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| News Comments > Bethesda Blocked Game Sale Because of "New" Designation |
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Aug 12, 2018, 17:42 |
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deqer wrote on Aug 12, 2018, 15:57:
Example scenario:
<Gamer customer contacts Bethesda>
Gamer says: Items are missing from the package contents. WTF?
* Bethesda invests resources to acknowledge and investigate.
Bethesda says: So, that's why. Your game isn't actually new, even though you thought it was new. It was re-shrinked-wrapped and you were mislead.
Gamer says: No no. It's new. I demand these items.
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So, I'm guessing Bethesda has had enough of these scenarios to occur that they've started to take action on sellers like Pete.
this...this is actually a good point, and the most logical reason for Bethesda's behavior. I'm not saying they're always logical, I'm saying THIS MAKES SENSE from a support cost perspective. SORT OF. How much does it cost them to hunt down and stop sellers, is it more or less than the CSR call time for people saying they should have stuff that isn't in the container? |
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| News Comments > Bethesda Blocks Used Game Sale |
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Re: Bethesda Blocks Used Game Sale |
Aug 12, 2018, 12:36 |
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Something tells me Wraith is an Indie dev whose game/games didn't sell well and he's absolutely sure it's down to people selling used copies.
ANY product you buy/sell is more than just the components. A game on a disc, or a food processor. The REAL cost was in the design of the thing, not the physical execution of it. Do you think the cost of a car is just to cover the parts/labor involved in building THAT ONE CAR? No. It also covers the hundreds of millions of dollars spent in DESIGNING that car. When that car is resold, the designers don't make a penny. THIS IS HOW IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.
Yes, it's true that resold games offer a similar, if not identical, experience for the next user. At this point, the game is older, and therefore less desirable (with a very, VERY few exceptions). Getting to play a game RIGHT when it comes out is part of the perks of buying new. If we're talking about a physical copy, WHICH WE ARE, it also mean it won't come scratched, and may even come with some fun physical goodies in the package. Or maybe there are codes for items in the box, which means the second person doesn't get those things.
If it's about "the content doesn't degrade, but a car does", well, we allow used book sales. The content doesn't degrade on those either. Sure, the pages might get worn, but the words contained in them don't change. Just like a game disc may get scratched, but the game will remain the same.
Wraith, your arguments probably FEEL valid...but they aren't. As you said yourself, it's a thin line, but...you're on the wrong side of it. |
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| News Comments > Gatherings & Competitions |
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Aug 11, 2018, 15:47 |
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| Well, the game is free on steam until they shut off the servers next month. Might as well give the game a spin for yourself and see if it’s bad. From all reviews, it’s apparently a good game that no one noticed because overwatch came out at the same time. |
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| News Comments > Evening Legal Briefs |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Aug 11, 2018, 00:32 |
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YourNick wrote on Aug 11, 2018, 00:26:
Sounds like a bunch of short sellers being sore about losing money they've gambled. Tough luck!
yep, I don't feel sorry for them one tiny bit. |
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| News Comments > Morning Tech Bits |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Aug 10, 2018, 14:23 |
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I don’t give a flying fuck what they call them, I want to see benchmarks.
Even then, I probably won’t be getting one. A 1080gtx is a fucking monster, having no issue pushing *anything* at 60fps or higher at 1440p. While a small part of me wants the latest and greatest, a much larger part needs to have a damn good reason to upgrade. For a 1080p screen, the 1060 can manage 99% of what’s out there with ease. |
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| News Comments > Torchlight Frontiers Announced |
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Re: Torchlight Frontiers Announced |
Aug 9, 2018, 15:35 |
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I agree with ItBurn’s list of flaws. I had an engineer or whatever you can do that has a parade of critters with him. Boosting a skill made no discernible difference, and that’s pretty unfortunate. Weapons do barely more damage even when they’re 10 levels higher than the previous one.
The wife and I played to the third or 4th world, stopped because something else got our attention, and we never returned. And I don’t feel like I missed anything, which is the most damning thing I can say about it. At least with Diablo 3 I wanted to see the cutscenes and how the story ended. |
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| News Comments > Dead Cells Exfoliated |
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Re: Dead Cells Exfoliated |
Aug 6, 2018, 22:58 |
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Picked this up during the summer sale. It’s so goddamn good, I can’t explain it. The combat feels great even at the beginning, with limited weapons. It just gets better as it goes, although luck-of-the-draw factors heavily into how far you’ll get in a given run. I now routinely can make it to the second boss..but sometimes my weapon combination doesn’t cut it for him.
It’s pricey for an Indie, for sure. It’s not so much castlevania as it is “Rogue Legacy with way, WAY, impossibly better control.” It just FEELS right, it’s hard to put into words. |
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| News Comments > etc. |
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Aug 3, 2018, 14:22 |
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I thought flash sales were fun, but they rotated on a predictable schedule. The new setup makes it look like you would presumably be able to check every 6 hours and not miss any, but I preferred the old set rotation time for everything in the flash sale.
Even better, some of the flash sales would be mispriced due to accidentally doubling down on their percentages off, and you could, if you caught it within the first few minutes of the flash sale, snag pricey games for a dollar or two. I’m betting they’ve fixed their algorithms for that, but I got a couple games for embarrassingly cheap due to it. I feel a LITTLE bad, but if I recall correctly, none were indie titles where the devs depend on every copy sold. |
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| News Comments > World of Warcraft Cinematic |
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Re: World of Warcraft Cinematic |
Aug 3, 2018, 14:02 |
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jdreyer wrote on Aug 3, 2018, 13:55:
Remember when these Blizzard rendered CG trailers used to be an event? Now it's just *shrug*
The one for Legion was fantastic. Not only was it incredible to watch, but the game picks up where the trailer ends. |
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| News Comments > Origin Access Premier Premiers |
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Re: Origin Access Premier Launches |
Jul 31, 2018, 09:47 |
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DangerDog wrote on Jul 31, 2018, 05:32:
and just like that, you'll never see EA release a game that doesn't have it's content spread out over months.
just about everything has to be designed around being a "live service" where they trickle out the content to keep people paying for the service, maybe sports games like Madden would be exempt because they'll get you to keep paying for next years roster.
