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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Jan 28, 2012, 08:42 |
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You mistakenly think that Microsoft wants a distinction between the two. They don't want you to rent a game or buy it used, they want you to buy it new.
I don't think Microsoft is pushing this, I think its coming from the publishers. They have been bitching about the used market for years. I guess they are not big fans of capitalism!
But to that point, you are correct - they don't really care if its rented or used, they want you to buy a copy of it since thats where they make money.
I don't see how this is Microsoft's problem to address in the console since its really a problem the publishers need to solve.
Besides, this is total crap anyway. It would be like OEMs preventing PCs from running pirated versions of Windows.
Or even better, like Apple preventing beige-box PC from running OS X.
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Nov 16, 2011, 14:40 |
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Call of Duty- Modern Warfare 3 Xbox disc read errors.
I wonder if this problem will hit me...I have 4 Xbox 360s (its a long story), so it should be easy to find at least one that can read it! |
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| News Comments > Activision: Call of Duty Elite "The Difference Between Social Gaming and a Community" |
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Re: Activision: Call of Duty Elite |
Sep 8, 2011, 13:38 |
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//Start Rant
OMG! They are going to <something awful>!! I can remember when gaming was <nostalgic comment>. Those were the good old days. I won't buy <game title> from <publisher>. <Publisher Rep> is such a <vulgar label>! <Rival publisher> would never do this, they care about their customers. I'll just buy it used from <Store that sells used games> and not give them any of my money. Assholes.
<something awful>: If we put up with it, we make it acceptable.
<nostalgic comment>: No, it was never that good. Playing online was slow, games didn't automatically update and LPBs made the rest of us hate life.
<game title>: The next awesome game to come out.
<publisher>: The biggest publisher with the most money to throw out for the next awesome game.
<publisher rep>: The <vulgar label> who thinks <something awful> is a totally neat idea.
<vulgar label>: Use your imagination! 
<rival publisher>: The 'other guys' who would screw us too, if they thought of it first.
<Store that sells used games>: The place where you will buy the game used for 10-15 USD off full retail only to discover that you need to buy some 20 USD DLC to play the game.
//End Rant
Seriously, since everyone (including myself) doesn't like these folks reaching into our pockets for more money, why do we even buy the games? Is it going to make our lives any better that we dropped 100+ hours into the game?
At some point, the amount of money that they are asking for the experience just isn't worth it anymore.
Edit: Fixed a spelling mistake!
This comment was edited on Sep 8, 2011, 13:50. |
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| News Comments > Evening Mobilization |
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Re: Evening Mobilization |
Jul 26, 2011, 14:39 |
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Is connecting to WiFi from Windows really as hard as MacDonalds claims?
Having written pages and pages of documentation and knowning that you end up documenting on your own machine, I wonder if McDonalds uses static IPs for WIFI. |
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| News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs |
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Re: Morning Legal Briefs |
Jul 11, 2011, 14:50 |
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Verno wrote on Jul 11, 2011, 14:07:
Yep, people have been doing it with Usenet for quite some time now even. The media interests try to go after the index providers but other than that there isn't much they can do.
In a way, its kinda funny.
Basically, the RIAA and MPAA are providing an environment for people to create continue making secure file swapping over the Internet! |
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| News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs |
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Re: Morning Legal Briefs |
Jul 11, 2011, 12:55 |
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Why Your Business Should Worry About the ISP Copyright Fight.
I can see people starting to use SSL and VPNs to start passing copywrited material.
"Oh, that big 4GB file? You mean, you couldn't read that file? That was just a video of my dog pissing on all the DVDs I own. In 1080p. Looped. 100 times." |
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| News Comments > Neverwinter FAQ, E3 Media |
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Re: Neverwinter FAQ, E3 Media |
Jun 9, 2011, 16:28 |
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Q: What is Neverwinter?
