Official statement on removal of our games from storefronts by Focus Home
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https://tinyurl.com/y2mzpqtb
Fate of Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments still unsure
Hello,
This letter is addressed to everyone who is interested in the video game
industry, and wants to take a look at what’s happening behind the curtain.
We are Frogwares, the developer of the Sherlock Holmes video games, and The
Sinking City. We make detective games because it’s our passion, and because
it allows us to live off it.
But today, that is under threat. Some of our games are being removed from Sony
’s and Microsoft’s storefronts, and even maybe from Steam. This list
includes our titles like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, The
Testament of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack The Ripper and
Magrunner: Dark Pulse (see full list below).
Why? Because Focus Home Interactive, the licensee (or “publisher”) that was
in charge of commercializing these games on these platforms, refuses to
transfer the title IDs to us, the creators and IP owners of those titles,
even though our Publishing and Distribution Agreement has expired.
Because, according to their official statement, sent to us only last week, “
Focus has put in place a policy in accordance with which they will not
transfer any title – the content ID or title ID – belonging to any
developer which has removed all of their games from the Focus catalog”.
A policy that is not in any of our previous or existing contracts with Focus
and that has never been applied to us in the past.
Because of that policy, our games will be taken down from all storefronts.
As it stands right now, the only game left is Sherlock Holmes Crimes &
Punishment which only has until September 29th. It is possible that it will
be taken down at this date or earlier if nothing is done. The players will no
longer be able to buy and play the game. We will also lose all our wishlists
and every other bit of information on those store pages. As the creators and
IP owners of all those games, we have no control and no say in this. The
decision of Focus Home left us voiceless.
We are in the process of setting up new store profiles, and we are contacting
console stores and hope to try and rectify the situation. However, we are
unable to confirm if this can be done and already know that it will be
impossible for certain games on previous gen, and very costly for others as
we will have to update the SDK and that takes months. We are certainly not
going to give up, and will pursue this issue through the appropriate channels.
We have always been an independent studio. We worked with many licensees on
the grounds of mutual interests and benefits, but it’s the first time in 20
years we have encountered such a situation. We are losing all revenue
attached to these games, for some – for an unknown period of time and for
other games, forever. This new policy from Focus Home towards former
contracted developers will land a serious blow to our studio, threatening our
future games and the people who develop them.
Right now, we are in a tough situation. We are preparing ourselves for a
significant loss. To those parties that can help us and have influence over
the situation – feel free to contact us.
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Full list:
On Steam, PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360: Sherlock Holmes Crimes &
Punishments availability ends on September 29th.
Already taken down on PS3: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, Magrunner: Dark
Pulse
Already taken down on Xbox 360: Sherlock Holmes versus Jack The Ripper, The
Testament Of Sherlock Holmes, Magrunner: Dark Pulse
On Steam, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack The
Ripper and Magrunner: Dark Pulse are published by Frogwares and not by Focus
Home Interactive.
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这是开发商Frogwares的声明。
简单来说相关游戏都被前发行商Focus Home Interactive下架了。
PS、Xbox和Steam都可能一样。
据Frogwares说法是Focus Home Interactive拒绝在合约到期后把游戏ID转交给他们而是
直接从平台上删除了。
而Frogwares则是直接丢失所有相关资料，因为Focus Home拒绝转交给他们。
而且因为Focus Home Interactive的行为可能之后玩家不只不能买，也可能不能玩游戏了
。
目前相关游戏只剩下福尔摩斯：罪与罚还在，但9月29后好像也会被停止发售了。
这闹大了......

停售事小 买了不能玩问题很严重好吗

这发行商是要倒了吗？不然也太绝

倒了的话版权还比较单纯呢...

这家是insurgency跟the surge 2的发行商，离倒应该还有一段距离

反正也是个无聊的游戏

罪与罚 我特价买了还没玩……Orz

其实很可能就是大发行商欺负小工作室不让我继续帮你卖 那我直接资料全删而且文中也有提到收入也受影响 我不懂是指不能继续卖还是指收不到钱

要欺负可以啊...动到玩家权益不会出事吗

如果你已经下载的话应该不至于玩不到，不过还没下载

真假 那我先下载一下...

以后在steam或psn有可能下载不到了，因为会被下架罪与罚如果你英文ok的话，我认为是推理名作没错游戏案件都很福尔摩斯，不简单而且会随推论有不同结果

权益的话 发生这种买了不能用的事 Steam好像会退费给玩家的样子 其它平台就不知道了

这种一定要上法院的吧 但是不一定告的赢

开发商只是间独立工作室呀 要告赢有点难文中有说了就是发行商突然拿出开发商没看过的条约说依条约不转让 开发商就傻了 那时多了这条

这种时候就会怀念实体版了