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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, we can do this? All this time I could have just say that the bug is unfixable?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Imagine me spending the last two weeks working full time to figure out what the fuck was wrong with our network / API manager when I could have just told them "nothing I can do about it"? Damn!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

They make it sound less like a bug and more like apple made a breaking change in how IAPs work.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Good. It was a terrible port (I don't think it's earned being called a remaster) that sucked compared to the original from 22 years ago.

Sucks for those who paid for it though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The company says that if you made in-app purchases in January 2024 or later, you’re eligible to request a refund by contacting Apple Support.

Any purchases in the last year will be refunded. They haven’t just abandoned them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes but they're hoping a percentage of people don't go looking for news that their game has been removed and they need to take action to get a refund.

They remove it from the store automatically, but don't refund automatically.

Though I bet there may be an argument that the payment platform being Apple means it's opaque to square, it's still always customers losing. Even if it's just a percentage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How could they refund automatically? Credit card info changes, lots of one time cards. People are happy with their purchase and have already moved on. I don’t get a refund on a book just because I’m done reading it and it gets pulled. The same expectation to be applied with a paintbrush is just silly.

If you’re active in the game, which would be the people that this affected, you would know about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It was so disappointing, it would have been so easy to make it work with couch co-op and online multiplayer with just a little bit more effort. I was so excited when it was first announced, and then I don't think I played it beyond the first day it released after trying online play with my brother.

The original was a masterpiece of couch co-op, but it's increasingly difficult and expensive to play it on original hardware anymore. Fortunately you can get away with connecting multiple instances of m-gba and dolphin to recreate the experience on emulator for couch co-op at least.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

What the..? If this bug is "unfixable" (lie), then just release an update that unlocks everything for free for everybody instead of screwing everyone who paid before 2024.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, btw.

Didn't realize it was on mobile, that's tempting.