A fan of the “Prince of Persia” sport franchise has reportedly supplied Ubisoft greater than €5 million (round $5.6 million U.S. {dollars}) to renew growth of their remake of “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”.
The sport was initially introduced in September 2020 and was scheduled for launch in January 2021 earlier than being delayed a number of instances.
In January this yr got here the information from Ubisoft that had scrapped the challenge as a part of a “main organisational, operational and portfolio reset” and indicating considerations over the standard and quantity of funds required to complete it.
Right this moment, a fan shared an open letter on social media (by way of Dexerto) hoping to persuade the writer to rethink – providing to assist finance the challenge with out asking for a share of its earnings or possession. They are saying:
“My motivation is to not acquire monetary earnings, a share of the gross sales, or any rights over the mental property. My solely purpose can be to assist make this online game attain the gamers and permit the neighborhood to benefit from the work that has been executed.”
The €5 million is simply an “preliminary finances” they’d be keen to allocate towards the challenge, topic to a proper settlement with Ubisoft, an evaluation of whether or not growth is viable, and the situations that Ubisoft considers acceptable.
Ubisoft has but to publicly reply to the proposal.