ravenshrike said:
[*shrugs* I'm not impacted much if at all, given that I opted for in-store pickup. Worst case scenario I lose an hour or two of late night gaming. That being said, the type of behavior evidenced in the grace period revocation should not be rewarded. This means using the available tools at hand, in this case either not playing the game at all, or complaining to the relevant authorities. In this case those authorities being the BBB and small claims court. Please note that I am not suggesting a full on class action lawsuit, or anything that requires massive punitive damages. This is what small claims court is expressly in existence for.
Now there, I start to agree with you. Industry practices which are counter to customer satisfaction *cough-UbiDRM-cough* should totally be punished. But people aren't doing it correctly.
If you buy the game and forum rage about it, all that industry learns is that players will suck anything up... even if they complain about it. They'll still do exactly whatever the hell they like, and just spend a bit more time and money on PR (and hence, less on the actual game!).
And let's be totally honest here... the average person is fundamentally lazy. There's simply no way enough people are going to go through the hassle of sorting out a court case (believe me... I'm currently involved in the small claims process to recover some money) for the few quid that you could get out of it.
The best way forward really is to vote with your wallet. I really enjoyed the first Assassin's Creed. But I haven't purchased or played any of the others, because I'm not prepared to put up with Ubi's BS. And I'll continue to do exactly that. I'm not going to forum rage about Ubisoft (or EA, or whatever). It doesn't do anything other than raise my blood pressure. I'll just take my money and spend it elsewhere. That's the only practical way we can influence this.
It just isn't going to work, because the average person is all about instant gratification, so they'll continue to purchase rubbish even while they complain about it.
Metalhandkerchief said:
Of course, half of the MMO buzz is the release rush. Granted, this is for the upper echelon of players.
I hate to point out the obvious... but if a game has to rely on release rush for its value, it's likely not a very good game. And "upper echelon of players"?? Seriously?
Arrogant much?
im in the camp of people who will be losing out on gametime cause of late delivery but don't care, was just wondering if i was correct in assuming that we'll have access on the 14th, not the 15th as we first thought
