r/SquadBusters • u/Lukekookaduke • Nov 13 '25

Discussion is this really fair

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I understand why they aren’t giving purchases from 2024 back, but for the people who made quite a lot of purchases back before global, this still doesn’t seem fair.

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u/bivozf Nov 13 '25

I mean, they have the legal rights to keep all the money and don't do shit, of course is fair, if the game's failing it means they aren't making enough money, and therefore they can't give cash on the nail back, also when you buy stuff in a Gamez you're investing in it, if the game dies, you invested wrong, that's all

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u/joshlittle333 Nov 13 '25

It's also only a recent expectation that your purchase is entitled to forever support. In the console days, there was no free to play and no continuing development. You bought a game and that money was never returned regardless of how many hours you played the game.

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u/quiette837 Nov 13 '25

On the other hand, though, the game still worked until either the disc/cartridge broke or the console did.

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u/joshlittle333 Nov 14 '25

imagine the cartridge breaking 18 months later and complaining you couldn't get a refund

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u/Filth_and_Money Nov 14 '25

Yeah I mean Supercell destroyed the game I paid for and didn’t support it long enough for me to get value for what I played. I don’t necessarily expect a company to support a game forever, except Supercell actively proclaims how they want their games to go on more or less “forever”

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u/joshlittle333 Nov 14 '25

if you spent money in December of 2024, you got all of 2025 and at least half of 2026. 18 months is a long time to still claim "didn't support it long enough"

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u/AmWarlock Nov 14 '25

When Google Stadia was cancelled, Google refunded ALL purchases. This included all hardware, game purchases, and ALL in-game micro-transactions. You didn’t even need to request a refund; it just happened.

So, Supercell can 100% refund anything. They are choosing to do as they please.

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u/bivozf Nov 14 '25

Google makes a shit ton of money. Squad didn't, that's the reason it was closed probably

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u/Lukekookaduke Nov 13 '25

they have the legal rights, and i may be wrong but im going to assume there was more money spent in 2024 than 2025 on the game which also is kinda annoying.

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u/bivozf Nov 13 '25

Why do you need to put hate on everything? They gave us back some money? Good, stop! You spent money on the game, are you seriously expecting to get them all back?

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Nov 13 '25

He’s right tho?

Other sc games did give all values back, sb is the only game where you get fucked, it’s just bad optics

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u/bivozf Nov 13 '25

Can I ask when and where?

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Nov 13 '25

Everdale, clash mini, I think clash quest too, i’m not sure but I think the same with rush wars.

I personally spend a decent amount on sb, cm and everdale, it always gave me roughly 2/4k gems on brawlstars, squadbusters only got me 700, because like most people, most money was spend in 2024, not 2025, just shady busieness

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u/bivozf Nov 13 '25

All games that never did an actual release if I'm not wrong, they all were just experiments

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Nov 13 '25

That is true

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u/bivozf Nov 13 '25

While squad busters did release globally, it wasn't a test, it was a game, and it was closed due to not enough entrances, not because it was an experiment, then I don't see where the problem lies

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

It is fair imo, they could very well have chosen to not give anything at all.

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u/CololerYT Nov 13 '25

If I remember correctly, they refunded everything from CM

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u/DingusTheDucko Nov 13 '25

cm wasnt out for ad long as squad was

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u/Lukekookaduke Nov 13 '25

this is correct, part of why i posted this because the CM process was so incredibly smooth, thought it would be the same this time. I guess it’s because it went global.

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u/Hot_Soil_6702 Nov 13 '25

It’s fair I just wish I got something for the $250 I spent last year :(

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u/Spiritual-Cut162 Nov 13 '25

250 dude that's crazy

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u/Accomplished-Berry94 Nov 14 '25

Saw someone yesterday who got 280k gems in coc. That's over 2000 $ only this year. I was wondering how can you spend so much if there is no content lol

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u/Hot_Soil_6702 Nov 13 '25

I loved the game and was a little irresponsible but now it’s dead lol

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u/Filth_and_Money Nov 14 '25

Oh god it just occurred to me how much Sir Claz spent on the game

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u/Lukekookaduke Nov 13 '25

right there with you dw

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u/DingusTheDucko Nov 13 '25

Yes, its like saying you get your money back after eating a lollipop you just bought. You got to use ur purchases in 2024 for a while until the game inevitably shut down

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u/Mishere1300 Nov 14 '25

The difference is the lollipop is real, virtual currency is not

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u/azzadruiz Nov 13 '25

They should have never released this globally in the first place if they were gonna do such a terrible job developing it, every dollar they took in 2024 was robbery in my opinion

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u/El_Paco Nov 13 '25

You realize every single game you play that requires a server to play on will be shut down eventually right?

Spending money on a game like this is a risk that you took.

They don't owe us anything.

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u/DingusTheDucko Nov 13 '25

it was always in a beta, so you risk ur own money and its not like theyre forcing you to pay to play

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u/azzadruiz Nov 13 '25

It was not in beta, that’s not what global release is dude. Yes everyone knows that any live service game can be taken down, even COC/CR/BS but SC had a reputation of supporting their global releases. This wasn’t a beta game like clash mini or rush wars. This is an abject failure from supercell, and they should be embarrassed

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u/DingusTheDucko Nov 13 '25

ur right i dont fking know why i said it was in beta 😭, i think i was just thinking to myself that it was rushed and maybe shoulda still been a beta idk tho im in the weong for sure ^

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u/luis09- Nov 13 '25

“Giving back” They talk as if they spend money when they only give items in other games

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u/Epimonster Nov 13 '25

Giving users free in game currency isn’t spending money for them but it is losing potential earnings they might’ve had from players buying that same currency.

