Originally Posted by
kupomogli
People are ridiculing LawBreakers because no one wanted the game and LRG forced people into buying half of them by bundling them with copies of WonderBoy because even LRG knew the game wouldn't sell without doing something shady like this.
If LRG had enough stock for all the games that people actually actually wanted, and they lasted atleast 8-24 hours before sell out, I think people would praise LRG. But it's the games that people point out as LRG cash in garbage as the ones that last such a long time, even with low print runs that LRG gets ridiculed. I honestly think Lili will be another one that lasts a fairly long time if the print run is anything close to WonderBoy and LawBreakers.
Now, I will be honest, while I do state that LRG has a lot of shovelware, I'm obviously overexaggerating a bit, but it's true that they do have some shovelware garbage that isn't even a worthy purchase for even fans of the genre. And I said "some," this is actually me throwing some praise towards LRG direction. Most of the stuff is average and fairly decent, and a high note towards LRG is that they've also released atleast three of what's imo the best games on the PS4 with Furi, One Way Heroics, and Shadow Complex, something that I can't say for any other publisher except Sony or Namco Bandai, so bravo. With their future games(games I haven't yet played,) Ys Origins, Salt and Sanctuary, Cosmic Star Heroine, and Battle Princess Madelyn, LRG atleast "looks" like they could have the best publishing line up out of any publisher except and possibly even over Sony.
I wouldn't complain if I didn't care about the games they're releasing. How many shady business practices and negative press do they need to get until they eventually say fu** it and stop publishing games? I mean, I highly doubt they'd stop publishing games as lucrative as this is for them, and not knowing how much they actually make, I'm going to go with the assumption that after shipping costs and everything else, they're probably still making $5 minimum a game after all is said and done, so more than likely making $50-$200k a month. I can guarantee with the money they're making over what they started this business up with, they can take more of a risk and sell out in three days rather than forcing a sell out in one day. When you're making at minimum $50k a month, paying for a few airline tickets on even a weekly basis to promote your company is about as much as your average minimum wage person paying for a tank of gas. I'm sure that people will defend them saying they don't have the budget to do what people are insisting but anyone with some common sense knows damn well they're making bank off of this business. LRG could be doing a hell of a lot more than they're doing right now to get rid of these complaints.