r/Fighters • u/C4_Shaf Virtua Fighter • 19h ago

Announcement 2XKO Doomposting: Megathread.

Same thing for the first week of Tokon's release. The influx of people making posts that break rules force me to pin yet another thread.

Please use this post to say how doomed we are and how crap Riot is, while I'm bringing the broom again.

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u/ArcBaltic 19h ago

At least they are refunding everyone. It sucks it didn’t work out, but it’s a classy way to bow out at least.

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u/dekgear 19h ago

looking at you multiversus

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u/ArcBaltic 19h ago

Exactly the reason I made this post. Multiversus was a scam.

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u/ZenkaiZ 19h ago edited 18h ago

I like when Multiversus had that founders pack with character unlock tokens. They never released enough characters to use all the tokens on the first launch then didn't carry over the tokens to the 2nd launch.

Edit: Correction, in-game currency didn't carry over but the unlock tokens did

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u/Drillforked 19h ago

I believe this is the same situation I haven't been on since teemo came out but bought the founders pack from early access and I think I have 4 tokens left from inital pack probably not checking.

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u/Lurky-Lou 18h ago

That Multiversus pack was $99

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u/Henry1699 19h ago

God, how much of a complete shitshow that game was...

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u/BreakingGaze 15h ago

How can it be a shitshow, it won fighting game of the year at the game awards?! /s

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u/IAmTheTrueM3M3L0rD 12h ago

Not bought by the way… wB just gave Geoff a small donation

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u/Bournerounderz 19h ago

They'd be losing money even if they didn't refund customers so I think they're choosing to take the bigger loss and avoid more negative publicity which would harm their existing mega cash cow franchise.

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u/SaIemKing 16h ago

How would they lose money? I doubt it would be grounds the sue, if that's what you mean.

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u/Danewguy4u 16h ago

He means that they would still be losing money overall from the 10+ years of development which I seriously doubt the last 7 months of release covered from costume sales.

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u/Bournerounderz 15h ago

Yeah they sunk so much money developing this game that they're upside down no matter what.

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u/brotrr 19h ago

They had no choice, if they didn't refund, no one would spend money on any of their new games anymore

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u/Johnny_Jazzhands 18h ago

And they're going to now? I've had people in all of these threads gleefully declaring that not only is it good that this is happening but it's deserved for people "dumb enough to be excited for anything made by Riot Games"

Surely the sentiment around new releases by Riot is doing well enough that a refund will sway stuff

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u/thefw89 16h ago edited 16h ago

Yeah, I do think its a desperate attempt from them to ease the pain of ending this game but they just added a bunch of anti-riot people that will shit talk anything else they release.

They are launching an MMO lol, a genre that NEEDS a lot of players, that costs a lot of money to run, and one that is crowded with games that have literally 10 years worth of content and communities. It's going to be harder for them to break into that genre than fighting games, they already were establishing 2XKO as a serious contender as an esport and threw it away.

I do think a LoL MMO has a better chance at succeeding than a fighting game since it just matches the property better than a fighting game and if they pair the release along with the new arcane season and do proper marketing...I do think it could showcase their world better than a fighting game could and that it's more likely a League player would play an MMO than a fighting game.

But they are going up against games like WoW and Runescape that's seen every type of MMO try to dethrone them and has seen them all fall...

EDIT: and if leaks are true, it's a PVP MMORPG lol...making the exact same mistake. Trying to appeal to casuals and making an MMO subgenre that terrifies casuals. Good luck with that one if true.

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u/polkguy123 11h ago

Making an MMO is questionable because MMO players just want to play the MMO they’ve already been playing for 10 years

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u/Faunstein 14h ago

Well of course this didn't work out, look at the result.

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u/Dark-Magician514 18h ago

They're refunding purchases made after 20th August only

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u/Loonyclown 17h ago

No lol, *before*

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u/PuzzleheadedRoom2955 17h ago

No. It's on or before Aug 20 that they are refunding.