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Limited Run Games |OT| Sweet XOXO for Digital to Physical Media
- Thread starter GodzillaDB
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Not even an Oddworld 5k copies < 5 minute sellout can stop the Vita slowing down :(
But I suppose this is the important part. And I should hope so, given that the Vita fanbase have shown they're still perfectly willing to lap up content as long as it's decent.
(And even then, you've still yet to sell out of a Vita game - aside from Revenant Saga, which is down to ~ 80 copies)
Regarding the "Guns, Gore and Cannoli" mess:
@LRG, yes, it sounds like breach of contract on the dev's part and your lawyer should look into that.
BUT: If you decide to cease & desist the release of the game, I think I'm done with you. All of you are about getting games released physically, and you shouldn't be attacking each other. Again, contracts can't just be ignored like that, that's not what I'm saying. But please do not have a factory-new set of PS4 games destroyed out of, yeah, more or less pettiness. You're better than that.
@LRG, yes, it sounds like breach of contract on the dev's part and your lawyer should look into that.
BUT: If you decide to cease & desist the release of the game, I think I'm done with you. All of you are about getting games released physically, and you shouldn't be attacking each other. Again, contracts can't just be ignored like that, that's not what I'm saying. But please do not have a factory-new set of PS4 games destroyed out of, yeah, more or less pettiness. You're better than that.
Wait, what did we miss? There was no reference to any of this here but sounds like something bad's going behind the scenes? The GGC game had previously signed up with LRG instead of SLG?
Yeah, it seems that GG&C was signed with LRG for over two years....the devs grew tired of waiting for a release or something and published through Strictly Limited Games now, but that old contract was never canceled. I totally understand LRG being peeved at the devs, they really should have contacted them first, and that has to be looked at legally. Sure. But there's talk of SLG having to cancel the release, which means the already-in-production games would have to be destroyed. And who wants that?
We are all strong proponents of physical media here. Please settle this like gentleman and don't take it out on us or defenseless game discs. :)
We are all strong proponents of physical media here. Please settle this like gentleman and don't take it out on us or defenseless game discs. :)
http://www.mightyrabbitstudios.com/limitedrunforums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3751&start=175
Start reading from the middle of that page. There's some comments from Douglas on the GG&C issue.
Start reading from the middle of that page. There's some comments from Douglas on the GG&C issue.
Thanks. Wasn't even aware this was a thing until people started mentioning it here.
What a crappy thing to have happened.
Don't European and North American publishing deals work independently of each other? Like, just because you get a North American publisher doesn't mean you can't also find a European one - unless otherwise is stated in your contract?
I can see why the devs would be annoyed by LRG not releasing their game. The longer you wait, the more likely people will have lost interest. Makes me curious to know just how long they've been sitting on the rights to it and not even announced it. I'm assuming it's been quite a while if the devs were willing to "move on" from a done deal like that. On the other hand, I can also see why LRG would be taking legal action, if the devs never reached out to them to talk about the situation. A legal contract is still a legal contract at the end of the day.
I can see why the devs would be annoyed by LRG not releasing their game. The longer you wait, the more likely people will have lost interest. Makes me curious to know just how long they've been sitting on the rights to it and not even announced it. I'm assuming it's been quite a while if the devs were willing to "move on" from a done deal like that. On the other hand, I can also see why LRG would be taking legal action, if the devs never reached out to them to talk about the situation. A legal contract is still a legal contract at the end of the day.
Should be announcing some more stuff Monday!
No release planned for March 2nd!
I don't have a horse on this race, so I probably shouldn't voice my opinion, but from here it looks like both LRG and the developers of GGC screwed up, the former by letting a contract slumber for two years without acting on it, the latter by getting fed up with it and going to another publisher without first clearing things up with LRG. While legally LRG are in their right to pursue action, morally I don't think they should -- trying to set an example so it doesn't happen again is not the ideal way to act on those situations if they don't intend to scare away potential partners in the future.
However, it seems clear LRG won't do their own release if SLG isn't stopped: "Ours is most likely canceled if their's isn't." As such, if you are interested in the game, you probably should get it now or risk having to go through scalpers later. In the scenario that SLG release does get canceled, you get your money back anyway.
However, it seems clear LRG won't do their own release if SLG isn't stopped: "Ours is most likely canceled if their's isn't." As such, if you are interested in the game, you probably should get it now or risk having to go through scalpers later. In the scenario that SLG release does get canceled, you get your money back anyway.
Interested to know more about this, Could you explain more ? what is SLG and GGC ?
SLG stands for Strictly Limited Games, an European competitor/counterpart to LRG.
GGC is Guns, Gore and Cannoli, a game we are discussing on this page as being released by SLG today while also being in an exclusive contract with LRG.
It was released by Play Asia which led to its LRG release being canceled.
SLG - Strictly Limited Games, GGC = Guns, Gore and Cannoli.
The problem is that Limited Run Games signed Guns, Gore and Cannoli two years ago for an exclusive physical release. Said physical release hasn't happened in said two years. Fast forward to last Friday, whereby Strictly Limited Games announces that they're going to be selling a physical print run of Guns, Gore and Cannoli today. End result, LRG's getting the lawyers out.
*crossing fingers*
Yeah, I know it was released on Play-Asia but I thought it would also get a LRG release? I was more interested in what kind of loop hole was used and why it got an Asian English release if LRG had already signed a deal for worldwide exclusivity?
Even if they didn't want to keep waiting for 2 years (with whatever the circumstance of holding it back) breeching contract is a huuuuuuuge legal no-no. Unless the contract specifically says "this game must be released by (specific date)" then yeah, the onus is still on the GGC guys, from what I'm hearing. Especially if they didn't try to cancel contract or whatever first.
Business law is pretty important stuff when making big decisions :x
Okay, you got me. I'll still buy a LRG game that isn't on Switch if it's a shmup.
Rabi Laby: Puzzle Out Stories coming to PS4, Switch on May 24 in Japan
https://gematsu.com/2018/02/rabi-laby-puzzle-stories-coming-ps4-switch-may-24-japan
This has my vote!
https://gematsu.com/2018/02/rabi-laby-puzzle-stories-coming-ps4-switch-may-24-japan
This has my vote!
i'm secretly hoping that, nurse love addiction and garegga aren't all on the same day otherwise i'll be having to gamble on buying each seperately and then the waiting list becausei don't trust one thing to go out of stock while i'm adding something else, i nearly lost night trap that way
Thanks, The game looks like something that I would buy for sure, but not import from Europe. I don't know the nature of the contract but it could be region exclusive ? might still be published by LRG in the future ?
A couple of people I know imported the Vita version a few months ago and said it was fine in Japanese, just in case you're interested.
I've been trying to keep myself from pulling the tigger on the Korean version of Battle Garegga for the past week now. It's not easy, I'll tell you that much...
Any idea when we can expect the announcement of the March 9th games to be made?
I'm kinda hoping they will do a physical Steamworld Dig 2 run on Vita.