Well, that's why I feel double maddened here. I'm just as mad as many people here to see people going on and saying "it's a scam" "Yu Suzuki should get cancer and die". And yet I'm also stuck between the "People are just whining for nothing". But it's true, at least Shenmue III is happening. And I'm glad it is. And I'm sure we can sort things out if they do the right thing here.
Like I said, I don’t have a problem if your complaints are rational. I get it. They promised one thing and didn’t deliver. I understand why people have ire about that. I truly do.
Personally I don’t have ire about it because of the whole “subject to change” line. It was never fully guaranteed. Hell, the game itself could have been cancelled at any time. Let’s say hypothetically they went into bankruptcy and couldn’t finish the game. What would people do then?
I guess that’s why I look at it as nothing is truly guaranteed and things are subject to change. And this isn’t to blindly defend YSNET. I’ve said before their wording was terrible. Their PR was on this was terrible. The way they delivered the blow was truly awful and they need to take one on the chin.
But i also understand they’ve been busy this week and they haven’t had the time to fully address it so why get irrational about anything? People just need to have patience and wait until they have time to address it.
I’m not blindly defending YSNET. They stuffed up in their delivery of this blow.
I just can’t get mad about it. But I know why others do have a problem with it and I understand their complaints. I may not agree entirely but I do get those rational complaints.
I think the easiest solution for this is for Deep Silver and YSNET to give day one steam codes to the backers who opted for it. General sale remains on Epic Game Store. But at least honour the backers who opted for Steam.
That to me is the easiest fix if possible and I hope they do it.