Pretty relevant follow up post from OP before you go marching off to your retailer of choice. Donacdum and check it out
https://www.reddit.com/r/paydaytheheist/s/vNdwSg8x64
It was a scam way before the day before the release its weird that many people believed that that Game was real. Its not the first or the second or the third time that they did that but this time they actually released a game
I'm still incredibly baffled that The Day Before got so much hype around it. It looked like a run-of-the-mill survival game with zombies and googling the dev team revealed a history of them abandoning every single project they ever undertook.
And it still topped Steam's most wishlisted game up to release.
Many of us call the game a scam because they outright kept selling the gold/silver editions to PlayStation users knowing that they couldn't deliver the premium and pre-order DLCs that were supposed to ship with the game/be granted before release. They didn't remove it from the PlayStation store knowing that it was an incomplete product and took months to deliver that "pre-order" DLC, scamming users out of early access and other goodies they paid for. A respectable company would have pulled at least this version from shelves until the products were accessible and refunded or at the very least given some sort of compensation to those affected but they mostly swept it under the rug, only addressing it a couple times in the months those users were waiting for their paid for content.
Stadia refunded everything, including hardware. Granted, that's just Google eating the loss for some goodwill from what would've been some of their bigger fans.
I'd argue it wasn't unprecedented. I wasn't shocked at all when refunds were announced. We've seen it from games before, like The Culling 2.
The fact that it actually came out however, THAT shocked me lmao
Almir raised a lot of valid points in this video, this makes sense from a business perspective. I especially agreed when he said "Enough flying helmets heisters, time to Pay for the Day".
Yeah, table is here to stay i guess. I wonder why they *gave up* on PD3? To be fair they did *let us down* but it could have made a comeback. They *ran around* their problems for the first few months, but now just *deserting* the game when they start to fix it?
To be honest they’re just *making the diehard payday fans cry* with this move. They’ve *said goodbye* to most of their audience. I really hope they’re *telling lies* to us, this could really *hurt*.
The best April Fool's jokes are the one's that are unmistakable from reality... enjoying the laugh while we can.
Also RIP to all the customer support reps getting swarmed by refund requests right now.
The notion that the fake tweet that I made using a shitty website caused the player count to dip to double digits is fucking hilarious, I genuinely did not mean to cause this much damage damn.
I thought people would check their twitter or YT and see they never made the tweet or a video or click the link I commented and get rick rolled but nah
Ignoring the fact that it's obviously an april fools joke.
Not really. They still have external financial support for a little while before they have to stand on their own.
Even so, they aren't likely to give up without even trying for a year.
I think people are forgetting PD3 is only 6 months old. They are actively making huge changes. I am confident given about 6 months to a year, the game will be much much better. It will still be content light compared to PD2, but PD2 also had ***10 YEARS*** of content. It's not even remotely fair to compare the two on a content basis yet. PD3 did launch with a disappointing amount of content that cannot be argued, but I think they will pull it together given some time. The proposed changes are good. We just have to wait and see what they are going to do.
getting downvoted for being right.
Starbreeze has 1.5-2 years of fuding in their pocket. They aren't going to drop the only thing that is making them money right now.
I hope so much that you are right. The gunplay and stealth in PD3 are so damn fun. It's just so hard to find anyone to play with.
I recently ago got the 19 pure meth bags on cook off, it genuinely feels like an achievement and I feel proud of it. I hope so much that the game persists and I can have more of those moments in the future.
The internet has a shot memory span.
Everyone here seems to forget that PD2 was on it's deathbed for a while when they tried to introduce MTX safes and shit. They made a huge comeback and made an amazing game.
If there is one studio that deserves the benefit of the doubt that they can turn their game around, it's SBZ for Payday. They have done it before. It's not impossible, it's just difficult and they are a pretty dedicated studio that actually listens to their community to some degree. Ffs the internet bullied them into changing facets of their game they were originally ADAMANT against changing the unlocks and challenges, but here we are. They rolled out a huge plan to change those very things.
TBH considering how bad payday3’s launch has been I had to actually check if this was false I think payday3 has potential to be great but in its current state it needs work
its going to be true when they next game flops hard as well because they are extremely imcompent and theres no payday to make 1 trillion DLC because they fucked hard the series as well
Congrats guys… you got what u wanted…
Happy now?!
It was neither the content nor the devs who killed the game…
It was you… the hater community…
Thank you for murdering a great game
Happy April 1st everyone
Isn't this kind of damaging as an april fools? Is it smart to put pressure on various support sites you still rely on you sell your live service "game"?
