This is about as bizarre as it gets. Oxygene Media, who may now be most well-known for astroturfing on Miiverse, has slammed the developer of I’ve Got to Run! over a review.
In honor of Satoru Iwata, indie developer 4 Corner Games is holding a limited-time eShop sale to give fans a chance to have fun with their games.
Doesn't this feel odd to anyone else? - It feels more like a "Let's use this news to drive up future sales of our games! / Get our games noticed!" (Which is disgusting).
The game is taken down to a few cents, while all the proceeds from the sale are being donated to cancer research. How's that disgusting?
Hello Hiro193, where did you read that the proceeds were going toward cancer research?
Edit: Found it: https://twitter.com/Sycorax...
"If free is not allowed, any money made from those sales (even though it will likely be next to nothing) will go to cancer research."
Good find, Hiro.
I stand corrected, But that's information that should've been there instead of hidden away - From my perspective it was "Iwata has passed, Let's get our game some exposure!" when in reality it's "Iwata has passed, Let's get our game some exposure BUT help a good cause at the same time" which is better but still not great.
* If it was to honor, it would be free.
Anything else it taking advantage of people's emotions.
Money raised is towards cancer research so giving it away for free would be kinda pointless don't you think.
Odd? Feels pretty damn repugnant to me.
If it were even possible to hold a "sale" to honor Iwata's legacy, it could only ever come from Nintendo and only ever be composed of Iwata's games.
Some random Indy developer trying to push their schlock by attaching themselves to this tragedy is pretty goddamn unconscionable.
I know he is basically giving the game away for free, but this is still in poor taste.
What he should have done, is had it on sale for $1, and said that all proceeds go to some cancer fighting charity.
I would actually buy it at that point.
Ryan Johnson from The Gamers Lounge writes "A few weeks ago, I was given the opportunity to review a little Wii U title, I've Got to Run! Developed by the one-woman team at Four Corner Games, Syrenne McNulty got to forage ahead in her passion for video games by releasing her first game ever on a home console."
In today’s Indie Corner: Daily Dose we get a sneak peak at some footage from Chris Seavor’s Rusty Pup. The game is looking beautiful and just as you’d expect coming from the ex-RARE developer. News has also reached Nintendo Enthusiast, that Bulb Boy Team are considering bringing their point and click adventure game Bulb Boy to the Wii U eShop. The game is currently seeking funding via Kickstarter. Syrenne McNulty has also announced plans for a sale n her debut game, I’ve Got To Run. As we revealed last week, a new complete version of the game will be heading to the Nintendo 3DS in the future.
......sigh. Considering how most developers see their game like their own child, I can see why they're doing this if its getting marked as a failure by reviewers. It doesn't make it right in anyway, I think they're being idiots, but I understand why they're doing it
What a bunch of babies. That, and if you choose English as your response language, then please type it close to correctly,or "speak" it in a way that doesn't make you sound like your 8 years old, and on the internet for the first time.
Your representing your game and company after all.
* So basically this lady gave a bad review of their game, and they decide to troll her and make her look bad on Miiverse because her review is the first comment on their site/game.
THAT^ is beyond pathetic.
EVERYONE gets a bad review for their game. Deal with it and make a better game.