Hi all,
Had a PM conversation regarding Amazon, and thought I'd share here what I shared with a fellow TCF user.
I do wish we had more to share! We in Support are all on the weekly status calls at 505, and there are still crashing issues related to cloud save sizes that need to get resolved with Amazon before the update can go live. We know everyone is eagerly awaiting the update, but we would rather not push one out that has these problems just to say we did, especially with some of the big issues that were in the iOS and Google Play updates in December. It will receive the same bug fixes and content, but iOS and Google Play had critical failures that actually went live, so those needed to be addressed as quickly as possible.
It's not a case of favoritism or us ignoring Amazon; it was simply what had to be done at the time. Had those things like the iOS7 cloud save and the Google Play repurchasing issue been identified prior to release, those would have been delayed as well. We continue to work with Amazon through this issue, and while forward progress is being made, it will still take some time to resolve.
Windows Phone is in a similar boat in that try as they might, the dev/QA team cannot reproduce the reported launch crashes. We understand that this may be difficult to believe, but we have no reason to lie, because a lot of work was put into the update, and we want as many players as possible to enjoy them. Terraria is a complex, growing beast of a game, so trust us that all platforms are of high priority and importance to us here at 505.
With that being said, thanks for your continued patience and we hope you all have a great weekend!