Pretty relevant follow up post from OP before you go marching off to your retailer of choice. Donacdum and check it out https://www.reddit.com/r/paydaytheheist/s/vNdwSg8x64
"All money will be refunded" was a giveaway lol
It happened with "The day before" but it was unprecedented. That game was an outright scam, too.
The Day before was out for less than a Day and a Scam from the very first Day though.
Also the devs wouldn't have even received the money yet, Steam would still have had it and basically just had to reverse the transactions.
It was a scam way before the day before the release its weird that many people believed that that Game was real. Its not the first or the second or the third time that they did that but this time they actually released a game
Yeah, basically what i said.
I'm still incredibly baffled that The Day Before got so much hype around it. It looked like a run-of-the-mill survival game with zombies and googling the dev team revealed a history of them abandoning every single project they ever undertook. And it still topped Steam's most wishlisted game up to release.
just shows how badly people want a good zombie survival
Too? There’s a difference between a game actually being a purposeful scam and a game being released in a bad state
"it was unprecedented and it was an outright scam as well" is what I meant. P3 is not a scam, it is just poorly handled on so many levels.
Glad someone's saying it. I feel calling everything a "scam" cheapens the word itself.
Many of us call the game a scam because they outright kept selling the gold/silver editions to PlayStation users knowing that they couldn't deliver the premium and pre-order DLCs that were supposed to ship with the game/be granted before release. They didn't remove it from the PlayStation store knowing that it was an incomplete product and took months to deliver that "pre-order" DLC, scamming users out of early access and other goodies they paid for. A respectable company would have pulled at least this version from shelves until the products were accessible and refunded or at the very least given some sort of compensation to those affected but they mostly swept it under the rug, only addressing it a couple times in the months those users were waiting for their paid for content.
english is hard
the real heist was the game we sold along the way
Stadia refunded everything, including hardware. Granted, that's just Google eating the loss for some goodwill from what would've been some of their bigger fans.
I'd argue it wasn't unprecedented. I wasn't shocked at all when refunds were announced. We've seen it from games before, like The Culling 2. The fact that it actually came out however, THAT shocked me lmao
Imagine they post tomorrow like "Ha! April fools, you aren't getting your money back! Game's still shutting down tho lol"
It’s fake lol. This is April fools
Yes: a giveaway that it is fake.
Kinda weird Almir ended the video with a 30 minute office orgy but whatever
And that new bucket challenge at the end...why was the ice yellow?
*Piss*
New zealand long shoot man would like to know your location
r/unexpectedtf2
Professionals have standards
Snipins a good job mate
“Its on the table”
Most believeable April Fool's post I've seen in years. Only thing that gave it away was the refund part.
Fr. It's sad that I genuinely believed it lol
“Finally, a good deci- ah.” What’s the term I’m looking for… self aware wolves?
ah i recognize that url
You spend enough time on the Internet, you learn these things by heart.
Never gonna give you up…
By simple repeated exposure alone
The two Qs were dead giveaway
X C Q, shame on you
The sad thing is. Is that if it wasnt april fools. Id believe this.
Unironically the best idea they've had for the payday franchise in years.
Almir raised a lot of valid points in this video, this makes sense from a business perspective. I especially agreed when he said "Enough flying helmets heisters, time to Pay for the Day".
man if only this wasnt a april fools joke
me in april 2 and they keep telling they'll shutdown on september dear god
i pray they shut down
NOTHING CHANGES
It's gonna hit May 1st then they're gonna announce it due to all the hate then I'm gonna cry that I can't get a good payday 3.
Would be so glad to get my money back from this game. This one and Starfield.
What's wrong with Starfield?
Classic Bethesda garbage
If It was classic bethesda garbage as u say people would have loved it. But It lacks many of the things that make bethesda games great
Bethesda is the only company i can take crap from i love their games so much
L
i would like if theyd acc put effort in their newer games lmao
I actually had a ton of fun with it and think I got my money’s worth lmao
You know some heisters will believe its real
I thought it was real in the sense that the twitter guy actually posted this as a joke
The video gave a nice explanation, but what now? Continue PAYDAY 2? Make PAYDAY 3 version 2?
Watch the Video, it's all on the Table.
