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| News Comments > Steam in Hot Water in the EU? |
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Re: Steam in Hot Water in the EU? |
Feb 2, 2013, 16:20 |
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| Even if the EU could force it, you will have to wait at least.. 5 or 10 years for anything to change. With the EU decision pro resale things are in motion but they move slowly (And you can believe that Steam is not "unaware" of the legal situation....) if Steam is smart, they do it in some way that makes it a publisher choice and thus delays the entire thing by another 10 years. But it will come, the EU courts ruled consumers have a right of resale, and consumers can SUE for this right. Although it would be a long and expensive (if uninsured) battle since you would have to go up to the highest EU court. Since this involves international trade the EU has a nifty arsenal to force companies to comply, the EU is the second largest gaming market in the world. And no publisher could afford punishment or even exclusion. |
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| News Comments > Steam in Hot Water in the EU? |
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Re: Steam in Hot Water in the EU? |
Feb 2, 2013, 09:06 |
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| Same here, I literally never buy anything full price anymore, because I am stuck with it.. MP games I know I am gonna play 300+ hrs excluded.. but that's like.. 1 every 5 years. |
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| News Comments > Steam in Hot Water in the EU? |
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Re: Steam in Hot Water in the EU? |
Feb 2, 2013, 06:40 |
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Who knows... Likely Steam will do what you said last, make it an EU only option.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. The EU courts ruled that, no matter what the EULA SAYS, you are allowed, and have the RIGHT, to resell a game you bought. But German courts haven't exactly agreed on the issue so far (they probably want to have the government make a specific law about it, because currently the EU law hasn't been transferred fully over.. I am actually hoping this lawsuit works out because the next targets would be the publishers (EA!, UBISOFT) who deadlock games via account registration and make them nontransferable.
I hope this brings about change because the way I see it, when I buy something, I have the right to sell it. EU courts agree. German courts have not really decided yet... |
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| News Comments > Steam in Hot Water in the EU? |
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Re: Steam in Hot Water in the EU? |
Feb 2, 2013, 03:47 |
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The EU is equalizing laws and regulations. This is why in Germany you *can* sue Steam based on an EU regulation which is valid everywhere in the EU (however, Interpretations and enforcement may differ nationally). The courts ruled that steam has to make stuff bought resealable or (somehow) ownership transferable. It failed to do so.
The rest of the EULA is valid even if a part of it is void. But in this case the part is the entire section about purchases, ownership and transfer of it. So basically, 100% of what Steam actually is and does. This does not make the rest (non illegal) parts of the Eula invalid.
Also if Steam does not adhere to EU law, you can sue them in a EU court after you won the national court case. The EU courts are not kind to companies ignoring previous national rulings. So I am half hoping Steam is that stupid. Just for entertainment...
The VZBZ is our customer protection thingy so they are not sissies. If Steam thinks they can fight this out.. well if they enjoy paying lawyers?
This comment was edited on Feb 2, 2013, 03:53. |
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| News Comments > BioShock Infinite 'City in the Sky' Trailer |
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Re: BioShock Infinite 'City in the Sky' Trailer |
Feb 1, 2013, 16:39 |
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Beamer wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 13:58:
I wonder how many gamers even recognize that, though. My buddy had so much trouble with MW2/3. I kept telling him it was infinite respawns and he just needed to stop shooting and run - that the hardest places aren't about skill but about a) predicting the next checkpoint location and b) getting lucky and not being killed before you get there, running the whole time. He never really picked that up. Maybe other people don't, either.
This is basically why I regard the COD (all of them) SP's as total abominations. I have no clue why any game designer would put these segments into the map but they are there and hundreds of them. Places where if you wait and shoot you can end up out of ammo and dead, and never ever get closer to proceeding. What is the point of that? Why put such infinite barriers in a game, to pad? |
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| News Comments > BioShock Infinite 'City in the Sky' Trailer |
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Re: BioShock Infinite 'City in the Sky' Trailer |
Feb 1, 2013, 16:33 |
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Beamer wrote on Feb 1, 2013, 09:49:
Quinn wrote on Feb 1, 2013, 09:36:
Beamer wrote on Feb 1, 2013, 08:15:
wtf_man wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 23:00:
Kosumo wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 19:30:
So those Removed text are cos wtf_man wants a Bioshock:Hot Coffee?
