Matthew on 14/8/2011 at 22:28
John Walker is many things, but 'unprofessional' would not be a word I would use for him. ;)
june gloom on 7/9/2011 at 03:17
In other words, they shouldn't be any more complex than your logic, right?
Seriously, why is that "the funniest thing you've seen all week?" Have you spent the last 3 days watching the Cleveland Show?
Warren's Spectre on 7/9/2011 at 22:25
Ubisoft really are arseholes. So do PC gamers also get a similar code that can be rebought as well?
lost_soul on 8/9/2011 at 22:00
"Seriously, why is that "the funniest thing you've seen all week?""
Because, this was an unethical attempt to extract additional revenue from people who buy games used (like me) and it failed. The mistake probably ended up costing them more than if they hadn't attempted this because they had to pay to print the codes in the first place. :)
Serves them right.
EvaUnit02 on 8/9/2011 at 22:30
Quote Posted by Warren's Spectre
Ubisoft really are arseholes. So do PC gamers also get a similar code that can be rebought as well?
Probably? It's been common place for a lot of PC games to require a valid CD key to play online MP games since the late '90s.
These days there are game e-tailers who sell solely CD keys. I personally recommend G2Play.net, who've given me consistently good service.
june gloom on 8/9/2011 at 22:52
Quote Posted by lost_soul
"Seriously, why is that "the funniest thing you've seen all week?""
Because, this was an unethical attempt to extract additional revenue from people who buy games used (like me) and it failed. The mistake probably ended up costing them more than if they hadn't attempted this because they had to pay to print the codes in the first place. :)
Serves them right.
Oh, right, that's
hilarious. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
dexterward on 9/9/2011 at 14:55
"“Our focus is not on preventing piracy, but rather on creating an online experience that’s so compelling for people that they aren’t thinking about pirating the game because they want to be part of this community and they see value in having this community, almost as if this vibrant community is a bullet point you would put on the back of the box as a feature,”
Frank Pearce/Diablo 3 (
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-01-always-online-with-blizzard-interview?page=3) Eurogamer interview
Confirming what any fan of logic could figure quite some time ago. Of course, if you replace the faff about "being part of community" with "ultimate marketing loyalty scheme". Always on=always ready to get spammed with all sorts of new Horse Armor and what have you.
All in all, he wins the coveted Hypocrisy/Insanity OTY award: yay! let`s join the new community! uhhh...only that we can`t because we have no broadband ((
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_penetration) Recent figures. USA ~30% of households, ~7% worldwide)
But hey, these are second class pirate/too-poor-to-buy-DLC scum so sod them.
lost_soul on 9/9/2011 at 15:49
Don't forget that "always on" pretty much equates to:
"You must upgrade your OS when we say, or your game will stop working when we drop support for that older version of Windows."
"Your game stops working whenever we decide to shut down our authentication servers".
"We can change our rules at any time in the future, and if you don't like it, your only option is to stop enjoying the game you paid for."
Yep, sounds like a win for gamers to me!
dexterward on 9/9/2011 at 16:15
Contrary to you, I`m not an enemy of Steam or it`s ilk, will probably get on it once I`ll get on broadband again (for indies & other stuff). I just hate when major releases get online-only treatment.
Same goes for the online-pass. It`s daft but I do understand that in this particular market second hand sales do hurt devs/pubs. Said that before: wish I could buy more new releases, that`s impossible though, so why not tax the second hand shops (especially giants like Gamestop/Cex) in a way similar to record industry? I`d easily pay few more quid/euro for a game if I knew it goes to the devs.
Got Battlestations Midway for 2.5E today in Cex- make it 6, and "Eeeeverybody Happy" (after Peter Griffin).
