Company News RPS - Strategy First failed to pay royalties to published developers

[Whisky]

Tags: Rock Paper Shotgun; Strategy First

According to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Strategy First, who apparently still exist, have received numerous reports from developers that they have failed to pay royalties for publishing their games on digital platforms.

Check out the long list of bad experiences people had here.

 

[Whisky]

Thanks for pointing this out Infinitron

 

[Burning Bridges]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_First

 

[Severian Silk]

Uh.. so when you buy a copy of JA2 on GOG.com, who does the money go to? Who should it go to?

 

[SuicideBunny]

i wonder if that's the result of colossal incompetence, considering they had plenty of somewhat popular games, or actual fraud/Corruption.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Considering that stories about SF ripping off developers go back years and years, I'd say that fraud/shitty ethics. They've approached us a couple of years ago, offered a decent-looking deal. I pointed out at the stories, citing 2 examples, and asked to comment on them, which was a reasonable request under the circumstances. Never heard from them again.

 

[Chinese Jetpilot]

This developer rattled some cages, and the result was an email from SF promising to send a sales report. The email read:

“Hi this week we will send sales report. If the product doesnt genetate atound five thousand. We wait until tje next period”

Egad!

Was the pitch they sent you written like something out of Nigeria?