The amount of senseless dramas in the video game industry is endless. For every game that is released smoothly and with a normal reception, there are twenty that have behind them stories of horror, madness, or a reception that makes you question the sanity of a certain sector of the gaming community. But among the dramas of this 2023, few have had as much impact as that of The Day Before.
To summarize everything that has happened, The Day Before is a game that has been in development for years and when it arrived on Steam just two weeks ago, it turned out to be nothing like what they promised. It was neither the genre they claimed it was nor did it have the graphics or gameplay they promised. This led to thousands of critical reviews and subsequent thousands of requests for refunds. All this considering that The Day Before became the most anticipated game in the history of the platform. A truly remarkable milestone.
After that, things have only gotten worse. The studio changed its name, removed the game from stores and we said that the drama was hardly over there. And indeed, the drama continues.
There are people who, for some reason that we fail to understand, are willing to pay to play The Day Before. And not just a small amount of money. According to the price tracker GG.deals, there are people who are paying between 215 and 485 dollars for a key of The Day Before. An absolute outrage, as well as something completely incomprehensible, for a game that is not only broken, but also dependent on an online server maintained by a company, to say the least, of questionable reputation.
In fact, those who are buying those keys are better off wanting to speculate with other speculators, because soon they will not serve any server. Today, the official game account has announced that after the closure of the developing company, Fntastic, the game servers will be shut down on January 22nd.
If The Day Before wasn’t a scam, it certainly seems like one. In any case, if you have been affected by it, Mytona, the investor in the project, along with Steam, have committed to refunding the money to all those who purchased the game at the time. A demonstration of good faith that, however, we are sure will not be the end of this story. Because yes: we are still convinced that there is more behind The Day Before. And that sooner or later we will find out.