Uh.. no.
Just the systematic pussification (as George Carlin puts it) of this country over the last 20 years or so, really pisses me off.
/shrug
He aggressively dislikes the world being a better place. He preferred the 80s, where every movie had a gratuitous (and therefore incredibly boring) sex scene, even if it was a movie with no female characters.
I don't get this.. at all. First.. I didn't think the first model was over-the-top looking like a whore. Second.. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the new model of the woman. She fits better in the environment. I always thought there was something.. off.. with the old model.
But they both aren't whorey, and that surprises me pleasantly.
I've no idea why you talk about pussification in a game subject. More often than not I'm fucking grossed out by the way devs portray women as nothing but Fuck Objects.
The very first one was kind of whorey.
See here.
Ah so that was what the removed text was about... I think the new look suits the character (damsel in distress) far better.... not to mention the time period. And hey, if you are running through a desolate warzone of insane people, I think a buttoned up bust is a must... if she fights with us, she better be dressed for the occasion... |
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| News Comments > Wildman Trailer |
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Re: Wildman Trailer |
Feb 1, 2013, 08:50 |
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well...
They messed up on a good progression curve. Because of really bad timed negative PR. But also because they failed to explain and properly "hype" the game. I .. don't want to play it. And I want to play a LOT of things. The game to me sounds like a DOTA clone with more freedom. That is not what I want.
If you are bored, also compare
Kicktraq Project Eternity
with
Kicktraq Wildman
Notice the 3 day "low" that should not have been there. This was the time their company downsizing came to the news. Terrible, terrible timing. Although more interestingly, they are simply lacking more pledges. Maybe tiers are too high, or incentives not there. Or PR fails.
For every project, I think Project Eternity should be the comparison. Because they really knew how to do it right (by pure luck?). Lots of insanely interesting updates, and the first mockup shot of the game graphics was stunning. They sold raw hope bundled with hype and imagination. This is how it could look, and this is how it could play, if you give us money.
But Wildman isn't doing that, they are too focused on showing the game that is, instead of showing what game there COULD BE.
as always, Kickstarter is about hope. The less hope and imagination you leave to your pledgeés the less money you will make. And 50% of course, is hype. And ARPG + RTS , in essence, Simplified Diablo meets Dota? does not hype me. |
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| News Comments > Battlefield 3 End Game Trailer |
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Feb 1, 2013, 08:26 |
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Hehe.. did anyone playing NS2 notice this marvel of a change in a recent update?
Games will no longer start until both sides have a commander.
Or.. how to make sure I never touch NS2 again. Instead of the good way to fix this (AI Commander added that works based on voice requests where each player gets a certain amount of request points per X minutes) they .. FORCE PEOPLE TO PLAY COMMANDER who do NOT WANT TO.
How absolutely retarded is that. |
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| News Comments > THQ Postmortem |
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Re: THQ Postmortem |
Feb 1, 2013, 04:04 |
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Love is not the opposite of hate though. In essence, love and hate are just different expressions of caring. That means people "hate" on EA because they care about games from EA often out of nostalgia no doubt.
Someone not caring about EA, would neither love nor hate it. Indeed, one the greatest misconceptions of human communications is to see hate where there is only indifference and love where is only caring.....
So to fully confuse ya, The opposite of love and hate is indifference. Whether you love or hate something, always means you care about it.
