It is still such a huge disappointment. It bothers me so much that we stay behind the curve in many areas.
I respect you as a business man and hopefully the next release will take us who do not want a side scroller in to account. On Dec 30, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Michael, > > /Well, refunds are a tricky thing here as James North took in about > $2,000 in sales for Montezuma's Revenge, and I never saw a dime of > that money so I don't feel I owe those people a cent as USA Games > wasn't responcible for refunds. Now we did take in another $1,500 in > sales for Montezuma's Revenge ourselves, but that money was put > towards sounds, music, and software upgrades etc. So we don't really > have the cash to refund those customers either. > > That said, I'm not absolutely certain who is and is not for an FPS > game these days. When we took a poll the results came to 35 for > side-scroller and 25 for FPS. Clearly the majority who voted were in > favor of a side-scroller, but that's not to say every single person > who voted for the side-scroller are completely against an FPS. > Certainly some are, but how many I don't know. > > > Now, that's only about 60 people who actually voted on the issue. As > I've got about 150 preorders that's only 1/3 of the total preorders > accounted for assuming every person who voted actually preordered the > game. That additional 90 people is enough to seriously swing the vote > one way or the other. Without hearing from those 80 I don't really > know what they want. At the time I just put them in the undecided > catagory and forgot about it. > > Personally, I'm of a mind to just write the game my way, release it, > and send everyone on preorder status a key. If people don't like it > then they'll just have to cut their losses. That's the risk people > take when preordering software. > > Cheers! > > > On 12/30/11, michael maslo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thomas: >> >> Since there is only a hand flu of the people who want th aside scroller >> version of the game. Is there any way whatsoever they can be refunded their >> money and you proceed with the first person game? >> >> Just out of curiosity, how many people are totally against the first person >> game? >> >> Even if you could not afford it I would be willing to refund the money back >> to them. >> >> Just a suggestion. >> >> Smiley >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
