The Update Thread

It's awesome to have someone lurking here and posting, keep it on and thanks!

What?! A console war for a character? Tsk... peasants. 

Yes, best nip this thing in the bud right now before it has the chance of escalating into something really bad.

honestly the dumb required to jump to that conclusion (that said character is MS exclusive I mean) made me facepalm the first time... the fact that people keep saying it even though they are told otherwise several times... *runs away crying*.

Glad to see the fangamer folks are keepin up with everything

That is awesome and refreshing that you guys and the team in Japan are perfectly in sync with everything.

Unfortunately it only takes one person to spread misinformation around so that it catches enough fuel to turn into wildfire; then the act of putting out the flames. I have great confidence in the August update, onward to victory! (๑و•̀ω•́)و

They may be backer-exclusive and acted as an incentive to get people to pledge more (it worked on me), but there's no reason to restrict the backer-exclusive boss and item just because of the console.

Plus, sometimes backer-exclusive content becomes available as DLC depending on the game. I don't know if it'll be like that for Bloodstained, but I hope it will.

I never said there was a reason to restrict content by console, and I'm well aware of what the backer exclusive content was used for.  As you said, it was a money grab, and it worked.  Rigel said "I know for sure that Iga would never restrict the content of the game.", but the content has already been restricted.  That's all I was pointing out.

If backer-exclusive content becomes available to non-backers, that will mean we will have been lied to, as "exclusive" has a set meaning, and people buying DLC aren't backers in the sense that the word was used earlier, which is "people who backed the development and creation of the game."  That being said, I hope the boss and item become available to non-backers, because putting a single boss and item behind a, what, $32 paywall?  Is a bit of a dick move towards people who want the "full" experience.  

At this point, though, they've painted themselves into a corner.  If they keep certain content exclusive, some people will be upset because they won't have a way to get said content.  If they open the content up despite making it seem earlier that this would never happen (and having people dig deep into their wallets at a time where they honestly might not have done so had they known they would have the option later), people will also be upset, and rightfully so.  Exclusive OR "exclusive" content is always a gamble, and they knew this going in.

The price point of this potential DLC is also going to be interesting, as the upgrade to $60 from $28 gave not only the boss and item, but also the soundtrack, a PDF strategy guide, and I think access to the prequel game and the beta... but I would bet at least a handful of people don't care about any of those, and only wanted the boss and item, and are rightfully going to feel cheated if the boss/item DLC goes for, say, $5 or $10.

EDIT: And just so I don't come back to a few PMs about it not being a money grab, it was a money grab.  Everything you see in backer extras as tiers go up is a money grab.  That's the whole point.  Part of kickstarter is coming up with great tier bonuses to increase the money you get for development, and this kickstarter did a great job with that.  Honestly, I wish I could've pledged more, as the Demon Summoner tier was calling to me the whole time, but I could only spare $60, which was $4,940 short of that tier XD

All good things come with time.

I know most people want to know more about the development but its best to just relax about it we have almost two years left before the game is out.