I think part of it is to entice users to hang onto games instead of reselling them (for console discs). Going digital kills resale, which is what they want, in the end, but plenty of people still buy games on disc.
While I do love how fast games load from SSD, games are routinely coming out in the 50gb range now. RAinbow Six Siege is 100gb! I have a 1tb SSD and every time I want to add a game, I have to remove 5 older ones. So I can understand why some people want to buy their console games on disc...even if it still installs half of the data to the HD, that’s still a significant storage savings.
As for this service, Anthem is the only game from EA that I have any interest in, so the service isn’t a good plan for me. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Microsoft has more compelling stuff coming (to pc!) in the next 6 months than EA. |
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| News Comments > Morning Mobilization |
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Re: Morning Mobilization |
Jul 30, 2018, 13:16 |
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That first article is...crap. They act like poor cell coverage in the middle of nowhere is somehow a surprise. It offers NO answer to how to make rural cell coverage into something profitable to the companies that run them.
The only important thing in the entire article is the part saying that poor cell coverage will lead to fewer farmers over time, as today's kids assume they will have internet connectivity. So, that means Agriculture groups should be the ones funding expanded cell coverage. |
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| News Comments > GOG.com Extending No Man's Sky Refunds |
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Re: GOG.com Extending No Man's Sky Refunds |
Jul 26, 2018, 13:38 |
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Cutter wrote on Jul 26, 2018, 11:36:
jdreyer wrote on Jul 26, 2018, 11:13:
I'm a bit compfused. Didn't they just advertise the multiplayer bit last week? Then this week they're pulling it?
No, they're saying it won't be available on GOG for at least 6 months for some inexplicable reason. Sean Murray is just a enormous scumbag.
They used the built in multiplayer network functionality built into Steam. I don’t think GoG Galaxy has anything like that, so they’ll have to build their own, which will take a while. Rather than delay multiplayer for everyone another few months because of a platform with likely a LOT fewer copies sold, they released it now and are working toward getting it available for everyone. I imagine at that point they’ll switch the Steam version over to whatever they make so people from both stores can play together.
But hey, better to assume someone’s doing it to be an asshole than it being a technical hurdle, right? |
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| News Comments > Steam Ban Spree |
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Re: Steam Ban Spree |
Jul 20, 2018, 18:36 |
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I occasionally go thru the VAC forum on steam to laugh at all the “I learned my lesson, I’ll stop cheating please give me my account back” crybabies. It’s astounding how many people still cheat and are surprised VAC catches them.
VAC doesn’t Ban you immediately upon cheating because that actually helps cheat makers.
This comment was edited on Jul 20, 2018, 18:52. |
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| News Comments > Onward Free Weekend |
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Re: Onward Free Weekend |
Jul 20, 2018, 18:00 |
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Bodolza wrote on Jul 20, 2018, 13:08:
Movement is quite slow and very smooth. There's little chance of sickness in this one.
I played it last night with two friends. Very easy to panic in a fight and screw up reloading your gun, which was pretty great.
I had no issues with the movement, but one of the guys had serious problems. He’s extra-easily nauseated. Try it out for free! You can just do it in a botmatch to not worry about real people wrecking you. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Jul 19, 2018, 17:24 |
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| There’s a Forza Horizon 3 version in the sale that comes with every expansion and car pack for $40. It’s a fucking great game now (it had some serious issues for a while), and the Hot Wheels expansion is worth the $40 by itself. |
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| News Comments > Hacknet Free on Steam |
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Re: Hacknet Free on Steam |
Jul 12, 2018, 22:56 |
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| It was a bad attempt at humor, apparently. I’ve not played the game, know nothing about it beyond the description. If that’s the real ending then maybe don’t play it, as I meant “you actually destroy your machine because the hacking commands REALLY worked and fried your rig”. |
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| News Comments > Hacknet Free on Steam |
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Re: Hacknet Free on Steam |
Jul 12, 2018, 20:41 |
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| The ending is a real mindfuck: you wipe the corporation’s drives and force their CPUs to run at double speed. But then your computer stops working and you discover you formatted your own hard drive and your processor melted the board. It was real the whole time! |
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| News Comments > Fortnite 5.0 Kicks Off Season 5 |
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Re: Fortnite 5.0 Kicks Off Season 5 |
Jul 12, 2018, 11:38 |
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Desalus wrote on Jul 12, 2018, 11:32:
Has there been any indication as to when Save the World is going to be free-to-play? I've been out of the gaming news loop for a few months.
I saw some mention that halfway thru season 5, STW should be going FTP, but that you won’t get free v-bucks once that happens. I assume you’d have an option to “buy in” to get the same rewards as current users. ALL THIS is hearsay, I have no info direct from the devs.
When STW goes on sale to $20, which it’s done at least 3 times, it’s a pretty good deal at that price point. You cAN spend more to get v-bucks faster, but that’s honestly only for super impatient players. There’s SO MUCH good stuff that’s handed out or bought with currency that’s only obtainable from gameplay. It’s a good “I’ve got a half hour, lemme knock out a mission” game, since it’s all self-contained randomly generated maps.
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from the patch notes:
Starting July 17, Save the World will be on sale on Xbox, PS4, and PC for a limited time. Super Deluxe and Limited Founders packs will return for the duration of the sale. |
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