Business Limited Run games shipping CD-R copies of a 3DO game for $69 instead of pressed disks. - They are sorry they got caught.

Popped out con Youtube and checked on NeoGAF, but apparently Limited Run games, a company making re-releases of old games, decided it was a good idea to ship a burnt CD-R inside of a box, and charge $69 (nice) for the inconvenience.

From NeoGAF: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/limi...mes-on-cd-r-rather-than-pressed-disc.1670087/

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They are really sorry they got caught:

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Limited Run has been mired in controversy a number of times, for issues ranging from the petty (firing an employee for liking Hogwarts Legacy) to plain old scammy behaviour like year-long delays and refusing refunds.
 
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Lmao Nigger Run Games
frozen_runner said:
but they've been running a business for quite a while now.
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Kel1 shi1 said:
They thought nobody would notice.
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Tl:dw: Legitimizing Scalpers, increasing shipping but goods still arriving damaged ,sending out the wrong versions of games, and who could forget dear shipping steam codes instead of discs.
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Kiislova said:
His Shantae port is shipped via LRG.
Soo... It will be just ignored I'm sure.
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LRG has a who scam with Shantae and collector’s edition plastic.
 
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LRG is having some controversy currently due to shipping CD-R copies of a 3DO game for $69 instead of pressed disks.

Other then this they have a history of sloppy work while at the same time claiming they are all for game preservation.


There is also a conspiracy that Limited Run holds back a significant portion of their stock and then sells it themselves on Ebay after artificially inflating the price.
 
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FamicomGorby said:
Okay thus makes zero sense for me, not the scamming but why would someone spend $70+ on a repro? Just get an ODE, the 3DO has one and provides the exact same experience as while allowing you to play every game.

I used to collect retro games but it's really hard to justify not just using flash carts or ODE's when some games cost $50~300.
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I mostly emulate and buy a few games I really want. Most of my stuff was stolen so it's my only real option considering I had been collecting for over 30 years. I wouldn't pay $70 for a repro. $20-$30 if it was worthy. But the same price as a brand new release? Fuck no. :mad:
 
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They had a place early on, but now there's a million companies pumping out physical indie games, usually with a quicker turnaround rate and better prices. Half their shit ends up getting Asian region printings with better prices/more up to date patches on disc.
 
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Breadbassket said:
LRG is having some controversy currently due to shipping CD-R copies of a 3DO game for $69 instead of pressed disks.

Other then this they have a history of sloppy work while at the same time claiming they are all for game preservation.


There is also a conspiracy that Limited Run holds back a significant portion of their stock and then sells it themselves on Ebay after artificially inflating the price.
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I have no idea why they would do this.

The stock thing I can believe completely. But even with CD manufacturing going way down, it should still be more cost effective and time effective to have them pressed. Like even if only 50 people bought D for instance which, who knows is possible, they should be able to negotiate a deal for a small print run since they consistently print music cds.

Like say again only 50 people bought D, and say they had to do a minimum order of 200 cds. It would still be more effective just to have them pressed. Then later on they could sell just the standalone cd without the fancy (and overpriced) packaging.

This is almost malicious in its stupidity.
 
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Hope I'm not shitting up the thread. I want to power level a bit.

I always disliked LRG. I liked the idea of physical versions of digital games, but immediately adopting the business model of artificial scarcity to milk collectors instead of focusing of preservation and access put them on my shit list. When their first controversy hit, I was there to be a smug prick with "I told you so".

Fast forward to today and all I ever hear about them is how much they're shitting the bed, be it with bad political takes, second printings of games they'd said would never get one, or the more recent drama, it's baffling to me that people still trust this company.

Creampie By Fatwa said:
now there's a million companies pumping out physical indie games
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I had no idea. I always assume LRG was the only option for indie physicals these days.

I'm reminded of how there's supposedly people doing high quality reproduction carts of rare, classic games. One guy even making a proper production quality Saturn cases for a game that came in a cardboard sleeve, but I don't see them anywhere.
 
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Light-Blue Yoshi said:
If you purchase physical games media you are retarded.
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The only reason we ever had physical media is because storage capacity of hardware and ability to transmit data was either non-existent or insufficient. I don't understand the attachment to having a CD or DVD with a game on it when I could have those same bits on giant modern hard drives and not physically cluttering up my life.
 
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I was genuinely expecting the affected game to be Plumbers Don't Wear Ties as LRG is also in talks to re-issue that game at some point in the near future. I assumed "burning it onto a CD-R as a joke because it's Plumbers Don't Wear Ties" was the gag, but no they fucked up copies of a decent Japanese horror game, lmao.

Fuck LRG. Their re-issue of Shante for the Nintendo Switch is prohibitively expensive to obtain (about $400 used) while the other five games in the series all hover around $35-55 on the secondhand market each.
 
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Light-Blue Yoshi said:
If you purchase physical games media you are retarded.
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In an era where vidya companies can just take games out of your digital library on a whim, or force you to get dual accounts on a different store to access a game you already paid for, you said this with the confidence you couldn't possibly be wrong.
 
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I will admit, I use LRG to get things, but I only purchase them olon the Switch and have had no issue with those.

Their vinyls seem decent, too.

But I will also admit that my experiences may not be everyone else's.
 
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