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Triton Closes - Prey for a Solution

[Oct 08, 2006, 11:25 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The 3D Realms Forums (thanks Voodoo Extreme) offer the news that the Triton digital distribution service is shutting down (or has already done so, as their site is 404 "not found" as of this writing). The service was responsible for the digital distribution and management of Prey, and without it running, download copies of the game cannot authorize and launch. Until things are cleared up further, even 3D Realms is unclear as to what this all means. Here's the post by web-guru Joe Siegler:

After checking into it, we have been informed that the Triton service is shutting down - we should have some information about this situation shortly.

I don't have any further information about how things will all play with with keys, reg codes, Triton, logging in, or anything else at this time.

I'm looking into it - I swear, as soon as I have some more info on all this, I will let you know.

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Re: I am so sick...

Oct 9, 2006, 19:28

Jerykk

Time has nothing to do with quality. Nope. Quality is purely subjective. Quality is determined by standards, which are determined by the ability to compare. The more games you play, the greater range of reference you have for comparison. Therefore, as you play games that do things better than other games, your standards raise. This is why children are so easily amused and why Halo is such a big hit on the consoles. Most console players have a very limited range of reference for first-person shooters. When Doom came out, it was the best first-person shooter available. If the same game was released today under a different title and had a different theme (but exact same gameplay), would it still be the best first-person shooter available? No. Times change and the expectations of players change as well. As for SS and Ultima Underworld, the only logical reason people would want to play them is out of curiosity. Both games are considered classics, so people want to know what made them so influential. Other players might go back and play them out of nostalgia, but neither play sessions could be considered "regular" by any means. But I agree that online authentication systems suck.

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Comment [quote="Jerykk"Oct 9, 2006, 19:28]q[Time has nothing to do with quality.]q Nope. Quality is purely subjective. Quality is determined by standards, which are determined by the ability to compare. The more games you play, the greater range of reference you have for comparison. Therefore, as you play games that do things better than other games, your standards raise. This is why children are so easily amused and why Halo is such a big hit on the consoles. Most console players have a very limited range of reference for first-person shooters. When Doom came out, it was the best first-person shooter available. If the same game was released today under a different title and had a different theme (but exact same gameplay), would it still be the best first-person shooter available? No. Times change and the expectations of players change as well. As for SS and Ultima Underworld, the only logical reason people would want to play them is out of curiosity. Both games are considered classics, so people want to know what made them so influential. Other players might go back and play them out of nostalgia, but neither play sessions could be considered "regular" by any means. But I agree that online authentication systems suck. [/quote]

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