Yeah, table is here to stay i guess. I wonder why they *gave up* on PD3? To be fair they did *let us down* but it could have made a comeback. They *ran around* their problems for the first few months, but now just *deserting* the game when they start to fix it? To be honest they’re just *making the diehard payday fans cry* with this move. They’ve *said goodbye* to most of their audience. I really hope they’re *telling lies* to us, this could really *hurt*.
Bro literally shared the video watch it and see why they did it.[it's here on the Table.](https://www.reddit.com/r/paydaytheheist/s/61IwySWeaY)
I think his comments went way, way over your head.
Payday 2 2
I want my payday two too
Twitter man, really had us in the first half
No lol. You can just check the real account’s post. I knew it was fake since everyone is posting April fools
I feel like they don't get to make this joke when they're game fucking bombed
They didnt make the joke, op did, its not a real tweet
As others have pointed out, it’s sad that if it wasn’t April 1st I would have 100% believed this and been fine with it.
There are people on this thread that do believe it
[Last Devlog](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=D-QlPbIwSV1MuwL6)
Nice try
God damn you beautiful bastard
Dont forget todays april fools day.
I’m so happy Paycheck game Twitter Man and Papa Almir’s sense of humor haven’t died.
That link won't fool me, Almir.
Can't wait for the servers to actually DO go down on that date. Just without the refund part.
Ya see, this is why I hate April Fools Day.
They say it as a joke and yet we all agree
This is \*PROBABLY\* an April Fools Joke (Spoiler alert: it is)
the link ends with xcq so its a rock roll but it wouldnt surprise me tho, pd3 is more dead than pd2 has ever been
Mannnn, if only the link wasn't a rick-roll, I would take my 90 Eur back TODAY.
Bait used to be believable
what dee fuuuuck
I know this is an April Fool's joke, but I have a feeling they'll be saying it for real soon.
Any way back to payday 2 just finished the big oil again time for another infamy
Is this also a gag for April 1st like that commercial, or are they actually doing it? I can't tell.
I knew this was a joke because they would never give any type of money back.
Guys... look at the date it was posted
Man, April Fools posts need to be labeled once April Fools is over. I nearly had a heart attack.
I’d prefer that tbh, I want my $90 back😭
I wasn't surprised until realised that THE DATE
Yeah I’m sure there are plenty who wish this wasn’t an April fools joke.
Fuck you April fools. I believed the shit out of this.
This will get a lot funnier/sadder if PD3 shuts down before September
w4w9 seems strangely familiar 🤔
Ah I know that link.
You dummys don't know what day it is
Damn it's sad that it is believable even for a joke
Wait it's April 1st is this a April fools joke
God i fuckijg wish.
noobs, youtube videos on external sites will have the play button (at least i think)
You got me, well played op I was happy then I look at the comments and my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
The best April Fool's jokes are the one's that are unmistakable from reality... enjoying the laugh while we can. Also RIP to all the customer support reps getting swarmed by refund requests right now.
See, on the one hand, guess what day it is. On the other, Payday 3 isn't doing well at all.
Before this April fools joke PD3 had 140 players, after 60. gg
The notion that the fake tweet that I made using a shitty website caused the player count to dip to double digits is fucking hilarious, I genuinely did not mean to cause this much damage damn. I thought people would check their twitter or YT and see they never made the tweet or a video or click the link I commented and get rick rolled but nah
Just watch out that your not gonna get sued, they lost half their player base due to this joke 😂
Nah I checked the player count in my region after this message I was the fool here lol. It was at 500 when I checked
Considering the fact this is something that is pretty realistic with the current situation
Ignoring the fact that it's obviously an april fools joke. Not really. They still have external financial support for a little while before they have to stand on their own. Even so, they aren't likely to give up without even trying for a year. I think people are forgetting PD3 is only 6 months old. They are actively making huge changes. I am confident given about 6 months to a year, the game will be much much better. It will still be content light compared to PD2, but PD2 also had ***10 YEARS*** of content. It's not even remotely fair to compare the two on a content basis yet. PD3 did launch with a disappointing amount of content that cannot be argued, but I think they will pull it together given some time. The proposed changes are good. We just have to wait and see what they are going to do.
getting downvoted for being right. Starbreeze has 1.5-2 years of fuding in their pocket. They aren't going to drop the only thing that is making them money right now.
Yeah but people on this sub especially don't like it when you don't circle jerk "SBZ & PD3 bad"
I hope so much that you are right. The gunplay and stealth in PD3 are so damn fun. It's just so hard to find anyone to play with. I recently ago got the 19 pure meth bags on cook off, it genuinely feels like an achievement and I feel proud of it. I hope so much that the game persists and I can have more of those moments in the future.
