We're only talking about a company that's desperate for the tiniest amount of good PR right now.
I'll start feeling weird when this happens to a company that released a successful game.
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Bethesda will send canvas bags to Power Armor edition owners
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We're only talking about a company that's desperate for the tiniest amount of good PR right now.
I'll start feeling weird when this happens to a company that released a successful game.
I'm guessing it's less of a "We're doing the right thing for our customers" and more of a "Please don't sue us for false advertising". But I'm glad to hear that people that shelled out $200 for this thing will finally get what they were promised.
this whole thing seems like an internal miscommunication to me than bethesda trying to scam people. (they do that by releasing unfinished games)
In all honesty they still deserve to be sued for false advertising, because this is only going to be a replacement for those that actually contact them.
Also let's see if it's actually going to be the bag, or just some canvas bag with a Fallout 76 sticker
Also let's see if it's actually going to be the bag, or just some canvas bag with a Fallout 76 sticker
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I hope you are at least getting paid. At least that I can understand. Shilling for Bethesda, in this instance, for free is infinitely more pathetic.
Why didnt they just do this in the first place and avoid even more fuel for the dumpster fire that is 76.
LMAO
Customers getting what they paid for is absolutely a can of worms we should open. Keep fighting the good fight tho.
well, there's talk about how this is in breach of the law so..
Of course they made the 'right' decision. Call me a jaded SOB - whatever - but this is pure corporate BS. If they really had any class, they would've done the right thing from the start. If someone has already purchased your product thinking they were getting the pictured bag, then you give them the bag. It doesn't matter if you 'update' the product page - no, you frickin' send an email to the people who purchased the product and inform them what is going on/see if they want a refund from the changes.The replies that were given from the beginning is truly how much Bethesda, the corporate entity - not the developer, mind you - actually values their consumers. This 180 is not something I will congratulate them on. They are doing this because they literally sat down with their lawyers and decided this is the cheaper option as opposed to the potential (and justified) lawsuits that can result from this. Yeah, I'm jaded, but just because of the shock I am still recovering from in response to their initial (true) responses to the situation.
But I am happy for the people who ordered the collector's edition. I am not going to say you deserve this bag (because it isn't some you earned, it is something you paid for and should have had from the start).
But I am happy for the people who ordered the collector's edition. I am not going to say you deserve this bag (because it isn't some you earned, it is something you paid for and should have had from the start).
Nice gesture?
That's what those people paid for. It is not a nice gesture from a company when I get what I paid for, it is the minimum anyone can expect.
Don't dismiss this as just a mistake. They had more than enough time to change advertising and inform customers, but they choose instead to mislead customers and false advertise.
I have absolutely no idea what dinghus thought it would be okay to not give people what they paid for, and still take their money to begin with.
What an embarrassing, unnecessary saga.
What an embarrassing, unnecessary saga.
If you sign up. This is just to avoid getting sued. Avoid getting sued because too many people in this long of chain of stupid made too many boneheaded decisions. So many chances for someone to say "this isn't appropriate" and guaranteed at least a half dozen people said "ah fuck it". Pathetic.
Good, hopefully they don't fuck it up too or cheap out in the future after marketing something they had no plans on delivering with the product.
They probably thought "people loved those pip-boys we shipped with Fallout 4 despite them looking significantly worse than the marketing photos, so nobody will care."
Good thing they went this way ultimately. They could have avoided a lot of bad press if they didn't go through phase 1 "can't do shit for ya" and phase 2 "here's some pretend money to shut up", but at least they did the right thing after all.
Yeah I still can't believe that somewhere in the chain of command someone thought "I know, lets give a tiny amount of the fake currency that costs us literally nothing to generate as a make good" and nobody pointed out how stupid an idea that was.
Ah yes, nice gesture. Not at all a "please don't actually sue us" move.
They're trying to save themselves from any more harm. These bags will cost them just a fraction of what all the bad press will cost them. The difference between what was promoted and what was being sold is unacceptable. Not to mention their decision to ship the game for 60 dollars in the state it's in.
And yet we STILL have some people here acting like they did us a favor...
It's a form of gaslighting. When they release an actual "working" product, they will be worshipped for releasing something that should've been instead of having an expectation it should. It sucks being good natured developers who work hard making great products who don't have fans giving leeway to problematic development. I would have a fuck-you attitude to consumers if I made a game when they reward bad behaviour to other devs.
Yeah, let's not treat Bethesda like heroes for trying to rip people off, then continuing to try to rip people off, then finally saying "oh fine, you win" when they literally couldn't get away with it any longer.
It's not like they're doing this because they want to, or it's the right thing to do, or because they're good guys. They're being forced to do it and if it wasn't for the amount of attention this story was getting they'd still be telling people to fuck off.
They should have done this from the beginning. They really thought they can get away with a stupid nylon bag, while advertising a canvas one. That being said this is good. Much better solution than a 5 dollar worthless in-game currency.
They tried to cheat their customers, got caught, and are now trying to avoid legal action. All this proves really is that they could have done this from the start and chose not to.
I think it was particularly insulting given how little that money was worth in the game. People joked about how that kind of in-game cash is literally not enough to buy an in-game bag. It's the equivalent of buying a new Samsung 4K TV which ends up being a regular HD TV, and then when shit hits the fan Samsung gives you a 5 dollar coupon to spend on a Blu-Ray. Like, thanks?
WTF is this bullshit? I know some people are idiots who will always side with companies no matter how scummy they are, but calling entitlement getting something that you paid for, wow, some guys...
God forbid people feel entitled to receive a thing they paid money for. Those monsters.
How on Earth this happened in the first place... I won't be buying special edition or day 1 games from Bethesda for sure.
Good that they're doing the right thing but shouldn't have taken this much of a public fuckup to get to this point.
Wonder where they found all the extra canvas though?
Wonder where they found all the extra canvas though?
They would have got away with it if the thing had exploded on the internet.