And to top it off, this is why I don't hate or love EA, to me it is completely irrelevant what EA does as long as there are good games to play and I can get good deals on them (which means never buying anything on Origin). |
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| News Comments > Battlefield 3 End Game Trailer |
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Re: Battlefield 3 End Game Trailer |
Feb 1, 2013, 02:01 |
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play on infantry only servers.. isn't that hard 
Kickass trailer.. ,p Dirt bikes may be meh, but capture the flag is definitely awesome. Brings back memories... |
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| News Comments > Crysis 3 Crisis Averted |
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Re: Crysis 3 Crisis Averted |
Jan 31, 2013, 11:44 |
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I was talking about Lego and Minecraft!
But..
To me Sim City has no real lure, I am lured by building sims but if I wanted to build real metropolis like cities then there IS cities XL... I am looking for a more confined, realistic, in-depth simulation and don't mind cutesy looks or online only (in this particularly case, I have nothing against playing online.. yet, simply because I never did so) 
Although I do think that the cities should be larger. But I am gonna assume it's gonna be either a patch or DLC.. ;p I mean this *is* EA after all.. ,p
Anyhow, I understand some people don't like online only... I certainly didn't like it with Diablo 3.... |
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| News Comments > Mass Effect 3 Patch Today |
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Re: Mass Effect 3 Patch Today |
Jan 31, 2013, 11:43 |
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Creston wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 10:48:
The patch could also be called "Yet Another Failed Attempt To Fix The Rocket Glitch Bug."
Patch to fix the Vanguard glitch? Nah. BUT OMG TEH ROCKET GLITCH IS TEH #! PRIORITY!
Creston
Why that's obvious, they want to you to buy stupid Bioware points (so anything affecting ingame credit earning is EVIL), but they don't care about you getting stuck for an entire game in the sky.
Typical Bioware. |
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| News Comments > Crysis 3 Crisis Averted |
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Re: Crysis 3 Crisis Averted |
Jan 31, 2013, 11:18 |
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| I would assume that's why it's got such a major lure to people. It's also much cheaper and practical than Lego and you don't have to "minesweep" your living room carpet... every day ;p |
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| News Comments > EA Financials - Medal of Honor Getting a "Rest" |
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Re: EA Financials - Medal of Honor Getting a |
Jan 31, 2013, 09:16 |
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| Even more baffling is that they could manage to fuck up a shooter when they also have BF3 to base stuff on and Frostbite 2 to power it. But they managed to make Warfighter MP a total joke. And SP even worse than BF3's (and that was already bad, though pretty epic in a Michael Bay style way) |
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| News Comments > Crysis 3 Crisis Averted |
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Re: Crysis 3 Crisis Averted |
Jan 31, 2013, 02:34 |
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Krizzen wrote on Jan 30, 2013, 21:08:
I guess I missed the true point of the EA bans, but is it something like this? :
Play SimCity 4 beta. Talk shit on forums or exploit bugs (technically "not reporting bugs"). Get banned from ALL EA titles.
Is that a proper summary?
If so, then what a load of crap. I want my $12 back from my recent BF3 purchase. That company doesn't deserve money with an attitude like that.
No, it's finding exploits in the games beta, waiting till release, and then abusing them in the full game. To be honest, if someone found a way to crash the master server or corrupt regions and did not report it, i'd not just ban him for life....
Also the game is Sim City 5 .. not 4. |
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| News Comments > Wizardry Online Launches |
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Re: Wizardry Online Launches |
Jan 31, 2013, 02:28 |
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That comment made me curious, now I understand.. wow, that is seriously a horrible trailer. And the music.. is it the year of bad trailer music?
Even free that trailer did not make me want to play the game... |
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| News Comments > Evening Metaverse |
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Re: Evening Metaverse |
Jan 30, 2013, 11:28 |
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I think you skipped "toddlers" I literally meant children in an age phase where "a little time to quiet them down" is an hour. And where "noise" is crying.
Laughing, loud or/and playing children don't annoy me. But it seems I never have luck with my "going out to eat" projects. It must be the area where I live or something.
But for that matter, soulless meatbag is a compliment |
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