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Warner Brothers suspends [new] purchases for PC version of Batman Arkham Knight
- Thread starter Mad Season
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Yup, lol.
The only issue I still have is that MK10.exe sometimes keeps running even after exiting to Windows, but that's it. I doubt they'll ever fix that :/ I have to kill it manually when that happens.
Thats automated. Happens with any game pulled from sale.
balladofwindfishes
Member
On the help page it says they try and refund your credit card and if they can't then they give you steam wallet money
Ah, wasn't aware. Thought refunds were Steam wallet only for some reason.
I dunno if I'd assume incompetence when it could have just as easily been inadequate resources on too tight of a schedule.
You're reading that wrong. It only says SteamOS, Linux, and Mac for Fall 2015, which is nothing new.
CreepingFear
Member
Arkham Knight: Port of the Year edition
VibratingDonkey
Member
Binman. Batbad, Arkham Shite... I think Arkham Blight is a decent one. I vote that's what this whole shoddy event should be known as henceforth.
assumed as much, just didnt know it happened
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Good, not a fan of AAA developers releasing Early Access Games :^)
Charging the devs wouldn't make sense considering refunds aren't always requested due to technical issues. It's not their fault if, say, someone tried a game but didn't like it.
RenegadeXV8
Banned
I honestly can't imagine another publisher wanting to work with Iron Galaxy Studios after this incident, regardless of how much they are at fault.
My question is, like Sony with USF4, how did they not fucking know beforehand the status of their damn game to ship it in such a garbage state!?
If they needed time to deal with these things, they should have pushed back the release date, there's no retail schedules to consider either therefore no excuse for just pushing the game out like this.
It just speaks to not giving a shit when corporations do this for something they claim to care about.
If they needed time to deal with these things, they should have pushed back the release date, there's no retail schedules to consider either therefore no excuse for just pushing the game out like this.
It just speaks to not giving a shit when corporations do this for something they claim to care about.
viveks86
Member
Good post. I agree. I doubt that's how this story will unfold, but it would be ideal indeed.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Unprecedented move...especially since 98% of my current playthrough was JUST FINE. Game is extremly far away from any sort of "unplayable state", but they thought that their customers deserve better. So... MAJOR kudos to them.
In the last few years Ubi, Blizz and EA straight up released totally UNPLAYABLE games on PC and almost never bat an eyelid when their communities went apeshit.
In the last few years Ubi, Blizz and EA straight up released totally UNPLAYABLE games on PC and almost never bat an eyelid when their communities went apeshit.
Ah, okay then. Didn't realize it was missing the most important platform!
MrCunningham
Member
WTF WB, first Mortal Kombat X and now this.
I'm mean, it's good that the people at WB are taking some responsibility, but bad that it has has to be like this in the first place.
I'm mean, it's good that the people at WB are taking some responsibility, but bad that it has has to be like this in the first place.
Not knowing what the timeline is for this re-launch of this puts a lot of us in limbo I think -- trying to decide whether we wait it out and re-buy on PC, or (if you have the option) go PS4. I feel like, one of the things I've been trying to avoid this whole time is 30 FPS gaming, so going to PS4 doesn't really circumvent this mess for me.
Would appreciate a statement from WB/Rocksteady/IronGalaxy on timeline for re-launch as soon as possible. Clearly the issues are systemic, so seeing a patch in a few days time doesn't seem likely. I'm thinking it'll take about as much time as it took Ubi to fix Unity, which iirc was like a month.
Would appreciate a statement from WB/Rocksteady/IronGalaxy on timeline for re-launch as soon as possible. Clearly the issues are systemic, so seeing a patch in a few days time doesn't seem likely. I'm thinking it'll take about as much time as it took Ubi to fix Unity, which iirc was like a month.
highrider
Banned
Yeah, I'm a console gamer but pc gamers are customers and any company should treat them like they need them. If I was the big cheese at WB games I would take this L and try to do something for the people that purchased the game as an acknowledgment that, hey we fucked up but here's what we are doing to make it right.
What they do will say a lot about who they are as a company.
What they do will say a lot about who they are as a company.
CambriaRising
Member
Seriously doubt it.
Chairmanchuck
Member
Hope we get some free DLC out of this mess.
That ain't happening anytime soon. Expect Fall release. Worst case scenario - winter.
As for PC/PS4, if you have a great gaming rig, and are baffled at WB like me, I personally wouldn't give them twice the money. Let them suffer.
Pretty sure MS is still working with them. I'm not convinced one bad port can end your studio. High Voltage has made terrible ports in the past and they are still operating. Even Iron Galaxy made a poor Borderlands 2 vita port and still got contracts after.
My humble guess is that they aren't the only party at fault here.
That's false. Whoever started saying that didn't realise they were looking at the time the sub was last modified. It was created last May and has had Arkham Knight in it from the off, with the game's secondary data depots (additional languages) being added about five months ago. IG had plenty of time.
No?
This refund policy is still fairly new, they probably didn't even know it existed and it's the only reason they're acting on it. Otherwise we would get the ol' Ubisoft "We're sorry, we know we fucked up. We'll do better in the future"
Permanently A
Junior Member
In the last few years you couldn't refund the game and bombard the steam page to have the scarlet branding "User reviews: Mostly Negative"
I doubt anyone is gonna give them any work, considering their rep.
JigglesBunny
Banned
Clearly you've never heard of a team called High Voltage Studios.
The shit they push hasn't stopped them from getting contracted a single time.
Thanks, I'll edit that part out of my post.
Edit: I took it out, cleaned it up. I should know better than to include info I read in passing, and which was old. I didn't read the update to that, so I wasn't aware it was proven false. I really appreciate you letting me know that. I'll make sure not to do that again. I still think it's baffling WB would use this studio to port their biggest release though.
Just seems insane they would use them for their biggest release, and also not be aware of the state it was in until after it was released. The poster I was replying to was asking what happened, but I'm not sure we will know what happened except they used a poor studio to port it. It's all blind speculation as to why they made these decisions, and what they actually knew when the game was released.
that doesn't stop High Voltage. Iron Galaxy will be fine.
Their rep from gamers on forums who have no idea what went on behind the scenes?
Yeah but this is a historic scenario. I haven't seen any AAA publisher pulling their game off from the store, and pretty much every media outlet reporting about the performance.
family_guy
Member
I'm not expecting a substantial patch anytime soon. This could end up like Drive Club or MCC.
Linearskillz
Member
Sure, if they want to miss out on a ton of potential revenue. The opportunity cost is absolutely worth it. Just don't do a terrible job.
GravityMan
Member
Whoa.
I think it'll be awhile. Suspending sales is a strong indicator that Arkham Knight's PC codebase is deeply fucked up, with numerous significant defects that aren't trivial to resolve. That's not something that can be fixed in a week or two. I'm guessing the game won't be re-released until August or even September/October.
I think it'll be awhile. Suspending sales is a strong indicator that Arkham Knight's PC codebase is deeply fucked up, with numerous significant defects that aren't trivial to resolve. That's not something that can be fixed in a week or two. I'm guessing the game won't be re-released until August or even September/October.
zombipuppy
Member
OK, so now what are people who preordered the PC version supposed to do if they want to refund and switch to the PS4 version. Are they not going to have a chance to get the Harley and Scarecrow missions now because it's already released? Any news on that?
Maybe eventually as is not getting future port work, but you really think MS will take Killer Instinct away from them? Maybe the PC port, but if they do a Season 3 and considering Season 2 was pretty well received, I kind of doubt they'll go "well you guys really messed up that Batman port, no more Killer Instinct for you!".
Ratcabbage
Member
I vote for #3!