Console CotM code release has BEEN COMPLETED

Yeah. I bet IGA is absolutely furious about this too, he wouldn't be able to say much especially because he's such a nice guy, but it seems like he's undergoing a lot of stress and hassle because he gave Inti a chance and they just let him and his fans down like this.

Scars Unseen

So far as the DRM free bit goes I totally agree that that's one issue that is unforgivable, it's also one issue I'm not solely laying at Inti's feet, in fact I don't even really think the DRM thing is there fault to be honest. I don't expect companies to lay out all their rules to the public and such everytime they do business but your right this issue HAD to have come up, papers had to be signed and commitments had to be made, I suppose it's somehow possible that the subject of DRM never came up but I can't imagine that and even if that is the case it should have been regardless the backers should have been notified YEARS ago that there would be no DRM free options for Curse and that is something I hold Fangamer, Artplay, IGA responsible for. As far as having an obligation to make a DRM free game... I agree that they should have but I don't know if you could argue, at least in a legal sense that they had a responsibility too.

Not publishing in R3, again I agree that's beyond moronic... from the tweet I read it said that Artplay was the one that didn't realize the region difference. I don't know if that's IGA sharing responsibility or if thats evidence of a lack of communication between Art and Inti, but regardless thats just messed up and everyone has always said thus far that Inti is in complete charge of Curse of the Moon. I don't know if it costs money to put a game on different regions (I imagine it does) or if there are other commitments that they simply cannot meet. But as I said if they just got someone else publish none of this wouldn't have been an issue.

I really don't disagree or blame you for your choices, all I was saying before is that Inti can't and shouldn't publish their own games in any future projects. If they want to do it for their own games fine of course, but anyone dealing with them in the future definitely shouldn't let them publish anything.

Didn't know about that original delay announcement. Sounds rough. I'm definitely into the idea of doing something to show him he still has our support.

Delays are quite frequent and in fact, I would prefer these would happen more often instead of having a buggy game that gets patched up later on. I do believe that most of us that answered the survey also agree with this notion.

Cale By all means, entertain that idea.

Anyone else among us who's willing to send this hard-working team more free sweets is an okay person in my book.

What do you think of this, XombieMike?

I had a Krispy Kreme avatar for a while and really pulled for this to happen, and turned out they had one of those right next to the old ArtPlay office location. It was good times man

Angel-Corlux

Thanks for letting us know your listening and working on the issue's.

Unfortunately I don't think donuts are going to fix any of this. We need and deserve more transparent communication with IntiCreates. IGA knows he has our support. We just gave him a great 50th birthday gift. With E3 and the demo coming around soon, things could be minimized with the press at large, but a pissed off backer community is going to undercut the potential to put Bloodstained in the main stream.

I am tempted, but will refrain for now, on talking with cecil-kain about using the force that is Operation Akumajo to flood IntiCreate's inboxes, Twitter and Facebook with demands for answers to a preset list of questions. However, I don't like the end game in that unless it's the only way. Pushing that message far will let the world and all Bloodstained fans see there is a hole in the armor that is the integrity of the brand. We must keep the brand in mind for IGA's success. IGA is paying for the refunds to Region 3, not IntiCreates. I imagine his attitude is to make things right at an expense now to save the brand overall, especially right now as a lot of marketing beats are coming up.

Here is what I propose instead. Unlike with IntiCreates we have an excellent open access to IGA himself through Mana. I say we put together a list of very short and concise questions that will put this all in perspective. We will pass them by IGA and get ArtPlay to push them to Matt Papa at IntiCreates. I want to believe that Matt really wants to do right by the backers even though his communications haven't met our requirements since he came on the podcast so long ago.

Now, everyone, please come up with SHORT easy to translate questions that will address the following issues: 
1. The code release delays to backers.
2. "Region 3" not being available for PS4 and Vita.

What we are NOT going to approach them about is GoG. They have already answered that question. IntiCreates Will require DRM on their games as a means of anti piracy. That's their stance and it's not going anywhere.

So, hit me with the questions and I'll update this post with those that fit the mission.

God, I really want to say something about that stream apology but... Its real hard. We're days away from it being multiple weeks late, which as you can see in the video they said it wouldn't be. I know its an apology but it really doesn't feel good.