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They'd be stupid to delete progress... that just sounds like it's a way to guarantee that nobody returns instead of trying to lure them back.
...but then again, I suppose we've learned that business decisions aren't their strong suit π€·ββοΈ
My original comment was more about a hypothetical scenario, based on previous incidents. Now seeing the response my comment got.
I hope they do.
There's nothing I love more than seeing G*mers throw temper tantrums like the little babies they are.
You know you can use the word 'gamer' on the Internet? Why would you come into this thread and wish other people to be unhappy about a hobby they like?
Because in 2024, it's not important whether you have fun or not, the important thing to focus on is that nobody else has any fun.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=g*mer
Because I need to explain jokes to G@mers
No, I don't think so, you just need to make a joke?
G@mers don't need help in being jokes.
Hows the boot taste?
Well I never gave Arrowhead my money so I wouldn't know. You'd have to tell me.
Ooooh, so its a kink thing, you do it in your free time then? Apologies then, I didnt mean to kink shame
I ain't the one defending a company that agreed to these terms and then didn't tell anyone.
What does this comment even mean? Are you not the one saying you hope gamers receive retaliation for requesting a refund for a company pulling a bait and switch on them?
No.
What previous incident? I never heard of someone's progress getting wiped like that.
Why in the hell would they save progress for a player that has refunded the game? You'd have to be delusional to assume that.
Literally the opposite. Why would they ever do that? You are underestimating how easy it is to do nothing, game progress is beyond negligible in terms of storage space. And deleting it would reduce any chance of returning customers.
Look at it from sony's PoV, if they did delete saves and then the community becomes less upset next year, why would they want to preemptively prevent people for giving them another chance?
Not only would it be a terrible business and PR move, there is just no precedent for this type of thing. Do MMO's delete your characters once you unsub? Or do they just sit tight and wait for you to come back?
I know FFXIV saves your data. Youβre welcome back anytime with your account
Not if you refunded the purchase price of the game. Letting your payment lapse isnβt the same thingβ¦.
A subscription-based game is completely different than a one-time purchase that you've refunded.
I knew you would say that, but seriously, stop and think about how its literally the same situation. There is no reason that Sony would delete data from a customer that might potentially give them money.
Especially when the data is probably just a handful of MB.
The only way it makes sense is if Sony gets vindictive and opts for scorched earth. It doesn't make business sense but this is the second time within 6 months Sony have tried taking away content from paying customers by one means or another. They clearly aren't very good at business these days.
I like how you completely ignored how your entire point of view makes no sense and chose to pick apart an analogy that is perfectly appropriate for the situation
You must be pretty young, just keep enjoying your days.
Stay in school and maybe youβll find out multi-billion dollar companies manage millions of dollars in inventory and data using one analyst manually fixing incomprehensibly large Excel sheets lmao
Here's a source: literally this scenario - they didn't delete progress.
Congrats, you're the moron!
Wow, you came back after all this time, only to show me a discord screenshot that doesn't actually support your argument. Bahaha you fucking idiot
So are you trying to claim that they did delete progress for people that refunded, or do you just not remember what your argument was originally?
Neither of us have evidence and we're both speculating. Let me know when you have some actual useful information. Until then, fuck off.
It already happened, there is no speculation. Many people who refunded have already bought the game after the policy was rolled back, and their progress remained.
"many people"
Can't show me one fucking person lmao
Because 5 MB of data is absolutely nothing in the grand scale of things, and it's not worth wasting a salaried developer's time to set up automations for purging data from users who refunded on third-party storefronts.
You might be amazed at the stupid tasks that I, a salaried developer, have been given.
In the gaming industry, or elsewhere? The latter wouldn't surprise me with micromanglement, but AAA game dev studios are notoriously bad for never having enough time to hit deadlines let alone doing things on top of that.
You keep assuming rational decisions though