Aspyr Could Face A Lawsuit Over 'Knights Of The Old Republic II' DLC For Nintendo Switch
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When Aspyr announced in June 2022 they were porting Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords to the Nintendo Switch, they promised that it would come with a restored content expansion. A year later, they announced that expansion was no longer coming. Now, a class action lawsuit has been filed against Aspyr for failing to deliver the promise they made with that expansion and refusing refunds for those who bought based on that promise.
The reason this is such a big deal to fans, who were excited by the announcement when it was first made, is because of what that restored content expansion means. The original 2004 release of The Sith Lords, developed by Obsidian Entertainment, was rushed to release, missing many features and story segments that were meant to be in the game. Files still in the game meant that when it arrived on PC the next year, fans started working on restoring that content for everyone to experience. The Sith Lords Restored Content Modification, as it became to be known, was hailed as the only way to play The Sith Lords. But, being a mod, it was restricted to those who played on PC.
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So when Aspyr announced that the Nintendo Switch port of the game would see that restored content officially included in the game as an expansion, many fans were excited at the chance to have an official, definitive release of The Sith Lords. The cancellation of that content, a year after the base game released, upset many, who bought the game based on its original announcement. Some didn’t even touch it after buying, preferring to wait until that expansion had released.
Whether the case has enough of an argument to be successful remains to be seen. While Aspyr didn’t offer refunds, they did at least offer the PC version of The Sith Lords on Steam for free, or a choice of other Star Wars games they had previously ported to the Nintendo Switch, such as The Force Unleashed. Then there’s also the fact it is an unfortunate risk in the industry of plans changing and things being cancelled. Unless there is proof that the restored content expansion was falsely advertised, such as never being worked on by Aspyr at all, this case will likely fail.
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Source: The Gamer
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