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Anonymous Rayman Legends dev angry about delay (Update)
[Update: Anonymous no more! It appears that this comment comes from Xavier Piox, the Ubisoft managing director who recently said that "gaming is no longer just for geeks." Errr... guess not. It's just a random dev who left the team at the end of January following completion of the project.] Rayman Legends coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 is good news, but Ubisoft didn't get the praise it hoped for when it revealed a multiplatform release was coming at the expense of the Wii U's release date. Gamers were livid over the new September date, and many called for a boycott. The trouble with boycotts is, however, they rarely ever punish the publisher. The developer, who has no say over when the game releases, is the one for the chopping block should Legends fail, while Ubisoft writes off the series and entrenches itself further in content guaranteed to sell. It's often hard to remember the studios when we go after the companies they're beholden to. One anonymous Rayman Legends developer hoped to bring that perspective to the discussion, and took to a Spanish message board to vent frustration over Ubisoft's decision and remind us it wasn't the studio's idea. The post was translated by NeoGAF for the English-speaking world. If you think you're mad, he says, imagine how those who worked on it feel. "I completely understand you but you have to understand one thing," the mystery developer said. "This is not a decision taken by the development team, this comes from really really high up, so please don't pick on the game. For gamers, the delay means seven months of impatient waiting. For the developer, it was argued, it's amounted to lost effort and wasted misery. There's always a chance this comment was just some random schmoe playing pretend, but if so, it does a heck of a convincing job. Fact remains, what this chap's saying is totally true. As I've argued in the past, a straight-up boycott is rarely successful in the games industry, and ends up hurting the wrong people in most cases. The customer has a right to vote with his or her wallet, and when doing so enacts positive changes in the market, it's a glorious thing. In this instance, however, I'd suggest refusing to buy a game you want to play because it's been delayed is not only a case of cutting your nose off to spite your face, but of slicing into the face of developers who are likely way more upset over the delay than you are. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
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7:00 PM on 09.18.2011 What do you make of the fan outcry for Mega Man Legends?The 3DS has had tough year in the gaming press it seemed like you couldn't go a month without being the focal point of some gaming community calamity. One of the bigget bombsells to hit the console its owners was the cancela...
3:15 PM on 08.15.2011 The Jimquisition: BOYCOTT!This week, I look at the recent running joke that has become the videogame boycott. I look at why it's joke, why some boycotts are stupid, and why we shouldn't treat the concept with automatic disdain because of the bad ones. It took me entirely far too long to draw the ludicrous pictures that accompany this week's video.
3:20 PM on 06.16.2011 Battlefield 3's Physical Warfare Pack will be freeRather quick update on the Battlefield 3 boycott front. DICE now says that the content in the Physical Warfare Pack, a pre-order incentive, will be unlocked for everyone later this year. So "if you do not pre-order, you will ...
9:20 AM on 06.13.2011 Angry gamers boycotting Battlefield 3 over DLC plansIt wouldn't be a major videogame release without a furious boycott these days, and you can bet your arse that Battlefield 3 is no exception. DICE's highly anticipated military shooter is getting the cold shoulder from a numbe...
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