These guys shot themselves in the foot here, they should've known that the Wii U isn't worth bothering with...

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Wow...that's one heck of a way to talk to a potential consumer base. I was actually willing to give the dev the benefit of the doubt here, but after comments like that, I can honestly say that I'm not that sympathetic.

If this were funded by something like Kickstarter, your point would probably be much more clear, but I'm honestly not sure how this translates with the whole investment approach.  Isn't everyone going to get their money back?  I will admit, I really need to know more about it before forming a concrete opinion.

As for crowdfunding itself, I think it's both good and bad.  The bad, which we're seeing now, is how developers have to limit themselves to goals and promises made in PRE-PLANNING, which is really crazy when you think about it.  If Project CARS had been funded in the traditional way, we probably never would have heard about a Wii U version to begin with.  It certainly isn't a perfect solution from the developer perspective.

I understand that it probably wouldn't have been made but ... well, let me frame this a bit better.  We all know the big positive about crowdfunding; namely, that games publishers don't want to invest in can still have a chance at being released.  This is awesome, especially in a time when some of the largest publishers are only interested in potential blockbusters.

The big negative, though, as I see it, is that developers have to put up a plan in the very early stages of development that they cannot easily change without making people angry, even when changing plans is a very organic part of game development.  Imagine an author posting an outline for a new book, before they start writing, that they aren't allowed to deviate from, even if the story in their head leaps and grows beyond the original conception.

This is the very reason why more and more publishers and developers are waiting until close to release to announce anything.  Look at Borderlands, a game that completely changed its art-style during development.  If it had been crowdfunded, I have no doubt that some people would have been angry at such a drastic departure from the original vision.  Then there was that Renegade Kid kickstarter, where they realized that the game they wanted to make would not work on the DS.

It's not like these people want to lie, they just find a direction, over the course of time, that they think will result in a superior game.  With Project CARS, for example, the thing that really killed the Wii U version is the cancelation of the PS3/360 versions.  That made the Wii U version, by default, the "worst version".  

Changing plans is natural.  The way crowdfunding from very early in development can limit change, I'm sure is a restriction that a lot of developers have to see as a very unfortunate trade-off.

They might as well cancel it. I dont want those SHITTY developers making games on the Wii U.

Can't these devs be held accountable legally since the Wii U version was an option on the indiegogo kickstarter right?

After they said the there would no longer be a release on PS3/360 it was sign that the PowerPC build was endanger of being dropped altogether, but still it would have been interesting to see how it compared to X86 as I read that it is not really well optimized on PS4/Xbox1 either.

Response to someone saying they arent buying Project Cars anymore

''Oh please do. We really don't want people like you buying our games. ''

someone asked for people to be civil about the situation and he responds

''Hey, it's not your doing Robbo.

We win both ways. He might manage to deter some more of the lunatic fringe with his efforts, but at the same time he'll bring our game to the forefront of the minds of others.

Fill your boots I say. ''

Then another person made a long thoughout post,which didnt have any insults in it and he responded with

''Yup, and if you need to pass this on, we really dislike Nintendo users. ''

list goes on and on really. honestly I don't see anyway to legit justify this guys actions as the head of the studio

It is pretty sad. They got funded for this, i dont see why they must whine because they got to cut back on some areas. We all know the Wii U isnt a top end PC and they knew the specs since the start. Its cowardly to back out now and disappoint the people that helped make the game a reality.
SMS should be very ashamed for their incompetence and should be issuing a formal apology.

So, now we see the lies of 3rd parties... So now we know who to blame.

Its NINTENDO of course! )))

Platinum won twitter, they responded rude to stupid questions(they were totaly clear that nintento payed for the game and noone else wanted to pay for it)

this guy on the other hand had a big mouth earlyer and is getting rude when people call him out.

thats not the same...