LMAOOOO yooo. The fucking balls on these people!
"We're going to give our backers the censored version, for free, along with everyone else. Hey! You can buy the adult version, we'll be selling it at 20% off!"
I am going to be quite vindictively pleased with the speed at which this will get cracked.
EDIT: The devs replied that any backer that has paid for the game will receive a free download key. The below statement was made while under the impression that they would have to pay for the adult version of the game. My stance has since been changed, since the devs are free of any blame.
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Alright, that came out of nowhere. Reading the blog post, the logic is a bit...weird. People paid 18$ for the promise of a Steam and Dlsite keys upon launch. Now it turns out that people paid 18$ for the translation and have to pay another 18$ for the game they were originally promised, on only one of those platforms?
I know that this is thanks to Steam fucking the game over. It was shitty and really doesn't paint a good picture of them when it comes to hosting adult games.
But this plan of releasing the SFW version for free doesn't really make up for it, since all those backers did not get and will never get the thing that they paid those first 18$ for. The way the translators get out of it is by saying
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We'll also make it up to you for the sale discount!
The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that the product image includes mention of a 20% discount.
This is to coincide with DLsite's Summer Sale.
As such, our supporters will effectively be suffering a loss of $4."
Now, the wording on this is a bit unclear. Is it a 20% discount that everyone gets? Or is it a unique 20% discount for backers that, when coupled with another discount on Dlsite at the same time, will result in them getting the game for 4$?
If it's the first one, that's beyond fucked up, making them pay almost full price for the game again.
If it's the second one, with 587 backers during the campaign, did they really just not give out keys so that they could get another 2350$ out of their own backers? This is in no way close to even beginning to recoup the losses they have most likely suffered and will likely erode quite a lot of goodwill towards them. Really, what is the logic behind this?
I really wish that there is some big misunderstanding here, because I really liked the studio and did not think them capable of this. If anyone's got a better idea as to what is happening, please, tell me.