Sony refunds H1Z1 players after the Pay-to-Win controversy surrounding the game’s release.
H1Z1 went through a rather troubling alpha-launch: the servers didn’t work properly and many players had issues logging in. The majority of the H1Z1-players didn’t find this to be the game-breaking problem however, but the air drops were. Air drops can be bought with real money and will deliver random yet useful supplies to your position, but these are also server wide, meaning everyone can loot the drops, adding a risk to calling those in.
According to Sony, this doesn’t signify Pay-to-Win, but almost the entire community disagreed with them. Looks like the complaining paid off, because you can now get refunded. John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment, stated through Reddit: “If you feel like the air drops are an issue, you can get your money refunded by mailing bwilcox@soe.sony.com.”
Requesting a refund is possible until Monday, and only if you have purchased H1Z1 before the 16th of January, 7.30PM.
What do you think about the air drop system? Does it fall under the Pay-to-Win category for you? Let us know in the comments!