Well, refund submitted for Phoenix Point. I have been working late, so I only ended up applying for my refund today.
They really made sure to place that refund form as hidden as possible.
I loved that the form started with:
«Please give careful consideration before requesting a refund. Once submitted, this cannot be cancelled, and you will no longer be able to claim your 1 year of free DLC with a future purchase, or your Steam/GOG keys after the 1 year Epic exclusivity period»
Yeah, I gave it as careful consideration as they did, when they pulled this move.
If they had a different approach to things, I could have re-considered. But after Julian Gollop had the gall to go on places like Eurogamer minimizing backers indignation, and saying basically that it's a small number of people, who won't have any impact by the time the game launches, he is "dead" to me. I'll be damned if I ever support any of this efforts.
There are a few games I helped crowdfund that I'm seriously expecting to go next: Shenmue 3 (because of publisher Deep Silver, and because it's the kind of game I expect that developers would be attracted by the guarantee revenue), Bloodstained (because they dropped Mac and Linux support recently, and publisher 505 Games is the kind of publisher willing to do anything for a quick buck), and Knights And Bikes (because it's published by Double Fine, a company I expect to be announced as an EGS supporter soon).
Despite being big games, from developers I like or franchises that I love, I'll refund them all if they pull a Phoenix Point. With no hesitation.
As a bit of a joke, on Tuesday, when that announcement for Phoenix Point got out, I went to have dinner with my girlfriend and mentioned what happened, and mentioned I was going to refund my money. Then I mentioned "what's worse is that Shenmue 3 and the new game from the guy that made the Castlevania games that I liked are likely next".
Since she knows I'm crazy for the Shenmue series, she immediately asked me: "how much did you back Shenmue 3 for"? I said $250+.
She then told me: "Do you have to wait for an exclusivity announcement? Can't you ask for a refund right away?".
So, she clearly considers it money well spent.