The context: Koei Tecmo re-released this game on Steam last week by porting the Switch version to Steam. Supposedly these are the “definitive versions” of the Atelier Mysterious Trilogy…
The problem(s): The previous versions they already released on Steam 4+ years ago had better graphics. They also removed the old versions (PS4 ports) from the Steam store so if you’re a previous owner who wants some DLC, you’d have to buy the entire games again (Switch ports this time) if you wanted to play with the DLCs. The base price went up from 30$ to 40$ and they don’t even offer any loyalty discount for previous owners.
I don’t know why it’s mostly Japanese devs that do this. Re-releasing a game with small additions or improvements that already had a fully functioning game on PC, making the older version unpurchaseable, and then upping the base price and/or charging full price to previous owners. We’ve seen this before in Dark Souls, Dark …
For reference here is the OP:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/mx77lo/riot_extorts_league_of_legends_legacy_version_fan/
TL;DR: They have now been served legal notice. Proving prior messages on discord were real.
EDIT: /r/leagueoflegends said they deleted the OP from their subreddit because it didn’t have proof. Now with proof they are still deleting this update.
At this point one of the Developers has received a letter from Riot’s lawyers proving that the extremely unprofessional messages sent over discord were actually from Riot. It also demands the source code again, which is the property of the developers. I’ll post the relevant imgur links at the bottom. Here are some quotes from the original discord convo:
You’ve obviously put a lot of work into Chrono shift, but I assure you that the Chrono break is coming.
and of course:
Give [all your source code, website, identifiable information of you and other devs] or we will sue
This …