The supposed successor of the legendary PC Fútbol is being involved in a spiral of controversies after four official delays
Although at present the world of football video games belongs to EA Sports FC 24, with the possible incorporation of FIFA 2K 25 and projects with another focus are emerging, such as Copa City, its history is much longer. Along the way, other sagas have been left that Many nostalgic people hope they will returnalthough there are times when memories are better being just that, simple memories.
A great example of this is PC Soccera saga of computer video games whose theme was sports management of a football club. This was created and released by the defunct software house Dinamic Multimedia from 1992 to 2001 and it was all a success.
That's why it's normal that many were excited about it. announcement of the return of this saga with PC Fútbol 8although the multiple delays and problems with a team of developers that every day is smaller has ended up driving mad even those who have tried to receive their money back, although some are reporting bugs even for this.
A rebirth that seems to have failed: the problems of PC Football 8
As usually happens on these occasions, Bad news never comes alone. Starting with the delays, it was assumed that This title would be released on April 30, then on May 17, then on June 7 and, finally, on June 25; but it is still not available. The reasons for this delay have been changing, from “problems with names in the credits” to a compilation error or other technical errors.
We had to postpone the release to resolve several issues with the credit names.
— PC Fútbol (@pcfutbol) June 7, 2024
The truth is that other users, like the streamer SpineCardthey already gave a different version in one of the last delays, stating that The problem was that there was no functional game to sell..
BREAKING NEWS pcfutbol: My sources confirm that the non-exit of the game today is not due to an error in the credits but rather a problem with the game itself. According to what they tell me, the integration of the elements that make up the game would not work. That is to say that there would not be a functional game👇
— SpineCard (@SpineCard) June 7, 2024
The second leg of this tripod of altercations is the team of developers themselves. According to multiple sources, This workforce is getting smaller and the reason could be the discontent of the workers themselves with the terms of your employment. In fact, the same user from the previous message interviewed one of the former workers who were involved in the project and he offered statements that already invited us to think the worst.
According to this person, they began working at PC Fútbol 8 with conditions that said that from the first 2 months their salary should increase, but that was not the case. starting payment problems for the whole team. This specific worker He was fired, according to his version, for demanding the salary increase that had been promised to him.even this expulsion being out of the ordinary, without any conversation or notice.
This former employee has not been the only one to speak out, because another person with the nickname Raven4none even showed his contract with the development company. As this user explained, also on the SpineCard channel, The pre-sale of the title was carried out before it even began to be developed. In the same way, the demands changedgoing from asking them for something simple, giving priority to the technical part to requesting images of the UI.
All these circumstances led many users to terminate your trust in PC Fútbol 8 and claim your money backa situation that has also created a problem. Some people have started to Report errors on your return requests for no apparent reason, something that has put more future players in tension who seem to be no longer interested in the video game.
It's been like this all week and I've already given up the money for lost… pic.twitter.com/y6aEe4x0Uk
— VOGamingShow (@vogamingshow) June 27, 2024
It is true that recently, after a message from the company reporting that the person responsible for the project, Héctor Prats, had been off work due to health problemssome users have confirmed that The return has already been processed successfully. However, this entire process is tarnishing the image of a title that, when it arrives, It seems that he will do it with too much burden.
Hahahahahaha about it @pcfutbol It's still worthy of a movie 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/uLjDJ864ks
— Rafael García Álvarez (@bels_mike) June 26, 2024
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