Babylon's Fall closing after less than a year live, to become unplayable after February 28th

An interesting comment on the pc gamer article:

In Europe, the very recent Digital Content Directive states that software is (finally!) covered by the same warranties as physical, meaning anyone who purchased this game is owed a full refund since it stopped functioning under two years of purchase.
Square Enix is without a doubt aware of that fact but probably hope most people aren't yet. I suggest every owner (all 12 of you) living in Europe to request a refund, since a remedy to the end of service seems highly unlikely.

Too bad for UK folks who bought this. lmao

I figured they would delist it sooner or later, would been part of my collection had it offered SP or community servers. Sucks for all 10 of you who bought a dead online game XD

That didn't take long. bye bye 110 euro for your deluxe version.

And that's why you stay away from multiplayer games.

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This is why online only games suck. Hopefully enough european players get a refund that it makes an impact but I doubt it.

Well, game title says it all: nomen est omen as the Romans said.

Interesting to see that such a big company failed this dramatically and this soon after launch. Does anyone know what happened here? Did the game just fail to cater to new players?

> Online-only game
> Multiplayer focus
> Premium currency
> Ingame purchases
> Battlepass
> €70 base price with €110 deluxe edition
> AAA publisher well known for their extreme greed even compared to other AAA publishers
> People still falling for that

All I can say is: LMAO

There's a problem with the gaming industry, and it's NOT the greedy AAA companies and their anti-consumer practices - though those certainly don't help.
Not wanting to sound like devil's advocate here, but it's the same thing as with preorders: as long as the sheeple keep "baa"ing at them while throwing money, they have literally no reason to stop pulling shit like this.

Their job is to sell products (not games) to make money (not to have players enjoy them). People buy them? Great, that's all they need.
Enjoy your planned digital obsolescence, and don't forget to prepare your wallets for the next dead-on-arrival blockbuster with more money spent on advertising, buying awards, and bribing reviewers, than on the actual end product.

If I were the person who bought this, I would be very upset

£94.99 for the Deluxe Edition is down right robbery in gaming. I feel sorry for people who got excited for this.

70€ base
110€ deluxe
Haaahaaa, not surprised

not surprised so many other and better games that do a login daily and season type thing and most are f2p (meaning try with no risk)
such as:
moe ninja girls
battlestars
crush crush/blush blush
governor of poker 3
adventure capitalist
stumble guys

and many more - not to mention the hundreds and hundreds that are free games in other ways like some VN'S or action games - no wonder this game never got off the ground with those kind of rip off prices - when you can play brawlhalla, dota 2 or apex legends for free why spend money on this - which apparently no one did so... goodbye you will not be missed

Ahahah, and to think that they had the gall to say that they had tons of content ready and weren't gonna give up on this game.

Players should sue the company for buying a game less than a year old.

That's what you risk when you buy online games. I'm not going to gloat, games succeed or fail for all kinds of reasons. When said game is online, you need to understand that you're paying for something with a risk of losing access at any time. If I buy a game like this, I personally wouldn't feel cheated when it closes. It would suck, of course, but I wouldn't feel cheated. Choosing to pay for a service that doesn't promise anything or specify a duration of my own free will is on me.

Well, I hope at least some of those who bought it found it worth it.

First time I heard about that game, and something tells me it's probably also the last time I'll hear about it lol

Well, people do vote with their wallets, which is why I never even considered trying this abomination. If only people were more aware of where they spent their money then we'd have better and often cheaper games.

This was online only?

This shoud have been in an Indiegala bundle to make it known to us average Joe :)

Is it really that bad that this is the first time I've even heard of the game?