[Yes, I read the staff post. I don't believe the following contravenes any of the guidelines laid out. I have zero problem with refunds and think it is right that they are being offered. But it's a battle already won, yet every thread about this game just descends into the same old shit.]
The people asking for refunds are doing it because the campaign, and therefore the company, apparently can't be trusted on their word. That's the whole *point* of demanding a refund in the first place. You expect blind faith at this point that they won't screw this up in some way too?
It's fine if you don't care about refunds or the people that actually funded the game(aka only reason it's made in the first place) getting screwed over by another company swooping in at the 11th hour, but don't act surprised when every thread that's made on the game without the controversy being fully addressed has people coming expressing their continued displeasure. It's kind of common sense, and being angry at it shows a selfishness that flies in the face of "The world doesn't fly around you" rhetoric.
I would recommend reading my post again. I thought I made my point clear, but for absolute clarity:
It is not about asking for refunds, as Ys Net have already detailed a response policy around alternative arrangements and refunds if none are satisfactory, and have politely asked for time to get things in place as they and their partners have other priorities also. Refunds are coming and systems are actively being put in place with Fangamer, we know Epic are paying for them so Ys Net themselves aren't damaged by it, and we know approximately what the response policy and alternative arrangements are. It's absolutely not blind faith with this much information provided and liability explained.
What is maddening is the never satisfied, haranguing, even bullying behaviour I see in threads, comment sections, etc, screaming about refunds no matter the issue. For all the drum beating about backer's rights, these people really would prefer if everything else about the game and rewards fulfillment was thrown on the fire (at the detriment of other backers), just to get their money back a little bit quicker. It is the absolute height of entitlement given Ys Net, Epic, and Deep Silver are rightly going to offer refunds on the PC version if backers don't wish to take the alternatives provided, and have sketched out exactly how they are going to do so.
Again, refunds are not the problem, refunds have already been "won" and are assured. It is the constant derailing, asinine screeching about REFUNDS WHEN that is really dragging Shenmue III threads into the absolute shit. It is near impossible to have an actual conversation about the game here, not that it was particularly easy before.
