Place to purely donate to the family: https://www.youcaring.com/michael-forgey-479259 (found on Reddit)
Want to make this more visible, not an edit to a post.
Place to purely donate to the family: https://www.youcaring.com/michael-forgey-479259 (found on Reddit)
Want to make this more visible, not an edit to a post.
Why only $3.50? I like it should at least be 4 of the 5 dollars
Edit: Also fuck WB for the generally scummyness of trying to profit off this mans death
valve takes 30%, the family is getting all the money they can out of the $4.99. $4.99 - $1.50 (30%) = 3.50
All proceeds would mean 70% of the revenue, WB should've probably worded it like that as well, since as far as I know there almost no way to pass the 30% platform holders fees in any case on any platform.I'd like there to be a discussion about this because there should be exceptions to their take. I remember there being a DLC for This War of Mine where all the proceeds were donated to War Child and I was thinking "I hope Valve isn't getting their usual cut".
So purchases of this DLC outside of the US apparently don't go to charity?
It all goes to WB?
Unless I'm missing something, this very well may be the scummiest thing I've seen a publisher ever do.
They said on Twitter, purchases outside the US wont go towards any charity.
https://mobile.twitter.com/shadowofwargame/status/903474210005069824
Nah I doubt it, the wording of that (very) small print is pretty deliberate. It literally states that only purchases made in the US with the exception of certain states are donated to the family. The rest of the proceeds go to WB Games.TotalBiscuit seems to be under the impression that WB will literally be donating the money it receives through sales of the DLC. I'd imagine what will actually happen is that WB will keep tabs on sales and pull the money out of a different pocket so that all purchases are accounted for. That aligns with WB's stated intent and the fact the DLC is available worldwide.
They said on Twitter, purchases outside the US wont go towards any charity.
https://mobile.twitter.com/shadowofwargame/status/903474210005069824
Nah I doubt it, the wording of that (very) small print is pretty deliberate. It literally states that only purchases made in the US with the exception of certain states are donated to the family. The rest of the proceeds go to WB Games.
EDIT: Ah, too late
Yeah, that's kindasorta tucked away in the video description. I was going off the information in the OP. Serves me right, I suppose.
TB does bring up what they said on Twitter in his video, I'll update the OP regardless.
With the exception of the Steam Store URL, I didn't click any of the links prior to posting, which is what I was getting at with "Serves me right" (i.e. it wasn't a dig at you). Those finer details are supported with a screenshot of TB's tweets, so I mistakenly inferred he was the source and didn't think to go digging any further. No harm, no foul, though; this isn't the first time I've made myself look foolish on the internet.
No worries man, it's a long video so I should have at least highlighted a little more info from it - All this happened while it was quite late for me over here though.
WB always finding a way to WB it up. Why sell it outside the US then?
Wow.
Fucking wow.
If I live outside the US, can I buy the dlc through a VPN?
It's not UBI, it's Warner Bros.Just want to be realistic, hes exe producer, his family most likely will get the sales/metacritic bonus, and most likely have already had strong support from ubisoft.
This DLC will make his family even more after the tragic death.
Hes family most likely already has gotten amazing support, we honestly dont know enough to say ubi is scummy.
Uh...so this is free now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_rRbA0ASCY&
I'm super hype for the game but man some of this shit is getting weird.
The right decision, IMO. This was turning poisonous.Uh...so this is free now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_rRbA0ASCY&
I'm super hype for the game but man some of this shit is getting weird.
Come on now. The onus is on them for messing up the original announcement of the DLC, and not figuring out a way to donate the money from intelligible countries to some cancer related charity from the very beginning.Further details.
Basically they were going to give all the profit to the family, but were just not promoting it as such in territories where that was prohibited. The intention seems to have been to just make the full sum the donation without promotion in the prohibited territories, but now they have decided not to do that due to the furor people raised about it. They will still be making a donation to the family, but that will almost certainly be less than what the DLC would have raised worldwide. So, uh, good job, everyone?
Further details.
Basically they were going to give all the profit to the family, but were just not promoting it as such in territories where that was prohibited. The intention seems to have been to just make the full sum the donation without promotion in the prohibited territories, but now they have decided not to do that due to the furor people raised about it. They will still be making a donation to the family, but that will almost certainly be less than what the DLC would have raised worldwide. So, uh, good job, everyone?