Quoted from Davidus56:So, if the new owners bought the I.P. (Intellectual property), but not the debt and promise to begin production on Alien, but only for 'new' buyers... would u still participate? That means everyone with a deposit loses it, but the new investors say they will honor new buyers. What if they offered to cover up to 50% of any monies paid in towards the purchase of the game under Andrew's stewardship?
In other words, if you paid Andrew $8,000 towards an Alien, but the new investors said they could only honor half of payments received ($4,000), would you send another check to cover the $4,000 shortfall? If I was a new investor walking into this shitstorm, I would not agree to cover Andrew's lost monies. I might agree to a 50/50 split with buyers, but not if it created a lot of legal grief for me.
We are still not out of the woods. Not even close. And as far as Dutch pinball goes, 'adios motherfvcker...'
This is a silly thing to ask because we already have seen the corporate documents that the new owners are listed as directors of the existing HP. They've taken charge of the ship. There is no funny re-incorporating.
I suspect, in the end, this is a good buy for the new investors, since much of HP was funded by EU subsidies. They may have bought a fully functioning pinball company with 2 completed titles and manufacturing ability for a song. All they need to do is fulfill existing pre-orders and start pumping out more games for profit.