Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Shadow of Mordor Sequel)
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Palum
what Suineg set it to
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Kiroy
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It's not really about the partnering with tostino's, it's more that it confirmed it's a no kidding pay to win / pay to progress possible fortnight light style model. Like I previously said, this was a day 1 purchase but now the only way i'm paying full price is if reviewers / streamers say it was all a mistake and these boxes make no difference in your strength / power / grind during gameplay.
Sulrn
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Ladro
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This video is a little unfair in the sense that there's probably a bunch of legal and regional requirements that prevent the collection of charitable contributions from countries outside of the US. The state limitation is pretty normal because every state has certain legal limits or requirements that need to be met for something like this.
Now, it still sounds a little shady but unless you were present for the business case justification of this DLC and have a firm understanding of all the legalities in play for globally distributed payment systems, I don't think anyone can make these claims without sounding like you have a torch and pitchfork.
Zaphid
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Agreed, this looks more like a result of time/legal/resource constraints, but when it makes you look like a huge dick, it'd be better if you haven't done anything at all. The whole "buy DLC to support a dead guy's family" is weird as hell to me.
Kiroy
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He addresses the legality stuff and gives his thoughts on what should be done (should have been done) towards the end. WB has lawyers who could have figured out a way to "match" funds from the DLC by giving a contribution to XYZ. ect ect
The fact that it was 3.50 out of every 5 going to the family is bad enough though, all other things aside.
Sulrn
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Ladro/Zaphid, you two need to understand that WB Games has a legal department that is more than capable of supporting one of their contracted dev teams when they ask for help setting up a charity. You also need to understand that their parent group WB Studios Legal department is constantly dealing with international law and has regional support contracted world wide. You're kidding yourselves if you think there is any plausible reason outside of greed that they can't set up a matching system for international purchases or mirror charities that feed directly back into a master account for the dev's family on 01/2020.
Skanda
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Anyone who cares about Video game publishers pulling shady shit with their games.
Anyone who cares about Video Game publishers skimming off the top of a charity drive set up out of sympathy for one of their employees who died from cancer.
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