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Epic says it's 'looking into' it after pigeon dating sim maker says she's not received royalties in 2 years (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Read that title three times and still don't understand it

[-] nyctre@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago

The maker of a "pigeon dating sim" game says she hasn't received royalties in 2 years. Epic games said they'd "look into it"

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Ok the funny bit is, there is as much information in the headline as there is in the article. Fuckin hell, slow news day? 😂

[-] Emotional_Series7814@kbin.melroy.org 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Epic Games, prompted by a message from the creator of the dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend (in which all the dateable characters are birds), says that they are “looking into” why the creator has not received any royalties for the game in two years.

Headline is misleading because not all the dateable characters are pigeons.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well, if they wrote instead that it was a "bird dating sim" it would've been misunderstood by the English.

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Well, did it sell any copies?

[-] ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

If you read the article this isn't purely about the Epic game store but around the publisher of the game who was bought out by Epic. there are about 30-50 reviews per month for the title on steam. So I think its a safe assumption that it has at least sold some copies in a period of 2 years. There were at least 70ish reviews for the Holiday "expansion" standalone in 2 years.

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

My comment was a joke because it sounds like a silly bizarre game

[-] Knusper@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

It's not an unpopular meme game...

[-] optissima@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

At least 1!

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