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Gamer's Bill of Rights
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As mentioned above, Edge Online has a story on a new "Gamer's Bill of Rights" proposed by Stardock and Gas Powered Games. Hear hear! And here goes:

We the Gamers of the world, in order to ensure a more enjoyable experience, establish equality between players and publishers, and promote the general welfare of our industry hereby call for the following:

Gamers shall have the right to return games that don't work with their computers for a full refund.

Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.

Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game's release.

Gamers shall have the right to demand that download managers and updaters not force themselves to run or be forced to load in order to play a game.

Gamers shall have the right to expect that the minimum requirements for a game will mean that the game will adequately play on that computer.

Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won't install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their express consent.

Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.

Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers.

Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.

Gamers shall have the right that games which are installed to the hard drive shall not require a CD/DVD to remain in the drive to play.

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Re: Stardock, everybody mentions the good...
Aug 29, 2008, 17:33

Wowbagger_TIP

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Re: Stardock, everybody mentions the good... Aug 29, 2008, 17:33

Aug 29, 2008, 17:33

Wowbagger_TIP

Ah, so settling for the lesser of two evils? Glad to see your beliefs aren't being compromised by being force-fed crap.

How am I compromising my beliefs? I don't think it's any sort of hardship to have to login to download updates. I don't see any problem with that, especially when it means that I don't have to deal with draconian DRM schemes and who knows what else getting installed on my PC. My belief is that I like supporting companies that support their customers and treat them fairly. Stardock does that in spades, so I support them.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell (I think...)