entertainment wants to be free
I hear Square-Enix isn't a really popular company right now. No discussion of them seems to be complete without a complaint about the overuse of the Final Fantasy brand and the neglect of other series they own. I don't really care if that's true or not. I don't have to buy everything they make and they aren't obliged make things I want to buy. Maybe other people need to see Square-Enix do something really awful before they can appreciate what it really means to be a bad company. I hope threatening to sue your own fans for what amounts to glorified fanfiction should be enough.
There was at least some logic behind shutting down Chrono Resurrection, as disappointing as that was. Resurrection was a completely unauthorised remake of the original game and it was on course to make the official DS re-release look downright lazy by comparison. This, on the other hand, is pure egoism and a contempt for the people that support you. Square-Enix bringing down the hammer probably gave the hacks more publicity than they would have had normally.
Of all the projects that were affected the one that got the most attention was the fanmade Chrono Trigger sequel Crimson Echoes, which was due for release in less than a month, but I suspect the public will get to play Crimson Echoes eventually because Square-Enix acted far too late to close it down. The game was apparently complete and in the hands of testers when the letter came. The developers of the hack may have their hands tied but the testers could keep their copies without anyone knowing and, if one of them knew how, leak it via proxy. I know that's what most people would do if they could.
There was at least some logic behind shutting down Chrono Resurrection, as disappointing as that was. Resurrection was a completely unauthorised remake of the original game and it was on course to make the official DS re-release look downright lazy by comparison. This, on the other hand, is pure egoism and a contempt for the people that support you. Square-Enix bringing down the hammer probably gave the hacks more publicity than they would have had normally.
Of all the projects that were affected the one that got the most attention was the fanmade Chrono Trigger sequel Crimson Echoes, which was due for release in less than a month, but I suspect the public will get to play Crimson Echoes eventually because Square-Enix acted far too late to close it down. The game was apparently complete and in the hands of testers when the letter came. The developers of the hack may have their hands tied but the testers could keep their copies without anyone knowing and, if one of them knew how, leak it via proxy. I know that's what most people would do if they could.