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Report Lab Zero Games (Finally) Receiving Cut of Skullgirls' Sales!

except that would greatly limit the game forcing it only steam because im pretty sure that for Xbox and playstation you need a publisher. also what if early acsess dosnt do well then we might be stuck with half a character, too much of an investment to gamble with early acsess
 
DeathArcana said:
except that would greatly limit the game forcing it only steam because im pretty sure that for Xbox and playstation you need a publisher. also what if early acsess dosnt do well then we might be stuck with half a character, too much of an investment to gamble with early acsess

PS4 has an early access system coming into place, dude. Ravid even talked about that during the Lab Zero stream today.

And FYI, you have a huge misconception on how early access works; when used correctly, it's nothing more than what is essentially already being done in the Endless Beta... which is getting community feedback and bug reports on new content as it's being made. They won't just go "welp no one likes this character, we gotta scrap her and we wasted $200K".
 
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still SG still aims on being accessible to the entire array of systems that can handle it, meaning that Xbox users in the future would be left out
 
DeathArcana said:
still SG still aims on being accessible to the entire array of systems that can handle it, meaning that Xbox users in the future would be left out

They still get the content eventually, they just don't get to beta test it. That's no worse than how the PS3 community currently is, and they seem to be doing just fine.
 
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Wait, they're getting paid a cut of the total sales, right? That would be messed up if they're only getting a cut from every new sale from now on instead of all those sales from the past 2 years. Are they going to get paid for the work they did when they were still Reverge Labs?

I'm glad things are looking up, but they need to be reimbursed for all the bad luck they have gone through.^^;
 
Awesome, good to see Lab Zero getting something they deserve for once.
 
southpawper said:
Wait, they're getting paid a cut of the total sales, right? That would be messed up if they're only getting a cut from every new sale from now on instead of all those sales from the past 2 years. Are they going to get paid for the work they did when they were still Reverge Labs?

I'm glad things are looking up, but they need to be reimbursed for all the bad luck they have gone through.^^;
It's not total sales over the years.
 
I've followed this game since around six months before release and all I can say is that Lab Zero deserves whatever they've got and ten times more. These guys busted their butts despite getting so little in return. Can't wait for the winter sales so I can gift like crazy.
DeathArcana said:
except that would greatly limit the game forcing it only steam because im pretty sure that for Xbox and playstation you need a publisher. also what if early acsess dosnt do well then we might be stuck with half a character, too much of an investment to gamble with early acsess
Isn't self publishing a thing on PS4 these days?

http://us.playstation.com/develop/

Early access on Steam and self publishing on Playstation in general are a big deal. If there WERE any new iteration they wouldn't have to launch with 8 characters or something similar. They could start low and add up over 12-18 months.

Not that there is any chance. I'm completely focused on Encore as the only Skullgirls we'll get (R.I.P Annie T_T).
southpawper said:
Wait, they're getting paid a cut of the total sales, right? That would be messed up if they're only getting a cut from every new sale from now on instead of all those sales from the past 2 years. Are they going to get paid for the work they did when they were still Reverge Labs?

I'm glad things are looking up, but they need to be reimbursed for all the bad luck they have gone through.^^;
Allow me to answer on Mike's behalf.

*clears throat*

AHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
southpawper said:
Wait, they're getting paid a cut of the total sales, right? That would be messed up if they're only getting a cut from every new sale from now on instead of all those sales from the past 2 years. Are they going to get paid for the work they did when they were still Reverge Labs?

I'm glad things are looking up, but they need to be reimbursed for all the bad luck they have gone through.^^;

You should probably read through the thread before asking questions. I can think of a few people around here that don't like answering the same question twice...

Edit: Simple answer --- they only get a portion of the sales from this point forward.
 
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Regarding self publishing of the hypothetical Skullgirls 2.
Autumn Games (current publisher) owns Skullgirls. As far as my understanding goes, Lab Zero can't do jack shit with hypothetical Skullgirls 2 without going through Autumn.
 
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Dang. It sucks that its only sales from now on, but I'm glad they're getting money for what they've done now.
 
I don't understand all the 'finally' stuff. As far as I know, this arrangement is a new one, not something that was being withheld from L0 by Autumn all along. I could be wrong but regardless it's cool news.
 
But autumn only owns "Skullgirls", right? Not the characters, just the rights to that name. So couldn't they just do what the XENO series did and just change the name, and en possibly buy back the title from autumn when they're in the green?
Or is that not possible?
 
Autumn owns the Skullgirs IP, meaning they legally own literally everything about the game except for the dev team and their offices because slavery is wrong.
 
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TechPowah said:
Autumn owns the Skullgirs IP, meaning they legally own literally everything about the game except for the dev team and their offices because slavery is wrong.
Aren't they chill enough to let them work on it anyways?
 
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I want to say maybe, but my Business Guy class is severely underleveled. At any rate, SG is in Autumn's name rather than L0's, which is why the sales were only going to them until now.

I dunno, this would be something someone like Ravidrath would have to explain.
 
IIRC Autumn is known for using dirty tactics and gettin sued...so probly not too chill


also when's Skullgirls: Gettin' Paid Edition?
 
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CapnWTF said:
IIRC Autumn is known for using dirty tactics and gettin sued...so probly not too chill
I think you're getting Autumn confused with Konami.
 
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Out of all that bad luck you've guys had, I'm super glad you're finally out of the hole enough to start gaining some money from the game. I hope you get much more ^_^
 
CapnWTF said:
But autumn only owns "Skullgirls", right? Not the characters, just the rights to that name. So couldn't they just do what the XENO series did and just change the name, and en possibly buy back the title from autumn when they're in the green?
Or is that not possible?
The name and characters and everything already in game that is SG. So locations and referenced characters.

Yeah Autumn lets them work on it but money made goes to the pub and they still have final say even if they are hands off.
 
Ok, now I'll work really hard to get as many people I can into SG.
 
iLoli said:
Well damn, time to buy this game again tomorrow on Jap psn or steam, I don't mind dropping 15 bucks again to help solid people.

or just mail lab0 a check for $15... lol
 
Wenzel said:
SG Encore its now in PSN JP?
Yeah, it released last week, I believe.
 
I'm assuming you guys get arcade money from Japan when that's a thing?
 
In the scenario where they are somehow able to make more characters I'd imagine canon sg1 roster is first priority. Meaning Umbrella, Annie, Dahlia, and Marie.

Strictly hypothetical tho. Lab Zero peoples being able to live comfortably should be first priority obviously.
 
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I've been waiting to hear good news like this X3
 
To all those hoping for a sequel:

We're probably gonna play this game for 10 MORE YEARS anyway. That's a lot of time for situations to change.
 
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time to re-buy the game!
Ps4 here we go!
 
evilben said:
just mail lab0 $15!

Great idea! Instead of convincing people to play SG I'll convince them to mail $15 to Lab0
 
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I've waited so long. Time to make my smurf accounts.

Also I was planning on buying steam codes and giving them away to anyone that entered my official unofficial skullgirls side tournament at our next big local tournament.
 
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LOL you guys thinking L0 will get a portion of total sales on top of this. How fair do you idiots think this corrupt world is? Justice isn't served to you on a silver platter with a free drink. You have to hunt it like an animal to get what you deserve.
 
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