I wholeheartedly agree with this.
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WOW OMG: Steam is refunding No Man's Sky even if you played more then 2 hours
- Thread starter Tony Iron Man Stark
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I wholeheartedly agree with this.
I don't know about now, but at the time, there was no way of making 40 million in an hour that I know of. Nothing documented on YouTube at least. I made enough to buy two ships and travel through a black hole. After that point on the crashes became more frequent and then when I reached the last star system I was in, the game shit the bed.
Not that I need to still defend myself but that is unacceptable.
The pricing for this game and how PR was handled are two separate things in my opinion. I understand the frustration behind the broken promises, but I don't think there's anything wrong with indie games charging $60. As always, you should vote with your wallet (and never preorder a game, even if the trailers look incredible. Preorder bonuses are almost never worth it
)No one is disagreeing with you about the crashes. Believe me, I had my share of crashes too. I just thought it was weird that you accused the guy of excusing the crashes when he was clearly not.
I don't either. I just think this is an unfortunate situation where a broken, over promised game was delivered for $60.
I was able to get a refund for my digital PS4 purchase through Amazon. I feel great, definitely was straining my entertainment budget a bit.
Do they have a way to remove the game from my PS4, or do I also keep the game? I'll feel bad if I keep it.
How on earth do they even measure "12%" played of any game or even use that as a metric for whether a refund should be given. Ridiculous
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
I wonder how many people have been refunded so far
Why would it be an issue if people request a refund after X amount of hours played?
I didn't buy this game but the entire feature promotion with NMS has been misleading since day 1. If you mislead people with idiotic cryptic claims I see no issues with requesting a refund at 50 hours of play.
I didn't buy this game but the entire feature promotion with NMS has been misleading since day 1. If you mislead people with idiotic cryptic claims I see no issues with requesting a refund at 50 hours of play.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Finishing the game and returning? Otherwise people would do it all the time just like renting I guess
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Seriously Hello games should drop the price to $30. It would be the best response after all the missing features and fiasco.
The backlash would be immense.
I mean just look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wFhqTayeVo
Like they are hiding the removed online feature last minute or something.I wonder if hello games really think the customers are that stupid to not see what is going on.
Or we had that sticker cover before with others games and it is common practice?
Like they are hiding the removed online feature last minute or something.I wonder if hello games really think the customers are that stupid to not see what is going on.
Or we had that sticker cover before with others games and it is common practice?
At this point, there's nothing they can do to stop the negativity.
Sean Murray could cure cancer tomorrow and people would still find something to be angry about
This has been my second biggest gaming regret this gear, next to the division. ( Rating it higher because some how I got suckered into the 99.00 version. Played to level 30 or whatever went in the dark zone a couple times and said that's enough life for me today).
I hope hello games comes out of this ok but at the same time hope they have learned some lessons too
I hope hello games comes out of this ok but at the same time hope they have learned some lessons too
Mihos
Gold Member
$30 is probably about right, although it would need to not crash. If the description wasn't over blown, the crashes were fixed, and it was steam sale time.... it would have been a gem. They got caught up in their own hype and he talked about what the game could be instead of what it is. Should have been more up front, at least the Firewatch devs did that
Not when millions have already paid $60 for this mess. That would make all of those people even more angry.
Hahhaha.
They'll do the opposite. They'll release paid DLC that starts adding basic content into the game.
Tony Iron Man Stark
Banned
Don't give up. There is no last time until you get your $60 back.
I think the retailers will do that in under a month.
Nah, best response would be to contact all resellers of the game and tell them to offer unconditional refunds. Sony can hold the L for pushing this out when they had to know it wasn't ready.
Darryl M R
Member
So glad to wipe my hand clean of this game..
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Return the $30 for those who paid $60. Who is going to buy another game made by them after all.
Admittedly the extent of the game's shallowness and misrepresentation sometimes only becomes clear very far down the line. It was a 9/10 for me until 25/30 hours in when it started really sloping, I'd give it a 7/10 at most now. I'm personally not refunding because I do enjoy it but I can totally understand it.
Dreadnought
Member
Just got a refund on my PS4 digital edition.
I started a live chat and all I had to type was "I'm here for the No Man's Sky refund." The rep knew exactly what I was talking about and put $60 in my account the whole process took about 5 minutes. Thanks Sony
I started a live chat and all I had to type was "I'm here for the No Man's Sky refund." The rep knew exactly what I was talking about and put $60 in my account the whole process took about 5 minutes. Thanks Sony
Castef
Banned
Now Shahid Kamal Amhad brought this on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/769882257964294144
https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/769882257964294144
there's catharsis in complaining and sharing about a bad experience and being lied to by unscrupulous people. don't turn it against me.
Wow, being called a thief like that is pretty hurtful tbh.
I hope Hello Games come out and speak about the problems after the mass refunds.
Maybe it'll help them learn from their mistakes and rectify the problems with this game and help them clarify things with fans for their future games. I feel this could ruin Hello Games and as much as they've lied I don't with people to lose their jobs.
Even so, people deserve refunds if they've encountered crashes etc. Even so I hope Hello Games just acknowledge the situation they're in.
Maybe it'll help them learn from their mistakes and rectify the problems with this game and help them clarify things with fans for their future games. I feel this could ruin Hello Games and as much as they've lied I don't with people to lose their jobs.
Even so, people deserve refunds if they've encountered crashes etc. Even so I hope Hello Games just acknowledge the situation they're in.
Petrae
Member
"I'll take 'Circling The Wagons' for the block, Wink."
I've no idea who that is, but he sounds like an arrogant a self absorbed man in that tweet.
Tony Iron Man Stark
Banned
Yes.
SolidChamp
Banned
DAYUM. This game is getting reamed.
Used to work at Sony, signed indies. Probably No Man's Sky too.
I agree.
"I put over 50 hours into this game...oh now I think I'll jump on this bandwagon and suddenly decide it wasn't worth my time. Give me my money back."
Fucking seriously? It took you 50+ hours to come to the conclusion you don't like the game and want your money back?
Where are all the 1080p/60fps titles? Sounds like theft to me ¯_(ツ
*Mike Goldberg* Here we go!
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Who is this guy?
Edit: nevermind, he's THAT guy. Probably not the best idea to get Sony involved, even tangentially.
Where are all the 1080p/60fps titles? Sounds like theft to me ¯\_(ツ
Him and Sean Murray seem to have overpromising in common lol
Emperor_Uriel
Member
Former Sony executive, probably a multi-millionaire. "How dare you peons try to have agency." etc etc
so he called someone a thief on twitter and now threatens to block people who respond to this?
I had to google him who he was and wow he was a former sony executive???
good job on not even reading the very first post in this thread
Herbspiceguy
Member
Hello Games PR strategy of keeping silent and acting like everything is as intended is now working against them. Besides the refunds, it looks like their reputation is sinking hard.