1. They didn't charge a high price. Infact they charged a pretty low price considering most games these days are $59.99, and this one was what, $49.99?
Games in early access alpha stage are NOT $59.99 or even $49.99. Only alpha stage Bannerlord is doing that. Going on about a "sale price" is a bunch of crap. TW is marketing an alpha stage game at $49.99, multi- years away from gold status. 2-3 years at best.
TaleWorlds continues to leave up for potential new customers "We hope for 1 year" even though we all know now that 1 year from this date July9, 2020 is not going to happen for Bannerlord to go gold.
3 months have went by since EA release. TW showing very slow progress of filling in the missing game content., YET, The 1 year statement by TaleWorlds still stands for new customers. Huh?
Like to say here, I don't think the TW dev team has been slacking. I do see they are squashing a lot of bugs and making the game better..
BUT..
TaleWorlds deceived customers at early access release and continues to deceive potential new customers about the state of Bannerlord going to a gold status. This deceit and "WTF is TaleWorlds doing" issues is all about the leaders of TaleWorlds and not the grunts pumping out code.
That statement about "Hopefully 1 year" should be changed to 9 months now on the early access statement or better yet Taleworlds, be honest with customers and remove all that crap in your early access statements and just say the game is alpha stage and there is missing content and bugs, with no details provided about what missing and Don't mention a "hopefully date". "unique towns" "voice overs" "some quests" etc.
TaleWorlds are not going to change the Early Access statement because "hopefully 1 year" statement was never a part of reality and "hopefully 1 year" is only there to deceive potential customers.
All the mentions of "what is missing" are all there to lead potential customers into think the game is close to done and deceive the customers into think the full game is enjoyable.
The full game is not enjoyable, really only the battles and arena are enjoyable. Both of those still need work, but at least are worthy in their current stage. The rest of the game "Fully playable" is a damn right lie.
"hopefully 1 year" was never practical from the very beginning and TaleWorlds knew 1 year was not even remotely possible. Sound like even the fan boys knew that when reading the statement. TaleWorlds knew that statement was false when printed also. TaleWorlds continues to leave that deceitful statement for new customers.....for the sole purpose of deceiving potential new customers.
If you know that 1 year is not practical and you print "Hopefully 1 year" to potential customers, that statement is deceitful. Putting disclaimer words like "hopefully" is pathetic. The fact that you feel a need to put disclaimers in a marketing statement says a lot about the integrity and honesty of a product maker. Not mentioning a date at all would be the most honest.
So at what date does "hopefully 1 year" start from? 1 year just magically moves after 3 months now.....The truth is according to you fan boys and obviously from TaleWorlds themselves is that "hopefully 1 year" statement was not realistic from the very start.
So what purpose did TaleWorlds ever have in mention "hopefully 1 year" is the question. What purpose does leaving "hopefully 1 year" in a marketing statement server?
"hopefully 1 year" surely does seem like intended to deceive customer into thinking the game is close to complete.
Go ahead fan boys, spill the beans..Why did TaleWorlds say "hopefully 1 year"...What was TaleWolds purpose in that statement if not to fool potential customers?
Good for you fan boys who knew that "hopefully 1 year" was never accurate from the start. Kudos by the way.. Either you fan boys knew better then the game makers themselves or TaleWorlds knew all along that "hopefully 1 year" was no where close to accurate.
Oh yes, that is right.."hopefully 1 year" is a marketing statement.. We can say anything we want even if decietful to convince the customer to buy...
Get some integrity TaleWorlds leaders. Appreciate your paying players by being upfront honest. You can start today by changing the current EA access statement crap for potential new customers.
Shame on you TaleWorlds. Sell Bannerlord to a reputable company with experienced leaders.