noman wrote on Oct 12, 2010, 01:18:
And by the way, of course I meant that I'll delete the game from my hard-disk if I end up selling it. It's the same as selling regular boxed games, and I thought it was obvious enough to be not worth mentioning.
Optimaximal wrote on Oct 11, 2010, 05:58:What's stopping me from selling (or giving away) a game I purchased on GoG?Apart from the fact it's illegal, is a violation of GOG.com's TOS and will likely result in your account being closed if they catch you?
If you sell a GOG.com download, their system allows you to download it again & potentially sell it on, again. That would make a you a software pirate.
If you are doing what you are insinuating, you're part of the problem and the reason we have DRM-ed services such as Steam, D2D & Ubi-Online (or whatever its called).
Sepharo wrote on Oct 11, 2010, 20:09:
I'm a 24 year old C# dev. It's a picture from 2005.
Since I don't give a shit about spending full price on new games, and in fact encourage everyone to do so, I'm going to assume I make more money than you. Nothing's free bud. Make more than Mom and Dad too because being career salespeople the economy has lost them both their jobs repeatedly.
And as someone who as teen worked for GameStop: Yes you are that guy.
We would have just laughed about your sale price and asked you to buy a subscription to GameInformer for 10% off. Make sure to reserve Madden 2003!~
Pyloff wrote on Oct 11, 2010, 19:35:
Judging by your picture you are what 15 years old?
One day when you get a job, you will realize the value of a dollar. Until then, live in your free bed, eat your free food, and dream about how you will change the world.
When you actually live on your own for a few years, ask mom and dad about the ins and outs of the video gaming market place. Or better yet the ins and out of raising a know it all kid.
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Pyloff wrote on Oct 11, 2010, 17:03:Animals for Crackers wrote on Oct 10, 2010, 23:04:
Huh? You were unlucky enough to purchase a game before a sale went on and then expected them to revert your purchase to the sale price, after the fact? Do brick and mortar stores really do this?
I'm surprised that you did not know about this, and act as if I'm acting entitled. I've saved at least $150 on games just bringing the receipt in within a month and asking for the sale price. It is painless and like the other poster said garners good will. I mostly have done it at Best Buy but there are ways around that if you know the tricks.
Animals for Crackers wrote on Oct 10, 2010, 23:04:
Huh? You were unlucky enough to purchase a game before a sale went on and then expected them to revert your purchase to the sale price, after the fact? Do brick and mortar stores really do this?
Optimaximal wrote on Oct 11, 2010, 05:58:But only, if you sell the game more than once. And it does not matter, what the TOS says, there is a first sale doctrin and THAT is all that matters for customers. Steam account informations are being traded on a regular basis and thankfully Valve can do nothing about it.
That would make a you a software pirate.
If you are doing what you are insinuating, you're part of the problem and the reason we have DRM-ed services such as Steam, D2D & Ubi-Online (or whatever its called).We do not have DRM because of such people, but because investors and most CEOs are paranoid fucks, who are tto afraid that someone might "steal" their precious copies, that they do everything they can to make buying their games as painfull as possible.
noman wrote on Oct 11, 2010, 00:41:You obviously never bought any of the DLC for GfWL. Every release was a total clusterfuck. Downloads failing. Addon's not working if you installed your game to a drive other than C:.
GFWL is superior because at least there are few games, where logging into GFWL isn't needed at all. Fallout 3 is one such game.
What's stopping me from selling (or giving away) a game I purchased on GoG?Apart from the fact it's illegal, is a violation of GOG.com's TOS and will likely result in your account being closed if they catch you?
HugeJerk wrote on Oct 11, 2010, 00:17:Seems like a nonsense accusation, not a warning of things to come. Not a single game in history has done this yet, and developers are turning away from GFW Live in droves, from the most popular games on the service like Dawn of War II, to even less-popular games like Kane and Lynch.elefunk wrote on Oct 10, 2010, 20:27:
buhh.....you realize that this has never once actually happened, right? There has not been a single game ever released where the distribution platform you buy the game through has its own separately and entirely siloed multiplayer infrastructure.
If developers are talking about this, then it is likely what is being pushed by the digital distributors. It may have not happened yet, but that doesn't mean that it won't. It would be just another SKU to deal with to a publisher, of which they already deal with many due to limitations on content in certain countries.
Sepharo wrote on Oct 11, 2010, 00:58:
But you can't sell them right?
Isn't that one of your major complaints about Steam?
If any thing my price point is $5 or less.
Aren't you glad Steam enables this?
This is where the service GoG offers is so precious. Even with the ridiculous stunt they pulled lately, I still can't pass on some of the excellent deals they continue to offer on completely DRM free games. If I keep the installer files of the games I buy, there's absolutely no restriction on when and where I can install the game.
If any thing my price point is $5 or less.