Why does ZUN/Tasogare have a responsibility to foster a competitive community, particularly in countries their games aren't officially sold in? If you're concerned about playing games just to have a scene, stick to SF5 or Melee. And nothing's stopping you from importing.
I do not have enough information however I recall this is a problem in japan as well. Anyway I am not implying they have the responsiblity to take care of a community. It should be in their interest to keep people from getting pissed, but that is another thing. However assuming people can just move into another game is silly. You can't just tell someone playing X game to play another franchise of the same genre. That's like saying people who are mad at LoL should move to DotA because they're the same anyway.
The problem here is not scene or whatever, but the game is updated and we are locked from the new version. Obviously, I don't see people going to like playing an outdated game.
So how long would they have to wait before you would be OK with them "abandoning" a game? And while it would be nice if they were to transfer the new stuff to PC, that probably takes more effort than is feasible for them at the moment. They're still indie studios for all intents and purposes, so they can't always work on projects in tandem. Maybe they just don't want to announce anything either way until the game is released, for whatever reason. Game dev can be a strange thing.
Perhaps abandon was not the right word to use. Had they made a soku expansion for PS4, people would still be mad. There's no time limit, that is not the problem.
I sure hope they're just not announcing it and were in doubts.
There is no effect because the game isn't even out yet. And I could rephrase that question to say "What are the chances that you and your friend you usually play Monster Hunter with both have a PC?" Remember, they have Japan's market in mind first and foremost, so they have to account for the fact that gaming-capable PCs are much less common than consoles.
A single line of confirmation that they had no intention to update the PC version was enough for people to drop the game.
The problem here is we are playing at one console and then both of us are expected to have another console if we want to play the new version. I might have failed to understand the Monster Hunter example but I don't think that is the case.
I was mostly upset that others were calling him greedy, not you. I admit I also think at least adding Reisen to the PC version could be within their purview, but I have no idea what's going on behind the scenes. This perceived exclusivity could even be something stipulated by Sony for all we know.
It is somewhat inevitable that people would be pissed. Some people bought the game, and now a huge portion of the playerbase doesn't feel like playing it anymore because again, who would willingly play a game that is supposed to be played competitively without even having the latest version? You would be playing a game that you're supposed to play with someone else, but the other players aren't actually playing the same game with you anymore.
An expansion disk would help.
I honestly don't mind not being able to play anyone with the two ULiL CD I have, but man things are looking bleak. The worst part is I could just buy a PS4 and I'd still have no one to play with.