Neverwinter is a co-operative, online RPG based on the acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Epic stories, strategic gameplay and classic roleplaying await those heroes courageous enough to enter the fantastic world of Neverwinter!
Wow - I hope that coop doesn't get dropped at some point... |
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| News Comments > Call of Duty Paid Service Revealed |
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Re: Call of Duty Paid Service Revealed |
May 31, 2011, 18:07 |
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WyldKat wrote on May 31, 2011, 13:33:
Maybe it's because I just woke up but...
1. They don't know know how much they are going to charge for it.
2. They never explain the benefits of it, or what it actually is.
3. They say non-subscribers won't be excluded from anything...
So... What the hell is the point? Is it a stupid tax for fanboys?
That and free publicity. |
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Vic Fontaine for President |
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| News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs |
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Re: Morning Legal Briefs |
May 27, 2011, 17:23 |
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Ballmer: Piracy costs Microsoft 95% of potential Chinese revenue.
I guess showing them the source code so you could sell Microsoft products in China wasn't such a good idea, was it? |
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Vic Fontaine for President |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
May 16, 2011, 12:11 |
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I hate that this show was canceled, and yet I never watched a single episode. Why? Because I'm tired of getting into shows only to see them canceled without any closure.
Isn't that the truth?
Sometimes it takes a while for the writers to figure out what works for the characters and for the cast to get the chemistry.
Firefly hit both on the first episode.
I've taken to watching the old Stargates on Netflix just to get a feeling of good TV again, but I'm really close to just killing Cable TV and streaming everything I want to watch.
Of course, once they introduce B/W caps in this area, that plan will be screwed, but its nice to dream of sticking it to 'big cable'.
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| News Comments > Kali Port Change |
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Re: Kali Port Change |
Apr 3, 2011, 21:09 |
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| Wow, I remember when Kali was one of the best ways to get connected to games. I bought my license after Heat.net went tits up. |
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| News Comments > Morning Tech Bits |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Dec 9, 2010, 12:46 |
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The caps-lock key: WOULD YOU MISS IT?
You bet. I write all of my SQL stuff in upper case. It would be nice if you could make it application or window specific. I've answered way too many IMs with hELLO! |
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| News Comments > etc. |
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Re: etc. |
Sep 29, 2010, 01:03 |
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You can lie in DA:O.
You can agree to kill Flemeth for Morrigan, but not do it and still get the book that Morrigan wants from Flemeth. |
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Vic Fontaine for President |
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| News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs |
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Re: Morning Legal Briefs |
Sep 16, 2010, 13:02 |
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Yes, lets add 500000 jobs that will:
Increase customer apathy.
Drive up the cost of software even more.
Cost governments money to prosecute offenders.
Won't work and probably be a total waste of time.
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Vic Fontaine for President |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Aug 1, 2010, 20:22 |
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| Hey blue, sorry to hear about your Dad. Maybe today is a good day to quit. |
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Vic Fontaine for President |
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| News Comments > GameStop Used Game Lawsuit |
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Re: GameStop Used Game Lawsuit |
Mar 28, 2010, 11:46 |
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everyone wrote on Mar 28, 2010, 10:00:
EULA are dubious at best, and almost certainly couldn't be used to enforce resale limits.
I never said they could be, I said that they ' allow the purchaser of the software to transfer 'right to use the software' at least once.'. I am using this to support the idea the resale of games is legal and permitted and there really isn't anything anyone can do about it.
I mean, seriously, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that if this was a slam-dunk deal, EA, Activision and every other publisher on the planet would have sued the shit out of EB/GameStop ages ago and stopped used game sales. The fact is that the law on the issue is gray and no one really wants to take it up with the Supreme Court because if they might lose. Besides, this is really protected under the first-sale doctrine.
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The supreme court disagrees with you about the copyright holder retaining all rights on each copy sold. The copyright holder retains the rights to the intellectual material, but they do not retain all rights to the specific copy sold.
Which case?
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