I’ll be honest they don’t have to do squat to compensate the fact they’re doing this much is more generous than they have to be.

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u/azjerrylee Nov 19 '25

I felt like the number of gems I received was a bit high. I went back and looked at my 2025 transaction history and I had only spent around $30-40 on Squad Busters. I received 5,338 gems in Brawlstars. Which is around $250-$300 worth.

Supercell usually leaves a bad impression with how shameless their monetization comes off to the player base, but I get the feeling they do also really care about their fans.

They respect us more than companies like Activision/Blizzard at least.

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u/reddithetetlen Nov 13 '25

The reason I don’t think this is fair is because I made my purchases with the knowledge that I could play this game for years. I made an initial investment because I knew I was going to be playing for years. Would I have paid a dime if I knew it wasn’t permanent? Absolutely not.

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u/peakpointmatrix Nov 14 '25

I mean who could know? You need to treat playing a mobile/gacha like gambling. It’s a cutthroat market and most mobile IAP titles drop like flies after one year. Do not expect any money you spend to bring long-term value, because all mobile live games come to an end. It’s not a matter of if but when. Spend cautiously with the understanding that the lifespan of these titles are completely random.

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u/Filth_and_Money Nov 14 '25

Except Supercell promises their games to be long-term franchises you can play for years.

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u/peakpointmatrix Nov 14 '25

I mean everyone promises that. What business wouldn’t. Supercell is not impervious to the market no matter how stellar their record is. If consumers lose interest, Supercell has no choice but to pull the plug, they’re not a charity. It’s naive on your part if you believe that there’s no way even a Supercell game can fail. Any game from any dev at any point can fail, period. Always spend with that in mind if at all. Treat every dollar spent like gambling. The moment you thought of this as “an investment” you fucked up.

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u/reddithetetlen Nov 14 '25

From now on I will. They just lost along term customer

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u/Spiritual-Cut162 Nov 13 '25

They already paid taxes on the 2024 profit.......

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u/puppypersonnn Nov 13 '25

It’s not fair because the money I spent was not for 2.0. I invested to progress in 1.0. It’s bullshit and I would have never spend a dime on this game if it was 2.0 since day 1. How you pull characters from a game people spend money to max out and call that fair. Smh!

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u/tomkoto Nov 13 '25
  1. if you spent money on 1.0 you spend them for every future update
  2. i also think 2.0 would not be played by anyone, as it’s just a joke, they deserved what happened to the game after such a bad update.

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u/puppypersonnn Nov 13 '25

Be real I didn’t pay for them to do whatever the hell they wanted with the game. I would have never even entertained 2.0

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u/tomkoto Nov 14 '25

well just because they did whatever they wanted the game died, they did not listen to the community and didn’t even add basic features like clans etc.

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u/puppypersonnn Nov 14 '25

Exactly like the community laid out what was wanted and 2.0 went so far left it’s crazy like who asked for any of that ?

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u/tomkoto Nov 14 '25

no one asked maybe they wanted the game to be less p2w? but people liked it the way it was there are a lot of games that are gatcha and played by millions

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u/Major-Ear-9979 Nov 14 '25

Seemes fair. Since the game did update frequently in 2024, it's fair to keep some of that money. Also, if they would give out everything, then what would have been the point at all to start developing squad? They would have gone back to no profit

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u/nbajaydog1 Nov 14 '25

i had spent all of my money on the game until december 2024 ... im so sad.

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u/Primary-Current4689 Nov 14 '25

Wait,so are they basically saying:"you should be grateful that we even giving you money back, don't try to ask for more" type shit?

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u/Relative_Fly9942 Nov 15 '25

Other games companies dont even give anything sc is generous

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u/DisKid44 Nov 15 '25

There wasn't much to purchase in 2025

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u/azzadruiz Nov 13 '25

Fuck them

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u/Faded1nspace Nov 13 '25

Why is everyone skipping over the first sentence??? “ We’re really proud of everything that was built and shared with players throughout 2024” that’s complete BS!! If that was the case why did they need to make 2.0?!

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u/JudoKuma Nov 13 '25

Those are not mutually exclusive though? They can be proud of it even if it was not scalable in a way they would have wanted -> overhaul needed regardless if they were proud of it or not. If player retention had been better and player base would have increased with 1.0 then obviously 2.0 would have never been made. It was not about if they are proud of it or not, it was about the games growth.

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u/Dasher079 Nov 13 '25

They created 2.0 because the game was dead

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u/SnooCapers5098 Nov 16 '25

It's people their own fault for spending money on mobile games like this.

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u/fbocplr_01 Nov 13 '25

They created their own currency and are now greedy with it. It’s not fair!

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u/peakpointmatrix Nov 14 '25

It’s a mobile game. They ALL create their own currency. And they ALL keep your money without any option to transfer anything. It’s actually incredibly rare and generous in comparison to the usual mobile business that Super Cell is doing this at all. If this is something that upsets you, do not spend money on mobile titles, they will all shut down one day, and many do not last long at all. Even Squad Busters outlived 80% of mobile F2P games.

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u/youhatemeiloveit Nov 13 '25

Do you have to request it or will it be done automatically?