Wasn't this another KS game that took Wii U money and then went "what's a Wii U?" later?
Yes. These guys said one thing and did another with both this and their Grant Kirkhope stretch goal and people need to stop making excuses for them.
Wasn't this another KS game that took Wii U money and then went "what's a Wii U?" later?
Yes.
Strange they didn't pursue a Switch version if they were that interested. Well, I've got a PS4 anyways, so I'll definitely be waiting to see how this finally turned out. At this point I was thoroughly convinced it would never come out, lol.Being big Nintendo fans ourselves, we are talking with a publisher to help making a Wii U version. However, at this point we are not able to promise anything - so stay tuned and cross your fingers!
Again, a Wii U version was never assured. If your interpretation of "We are talking with a publisher to help making a Wii U version but are not able to promise anything" was "We have partnered with a publisher and are actively developing a Wii U version", well, that's entirely on you. Gears was very upfront about it being nothing more than a possibility.
Gears for Breakfast courted every Nintendo fan site in the Internet for publicity when the Kickstarter campaign was active and discussed a Wii U port at length. When it closed they said the UE3 licence would be too expensive, citing a figure that grossly exaggerated what Epic would charge them. After that they said Nintendo's Dan Adelman wasn't returning their calls, and Adelman told me himself in an email that same evening that he was at that point in touch with them.
So no, the devs have not been "up front" about anything, they tried to have their cake (big Kickstarter payday) and eat it too (not bothering to make a port) and people like you feel the need to stand up for them.
Tell me, when they asked for a pile of money and said Grant Kirkhope would compose eight songs for the soundtrack, then a year later (once the money cleared) said he would only make three, was that an error in my "interpretation" as well?
I've waited like 4 years, another 2 months is nothing.
Please be better than Yooka Laylee.
IIRC Kirkhope seemed really steamed about this at his MAGFest talk two years ago; deliberately sidestepped going into details, though. I wonder what happened there; first instinct is a money issue, but he literally does obscure mobile games these days that couldn't have paid him very much, lol.Tell me, when they asked for a pile of money and said Grant Kirkhope would compose eight songs for the soundtrack, then a year later (once the money cleared) said he would only make three, was that an error in my "interpretation" as well?
So, similar to Mighty No. 9?The game's Kickstarter was four years ago. They originally said the game was coming in Feb 2014.
Strange they didn't pursue a Switch version if they were that interested. Well, I've got a PS4 anyways, so I'll definitely be waiting to see how this finally turned out. At this point I was thoroughly convinced it would never come out, lol.
http://steamcommunity.com/games/AHatinTime/announcements/detail/1435941998437228694
A HAT IN TIME RELEASES OCTOBER 5TH
Hello backers and slacker-backers, and all the fans who have met us at Gamescom so far!
We're happy to announce that A Hat in Time is releasing October 5th for PC (Steam, Humble, GoG), Xbox One and PS4! The wait is finally over, the cute-as-heck 3D platformer will be in your hands soon!!
Johntron at 6:28 in the gamexplain video.
Welp. Skipping this.Johntron at 6:28 in the gamexplain video.
Johntron at 6:28 in the gamexplain video.
Keeping Jontron in is gonna give it free publicity just because of the way Playtonic handled announcing his removal.
If playtonic said nothing then some people wouldnt even know Jon was in the game until they already bought it and played 4 worlds of it. (I think hes in world 4 i forgot)
Not good publicity though.
I sorry but who is Johntron?
Jon still in this? Bummer if so.
Can people stop it with the Jon Tron shit? It's not like he had a hand in developing the game. He's a cameo voice over that 99% of the population wouldn't even notice unless it was pointed out to them and explained. I didn't even know who Jon Tron was before everyone started bitching about this game.
I backed the game and it looks like it turned out great. I'm glad it's finally out. These guys have been working hard on it for a long time. I'm not going to let some YouTuber (who I guess said some racist shit?) with a voice cameo ruin that for me.
Then again...white supremacy is a genocidal killer.I'm kind of in the position too that the JonTron stuff is overblown. I mean, people can do whatever they want with this, but literally listening to him voice a small NPC you can skip over and someone who had no role in the development of this game besides that is silly. They probably got a lot of people to do the work already and paid them a small amount ages ago, and honestly if you try to avoid everything which has even the smallest involvement of people with bigoted views, you're probably not going to be consuming much entertainment media honestly.
A work does take on a life beyond the people who made it, and like JonTron didn't even make this game even or have anything to do with its development really. It's not like JonTron is getting paid for sales of this game or anything either, he probably got paid a flat sum years ago.
I think there's a point in standing for what you believe in, and then making a mountain out of an ant of a problem.
Then you obviously have a bias towards this game, as far as im aware Jon receives no sales cuts or benefits so yeah it is alittle silly to not buy the game just because of one NPC. However people can do what they want and retract their money for whatever reason they have, people have boycotted for less, some for more in the end Im not going to judge someones reasoning.