I mean, I fully expected this and so should have anyone who managed to check it out of the store... but anyone who thinks this is "stealing" needs a serious dose of reality. If I walk into Walmart and there's a stack of Pepsi at the door with a "Free" sign on it by employee accident and I grab one and walk out, I didn't steal anything.
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SHOCKING: 'Free' Fallout 4 season passes have been revoked
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You were there at the right time and moment, the error is on their end, they gave you the season pass for free. They shouldn't take it away once they have sold it to you, at least no one does that in the real world at shops when something like this happens.
Alpha Phoenix
Member
Todd Howard is pissed!
It's a minor irritation/disappointment, but not really anything to get upset about.
I actually thought we'd get to keep it once the transaction had completed, but I guess not.
Taking advantage of retailer's mistake is not stealing. You can be damn sure that Sony would keep money you erroneously spent on their store (and would be within their rights to do so).
That is how free markets work.
For myself, I grabbed the free season pass thinking I'd pick up the game at a later date. I'm somewhat interested, but played too many open world games recently, so it can wait. Now I'll probably just wait for the game to go on sale.
I actually thought we'd get to keep it once the transaction had completed, but I guess not.
Taking advantage of retailer's mistake is not stealing. You can be damn sure that Sony would keep money you erroneously spent on their store (and would be within their rights to do so).
That is how free markets work.
For myself, I grabbed the free season pass thinking I'd pick up the game at a later date. I'm somewhat interested, but played too many open world games recently, so it can wait. Now I'll probably just wait for the game to go on sale.
Augemitbutter
Member
yes please.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Sucks that people won't get something that they didn't pay a penny for?
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
lol. It'd certainly be a keeper!
I can imagine it going down like this for some people:
-"Can't wait for my free muthafuckin Fallout 4 DLC! What luck! LOL Suckers!"
-"Wait... I got a message?" *Message from Playstation*
-*clicks to open*
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Amazing.
I wish this would have happened now.
RedAssedApe
Banned
i didn't get in on this glitch but...lol op with the truth bomb.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Meh cant be mad didn't pay for it. Certainly doesn't make me a theif tho. Was worth a shot anyway(bethseda can fuck off with that price increase tho)
Paradoxally this is resulting in a net loss for them in terms of money from me, since I don't have the game but planned on getting it after using the glitch, but of course this is a good move. It felt really exciting seeing that "Free"-text and successfully downloading it at the time, but in hindsight it does feel better now knowing I didn't get any content dishonestly.
dr_rus
Member
Fallout 4 season pass is serious business.
Unlike this small tiny main Fallout 4 game which can be sold two times cheaper than the season pass apparently.
Unlike this small tiny main Fallout 4 game which can be sold two times cheaper than the season pass apparently.
Yes, they have. All i'm saying that even if they can do that they probably shouldn't.
WrenchNinja
Member
That's actually pretty surprising. I remember when the Mass Effect 3 Omega DLC was free. They never revoked that.
I guess cause Fallout 4 is a newer game and Sony wants to make sure Betathesda is happy.
I guess cause Fallout 4 is a newer game and Sony wants to make sure Betathesda is happy.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Nah the game generally ran great. Probably Bethesda's smoothest release. What they need is a competent writer and quest designer.
Its possible its up to the developer to decide- it may have been Bethesda or it may have been Sony who made the decision. I don't think we really know. My gut says it has to be Bethesda, because in these situations they almost always honor it, at least as far as I've seen. Bethesda seems to be the factor that changed.
BibiMaghoo
Member
That raises an interesting question. If devs can do this with pricing errors, why do others not?
ItWillGetBetter
Banned
Don't be salty. Just pick one up after their all out to determine if it's worth it or not.
InsaneTiger
Member
Bethesda must have called Sony and said,
After raising the price they don't want anything given for free, even if it was an error.
After raising the price they don't want anything given for free, even if it was an error.
They probably have to decide if its worth the bad PR or not, how much the content costs and how many people jumped on the deal.
I can't imagine too many people got in, though. It was up for a very short time.
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
But why wouldn't they do that in this case? we are talking about a $49.99 value of a DLC that hasn't even been released yet. What can Sony gain by letting thousands of people get the season pass for free?
Portugeezer
Member
After they raised the price of the Season Passes too. Dev sneak fucks.
I wanted to buy the game now that I had the season pass. Now I'm just going to wait till the GOTY drops to 20.
Havn't bought any DLC since COD4. I actually think that DLC replacing expansions is the worst thing that happend to gaming.
ItWillGetBetter
Banned
We need a contract lawyer to weigh in. But I feel like there must be something in place to protect both the customer and the seller.
Omnii-chan
Member
Anybody who expected to be able to keep this is delusional, it was obviously an error. The DLC costs as much as the game does now, why would they give it away?
Reminds me of customers who come into work and expect a full priced game to be 99c because some other customer decided they didn't want it and dumped it on a cheap dvd rack. THAT kind of delusional.
Reminds me of customers who come into work and expect a full priced game to be 99c because some other customer decided they didn't want it and dumped it on a cheap dvd rack. THAT kind of delusional.
Aces&Eights
Member
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
They made a mistake and you have no damages.
sensui-tomo
Member
You stole it because you never went through checkout with it, you just cant take items and walk out of the store... But this is a stupid case there, if you said "It was labeled free and the cashier checked it out as free (like psn with the season pass) it wouldnt be stolen" Just grabbing shit without checking out is technically a non-purchased item.
Just out of courtesy, and i don't think that the price is all that relevant when something like this happens since prices change constantly, even the season pass 30$ a little while ago.
Hero Prinny
Member
thats pretty lame, i didn't get it tho so whatever.
It is going to be relevant to the developer. They will view any of the people not buying the pass as a potential loss of up to 50 dollars. They have to weigh if its worth the bad PR and revoking the content, or just letting people keep it.
Mufausa The 3rd
Member
This game is next everyone...
BRocknRolla
Member
They didn't sell anything though. Since you paid no money, no transaction took place, and you've no right to the content. If it were a pricing error, then sure, money changed hands and it's yours.
Likewise, if someone accidentally labeled a game on a shelf as zero dollars and you go to the register, and try to have it for free, they aren't going to allow that "in the real world."
They wouldn't gain anything. However how is that my problem?
Sony priced the DLC as free. I bought it at that price.
If I walk in to a Sainsbury's and buy a loaf of bread for 10p, the cashier can't then chase me in to the car park and say "actually, you're not having that as we have mispriced the item".
Yeah, but in all honesty i don't think that Bethesda is in such a bad place that they can't get an error like this slide by, and the bad PR they get just might in the worst case scenario completely blow up on their face, which would be far worse than a few happy people who got a season pass for free. And personally, if i would have gotten the season pass and then they would have revoked my licence for it i would have been pretty salty and probably not bought the season pass for real this time.
But you do have to checkout from the psn store so a transaction was there even if no money changed hands. Well i didn't mean it to be taken that literally, but with when they fuck up their discounts here i have never been asked to wait while they update the price, but anyway nobody else has done this when they have fucked up the price in the psn store so i don't think that it's the best choice for Bethesda be the first one to start revoking those.
I agree with you, and think they made the wrong decision. I doubt a substantial people got in on the deal who were actually potential buyers, especially since they just raised the price by 20 dollars a few weeks ago.
Indeed. It's a one sided scam.
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