Micro-transactions, cheating and videogames. Major drama inc?

[Wilian]

Well that's a real pity, because whether or not their software should be changed should be between creator and purchaser. Pretty crazy that we live in a world where you can't even decide the terms under which you will sell your own product to willing consumers.

And I fail to see what is so terrible that a person would have right to use the product they paid for as they wish.

[Remilia]

Didn't something along these lines come up with Apple trying to claim jailbreaking was copyright infringement?

It was Terms of Service.
Apple was denied by the court.

[icedwarrior]

I wish more games would employ TF2's mentality: you can buy all the shinies you want, but you can obtain them in the game, so all you're really doing is obtaining it quicker.

I refuse to fund micro-transactions; I've only spend $0.49 on TF2 to become a "Premium" member, and I got the game for free, so I can easily justify that. Now, if it was $60 and they wanted $20...that's not going to happen.

I can understand wanting to control multiplayer cheating, but single player? Really?

[Wilian]

I wish more games would employ TF2's mentality: you can buy all the shinies you want, but you can obtain them in the game, so all you're really doing is obtaining it quicker.

I refuse to fund micro-transactions; I've only spend $0.49 on TF2 to become a "Premium" member, and I got the game for free, so I can easily justify that. Now, if it was $60 and they wanted $20...that's not going to happen.

I can understand wanting to control multiplayer cheating, but single player? Really?

I don't mind microtransactions in F2P games at all. They are rather neat way to support the developer whom's games you enjoy in any amount you wish.

[SirRobin]

Hehe... Nice... Wait, so are they going to have any patches? You know, for the "real" bugs? lol

Or is that another deliberately made it that way thing?

[Wilian]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...ource-exploit/

Well that's a good move.

Well, it's nice that they let common sense reign for a while, though I have no doubt it was after long thinking from the part of their Marketing/PR department. They know they need good PR within gaming community and this was one of the ways of getting it.