customers... and there was a lot of that with NMS.
Don't feel bad I put money into star citizen early on and I still don't have a stable playable game.
Star Citizen, Yooka-Laylee, Broken Age, A Hat in Time, The Good Life.
At least A Hat in Time was a solid W.
When i read things like that, i'm confused, because i never bought a word that Sean said and all their demos looked fake as hell.
Then i remember that i pre-ordered Brink
I wanted so badly to believe... so I did... cuz I'm a dumbass.
Sending people to jail for launching a bad but harmless product is psychotic
It's not for launching a bad product. It's for lying about what the product is. It's fraud. There's no excuse for that.
If I sell you a 2025 Ferrari then give you a 2011 Honda Civic, I broke the law and you got scammed.
Even if I take the unexpected step of sending you a civic-to-Ferrari conversion kit after the fact that makes the car I delivered somewhat comparable to the one I advertised, that doesn't excuse the initial deception.
What they did was deliberate and dishonest - it's awesome that they've taken (a shit ton of) steps since to make it right, but it'll never be right.
Holding them accountable is not psychotic.