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If you’re broke, download our games illegally and don’t use sites like G2A, Postal’s creators say.
The American indie studio behind the cult and controversial series Postal, Running With Scissors, has been doing things lately that might not appeal to everyone. Suffice it to recall last year’s release of the full version of the game Message 4: No regretsunder which developers have openly admitted that they are leaving early access on Steam and GOG, although Postal 4 is far from complete. Cause? They are trying to get money for further development from those who are lured by the sight of the finished product.
Source: Running with scissorsEven the free April Fools game Poostall Royale is better than Postal 4
In addition, the studio constantly hypocritically kicks infamous I became 3 from third-party developers, as if Postal 4 wasn’t the same, if not more, stinky dung than the hated third installment a year ago after leaving early access. Moreover, the days when jokes about Postal 3 were funny are long gone., which is to say, if they ever happened at all, then on the other hand, at least in Running With Scissors they are trying to improve on their latest addition to the series, for which they certainly cannot be criticized. And now we have one more thing for which the developers will probably get pluses in the eyes of their fans.
Running With Scissors developers get edgy on social media fenced against sites that sell activation keyssuch as G2A and stated that these sites have been hurting indie creators for years. After this statement, which many indie developers can no doubt subscribe to, and the obligatory link to the studio’s online store, a really interesting statement follows.
“Don’t you have any money? Just pirate our games. Just don’t buy from those key reselling sites that may (or may not) contain illegally obtained keys.” So piracy is the best option for Scissor Runners. than the sight of someone buying a key from G2A or a similar site, albeit at a lower price than what he sees in the official giveaway, but without the ability to check where the key actually came from and whether it was even legal getting it.
This is why we mentioned above the high probability that a large number of independent creators will agree with the statement about the harmfulness of these websites. As a rule, they do not receive a penny from the sale of keys. and, among other things, they have to deal with questions from players who, for example, have a game disappear from their account after a certain period of time. In terms of Running With Scissors, at least in the case of piracy there is no dangerthat the buyer will be tricked into buying a key that someone else will revoke in the future.and that someone will rake in money for the sale of goods of dubious origin.
But the creators of Postal offer another interesting point of view. When asked if piracy is really more profitable than key reselling, also known as the gray market, they have replyed claiming that a pirate can still purchase the game legally over time from Steam, GOG, the Developer Store, or another legal place.. But if someone already has a game on their account because they bought the key from a resale site, they simply won’t buy it from legitimate sources.
In any case, it’s about continuation of a question that independent game creators have been dealing with for many years. But it is rarely expressed so openly. In conclusion, it is appropriate to recall that Of course, Running With Scissors doesn’t mean that anyone can illegally download their games at will.. It simply indicates that if you buy a seemingly legal key somewhere cheap, it does not mean that it is a legitimate product. And that the creators themselves will get something from your purchase.
Source :Indian TV