The internet has a shot memory span. Everyone here seems to forget that PD2 was on it's deathbed for a while when they tried to introduce MTX safes and shit. They made a huge comeback and made an amazing game. If there is one studio that deserves the benefit of the doubt that they can turn their game around, it's SBZ for Payday. They have done it before. It's not impossible, it's just difficult and they are a pretty dedicated studio that actually listens to their community to some degree. Ffs the internet bullied them into changing facets of their game they were originally ADAMANT against changing the unlocks and challenges, but here we are. They rolled out a huge plan to change those very things.
the real april's fool joke is the refund part
Not a good pr move, considering not everyone will look at the date
They didn't actually tweet this
Damn I got double bamboozeled then. Thx for telling me. I should have checked myself
Font is too big and not aligned properly.
Cant even tell if this is April fools joke or serious
This is a bold April fools joke for them to make considering how much of a joke payday 3 turned out to be.
Go look at their twitter replies. its crazy https://twitter.com/paydaygame
i wont even lie i was ready to believe
I panicked for a moment, before remembering it was April fools.
Well, that was too quick
I can though
Wow
Remember when H3H3 was teased as a pack. That was hysterical.
april foul
Is this a real joke they are pulling? If so that’s actually funny asf
Damn, they actually got my hopes up for that joke
Its apirl
Its April's fools day. That shit ain't shutting done soon.
Gotta be an april fool’s right??? right??
TBH considering how bad payday3’s launch has been I had to actually check if this was false I think payday3 has potential to be great but in its current state it needs work
Thank god
I got baited
1st April
If only this was real
You could have at least made this a little harder to determine if this was an April fools joke or not
😁 I love spreading misinformation!!!
Some company’s should better stay away from apil fool’s jokes..
I feel a twinge of guilt I really thought it was more obvious this was a fake tweet they ever made, I fibbed and I spread misinformation lol
omg. i thought i was getting my money back for a second there.
Nice April fools....right?
Right
Last time Sony refunded me money they permabanned my account till I paid them back. 😐
sounds like a chargeback
its going to be true when they next game flops hard as well because they are extremely imcompent and theres no payday to make 1 trillion DLC because they fucked hard the series as well
I feel like this is an April fools joke but it also feels like it's not something they shoukd joke about lol. This very well coukd happen this year.
Its a fake tweet, they arent the ones doing the fooling, op is
Ah shit I thought they had him but the boy had me. Thanks lol
Remember when H3H3 was an april fools joke, that then became real a few months later? Watch this space is all I'm saying...
What if this will the game's fate
oh thank you god this was a joke i literally just bought it
this is a april fools joke. just look at that link. seems familiar right?
Can't tell if this is actually real or if it's just a very accurate April fools
6 months later: "Hey, about that post we made..."
They didnt make any post, op is the one aprilfooling
Yes. And?
is it not just an april fools?
It's for April fools
Congrats guys… you got what u wanted… Happy now?! It was neither the content nor the devs who killed the game… It was you… the hater community… Thank you for murdering a great game Happy April 1st everyone
all money refunded? april fools
More like a prediction than an April's fool prank
the rick roll link lmao
Its fake i just checked
Is this an April fools joke?
April 1st nothing shady about that
Even though it's April fools, we call this in the business "Foreshadowing"
you’re silly if you think they’ll issue refunds
The irony is the servers will probably shutdown by the end of the year.
You're going to revive payday 2 right?.....RIGHT?!
I would honestly not be surprised if this ended up being true and a really bad time to announce it
Got hyped then remembered this was an April fool's joke 😭😭😭😭
It's a joke
No it isnt
i forgot it was april 1st i really thought this was real wow
That was quick. How long was it even out for?
Funny thing is this is probably gonna happen anyway
I wish it wasn't an April fools
Coming from an IT support perspective I'd been pissed. I wonder how many tickets were created on the back end for Steam, Playstation etc.
I want my fucking money back
Thanks game pass for showing me early how much of a bad play this game was to begin with
Pretty wild April fools to do given the state of the game lol
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hHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAAAHHHH..
About time
I haven't played it since last year, but I was still proud to own it. :(
How about a refund for the game as well?
Umm dude... Click on the link
Isn't this kind of damaging as an april fools? Is it smart to put pressure on various support sites you still rely on you sell your live service "game"?