Who cares?
Good move WB, I'll admit when I saw $3.49 I was starting to shake my head before I finished reading.
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Shadow of War developer who died of cancer immortalised as an in-game orc slayer
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Who cares?
Good move WB, I'll admit when I saw $3.49 I was starting to shake my head before I finished reading.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
That would be nice but they're not obliged to do that. That's not their employee.
EdwardTivrusky
Member
Awww, i can't buy it without buying the game 
Not sure why i thought i could but eh, i tried.
Not sure why i thought i could but eh, i tried.
OriginalPoe
Banned
Great gesture, but don't forget this game still has microtransactions and loot boxes.
Awesome, will buy. Would have hoped some of it went to cancer research though, but family is good too.
Thanks Mom.
Thanks Mom.
And 30% to steam.
When all is said and done, the publisher isn't profiting from this, it's likely putting up some 10% in fees on top of it.
In all likeness, it probably has gone like this:
Dev: We want to do this for our fallen colleague.
Publisher: Sure, that's a PR home run! We'll even throw some support behind it.
Still, it's very touching and has real effect. I'd say they deserve the positive pr on it.
OriginalPoe
Banned
Just saying, I don't think people should buy this at launch because it just encourages this nasty practice.
If I could buy this DLC without buying the game I actually would.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
Fair play and a nice gesture. Regardless of my issues with the final product this is a guy that went to work, was no doubt passionate about what he did and cancer robbed his family of him. Employers that empathise with the personal struggles of their staff and support them or their family through tough times is always something that should be applauded.
OriginalPoe
Banned
Just to be clear, NONE of this goes to WB right?
Steam gets 30 percent, the family gets the rest.
OriginalPoe
Banned
Easy buy then. Thanks.
EDIT: Nevermind. "Your transaction failed because you are trying to buy 'Forthog Orcslayer' which requires ownership of 'Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™'. Please correct the error and try again."
adversarial
Member
RumbleHumble
Banned
This is making me want to buy the game more than that bling-ring bullshit.
Publishers! Humanize your devs dammit!
Publishers! Humanize your devs dammit!
OriginalPoe
Banned
You can't buy it without owning the game.
Try buying it as a gift.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Who gives a fuck? This thread is specifically about dlc that raises money for a grieving family. Take your agenda to a different thread.
Raylan Targaryen
Member
Yeah, how silly of him to make sure WB isn't profiting off an employees death.
OriginalPoe
Banned
WTH, Steam is requiring me to select someone on my friend's list to deliver it to. You can't buy gifts to your inventory anymore?
No.
Bit extreme, but my point is that I will reward the good deed (providing as you stated it doesn't provide WB profit) but I want people to remember what WB is doing because this sure does seem like it could be a "hey but look we're good people...?"
theonerayman
Member
I wanna say something. I'm so happy to see positivity behind this. This story broke over on gfaqs last night and it was getting destroyed. Like over half the posts were just capping all over this. I think this is a really cool thing to do to help a guy who had a wife and 3 kids and that died so young. Plus they can immoralize their friend in a game. I'm so on board with this. Will be buying for sure.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Wow, that's pretty sad. Very cool of them to do something like this. Will be supporting this for sure.
20p of £3:50. The rest go to the guys family. You don't have to buy the whole game to buy the dlc.
*Edit: or maybe you do?
OriginalPoe
Banned
I can't figure out how to buy it for myself or as a gift. When I click as a gift, Steam is asking me to pick a friend off my list. I can't just buy it to my inventory?!
Wow buddy. Thanks! I'll sure to be back to spite YOU
Sparrowhawk
Member
That's pretty balling. Can't believe people are going to try and give WB shit for doing something cool like this.
I can't figure out how to buy it for myself or as a gift. When I click as a gift, Steam is asking me to pick a friend off my list. I can't just buy it to my inventory?!
Wow buddy. Thanks! I'll sure to be back to spite YOU
I see nothing wrong with lamenting about those bussiness practices, but this isn't the thread to do it in.
giancarlo123x
Banned
If you can't buy it on PC without owning it then maybe use psn or xbl to purchase the dlc alone? Or is this steam only?
OriginalPoe
Banned
I am curious as well. I'd rather give them $20 via GoFundMe.
RedlineRonin
Member
Yooooo fuckkkkkkkkkkk cancer
That said, very cool to see the human side of businesses like this. Best to his wife and three kids. Shit is heartbreaking.
That said, very cool to see the human side of businesses like this. Best to his wife and three kids. Shit is heartbreaking.
Foldedpencil
Banned
I don't get it. Rather than just honoring him in game and sharing the profits of the game he helped produce with his family, they find a way to push that cost into consumers while gaining good will and publicity and have a great excuse to training people to purchase DLC? If I died, I can't imagine if want to come back as DLC... I know this is a pretty pessimistic attitude, but come on, Gofundme DLC? These are some creative executives.
OriginalPoe
Banned
Shhhhhh no critiquing allowed in this thread.
Foldedpencil
Banned
You are probably right. My best to his family.
Wow... Valve really can't catch a break even for charity they still charge that royalty?
C'mon....
Nigga what.
DLC has been a standard in this industry since Horse armor. Your not training customers for anything under the guise of charity when nearly every major game has DLC or lootboxes in some form these days.
There clearly isn't some sort of private gofundme and if there is we know nothing about it. This is just extra money given to the family and a way for Gamers to thank and support a fallen member of this industry.
To complain about this is entirely disrespectful to the developer and his family.
stan423321
Member
Eyup. Valve disabled it one day for some reason. Though I think multipacks still use that framework. They've been limiting it beforehand but them being completely disabled aside from those few scenarios struck out of nowhere. Maybe after disabling reverse importing from cheaper zones and Counter-Strike account breeding they decided hardly anyone bought them? The official version involved bad implementation of regional pricing.
Foldedpencil
Banned
I disagree. Being critical of a game publisher is not a sign of disrespect. I think it is an interesting idea, and I hope if raises a lot of money for the family. I would have a much different attitude about it if they did something out of their share of the profits, like matching the DLC sales.
Polygonal_Sprite
Member
Great touch by the publisher for giving some cash to the family. Will buy the DLC when I usually don't go near it.
DealWithIt
Member
To cancer research for the double win.