lmao im very glad you dont have to deal with this debacle.
Yeah, this is a PR and a community nightmare to deal with (internally and externally) so 100% agree. Glad I'm not involved in this in any way.
How has this shit show been to watch for you lol?
Was your reaction "I can't believe they'd do this, this seems so off?" or "yeahhh knowing the people I am not surprised by this."?
Nobody wants to go on the record about this, but I have asked around. Take with salt. I'm sure in due course it will be confirmed.
There is no technical limitation to 505 giving existing base game owners a free or paid upgrade to the next generation system. It is entirely legal.
505 simply cannot market or upgrade the base game anymore, per their new arrangement with Remedy.
Remedy makes more from the sale of Ultimate Edition.
A lot of folks left 505 Games after me so I really don't know what to think, honestly. The "original" team I worked with up until the launch of Control in 505 were fantastic and genuine people and we involved Remedy in a lot of our decision-making process. Back then 505 also had a very good name as a publisher between devs. Don't forget that companies are made up of people so what 505 Games was in 2017 might - or might not - be very different from what 505 Games is in 2020. Same with PlayStation and so many other companies.
I don't know if this PS4 to PS5 upgrade and the Ultimate edition nightmare is a 505 Games only decision, or if Remedy had a say in this. Also, the fact that previous owners won't be able to upgrade to an enhanced PS5 experience makes me think that this might be a contract rather than a hardware limitation like explained above by
KepperC
It might sound like I'm defending 505 Games but I'm not. Personally I believe the communication around this upgrade from a company standpoint was handled really bad, to say the least, and they should have been way more transparent on this matter. But if there's one thing I've learned from working in this industry is that there are so many factors that come into play like contracts between devs, publishers and platform holders that result in things getting complicated and messy really quick. So a situation might be very different in the public eye compared to what it actually is. And communicating this to the community/public can also be a huge task in order to make sure things go as smooth as possible.
I worked on Control from August 2017 back when it was just a prototype up until the release and literally poured heart and soul into this game. It really saddens me to see what is happening with the game...
Again, all of the above are just my personal thoughts and I have no idea what's going on internally in 505 Games or in Remedy. For the record, I left 505 Games on August 29th 2019 and my title tag needs updating.
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