ShockingAlberto
Member
If you get a refund from the developer, they don't get Apple's 30% back.
Which is probably why they are trying to ignore refunds.
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EA disabling purchased copies of Rock Band iOS? [Yes / No / Maybe / Bear's Driving!]
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If you get a refund from the developer, they don't get Apple's 30% back.
Which is probably why they are trying to ignore refunds.
Better than $70
ShockingAlberto
Member
If it's entirely about price, it's not much of a boycott at all.
I believe $10 - $20 is usually what a developer makes on games, anyway, after all is said and done. That's why Project Ten Dollar works, because it strips things from games and makes used buyers get access to them separately.
Mr. Enigma
Member
-- The Secret World (June 19, 2012)
-- NCAA Football '13 (July 10, 2012)
-- Madden NFL '13 (August 14, 2012)
-- Medal of Honor: Warfighter (October 23, 2012)
Why not just rent and/or buy used? You don't ever have to give them any money.
Unless you like playing online.
VeryGooster
Banned
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crazygambit
Member
Now we're getting somewhere. This has to be one of the most fucked up ways to enforce DRM ever.
I thought it was common practice for companies with always online DRMs to patch it out when going out of business (or shutting down their DRM servers).
It's pretty unbelievable how out of touch a company can be with their audience. But yeah thanks for rocking with us indeed.
Translation: "We will fuck you over, we just don't know yet when we will do it"
That's the standard line they use but has it ever actually happened? For some reason I can't see any failing company or bankruptcy judge for a failed company allowing money to be spent on patching old titles that won't produce any new revenue stream.
chickdigger802
Banned
So pretty much you can't buy additional dlc after that date.
Meh.
Meh.
faceless007
Member
I don't know what would make you think it's common. Always-online DRM is a very new thing and has only been used by a handful of companies in the first place, so there isn't really such thing as a standard practice yet. It's not surprising some companies are just going to not give a shit because why would they?
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
No. You can't play it at all.
chickdigger802
Banned
how is that possible for a game that doesn't require online to play?
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Seems to be related to DRM. I guess you can only keep playing it if you never go online with your iOS device after May 31st.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Always On-Line Future.
Sleep well, fellow gamers.
Sleep well, fellow gamers.
crazygambit
Member
Removing DRM should be trivial enough that it's cost would be negligible. The potential lawsuits it would prevent makes it more than worthwhile. I'm pretty sure I've heard of such cases, but I can't remember specific examples at the moment.
RedNumberFive
Banned
I'm not sure what you're basing this assumption off of. I'm sure if they were going out of business removing DRM would be the least of their concerns.
FieryBalrog
Member
It's also a common practice not to shut down your games and take them away from consumers, perhaps graciously letting you rebuy an "updated" version bloated with microtransactions and ads.
This is clearly a company that believes in rising above the common practice.
br0ken_shad0w
Member
At least for PC games, we can just replace a couple of files thanks to hackers if it gets to that point. I shudder what the next gen is going to do.
crazygambit
Member
I remember now I heard this about Steam way back. Here are some quotes:
And this from a mod on their forums:
So it's sort of an official position for them at least. Other developers should follow suit, but I guess we know the shitty ones won't.
Boss Man
Member
Now that I think about it, what the hell is EA even gaining from this other than bad publicity and lost customers? They're tired of checking to make sure you bought the game, so now, just to be safe, they're going to stop letting anyone play/buy the game. What does that even accomplish?
I guess it's just the assumption that, if they forcibly yank the game from the customers' hands, they will be more likely to buy the next one. I really can't imagine any other thought-process where it would make sense even without the backlash.
I guess it's just the assumption that, if they forcibly yank the game from the customers' hands, they will be more likely to buy the next one. I really can't imagine any other thought-process where it would make sense even without the backlash.
Coming soon: Rock Band Blitz.
R_thanatos
Member
Wow this is really stupid...
Why not remove the online support and let people play..
I can still buy and play my dlc for RB UNPLUGUED so this situation make no sense to me as a consummer
Why not remove the online support and let people play..
I can still buy and play my dlc for RB UNPLUGUED so this situation make no sense to me as a consummer
butter_stick
Banned
I just tried again and I still can't access the online store to re-download the DLC I bought for the game. The description for the game also say it's comes with 35 songs, but seeing as you have to download most of them that's pretty much a lie.
Can anybody stop EA?
Can anybody stop EA?
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
What immense hubris. I wonder what asshole exec gave the directive for this. How could anyone anywhere think this is a good idea? I hope this story explodes and EA gets shit on even more. Such a despicable company.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Let's hope EA isn't publishing it. I hope Harmonix cuts ties with them from this if they haven't already.
Everyone en masse simply not buying their games. Or you can hope EA just straight up implodes over poor budget management.
Harmonix is independent now; Rock Band 3 is currently published and distributed by Mad Catz, and as far as I know, Blitz is being self-published. So, nothing to worry about as far as EA is concerned.
I think that only real concern right now is if you're looking out for copies of the previous games and/or track packs, but I would have to think that there's so many of them floating around that it shouldn't be a major issue.
Remember when they were a great company?
Seems like the downward spiral began once Trip Hawkins left and they tried to erase the fact he ever even existed.
It's been kind of amazing over the past couple of years watching the 'diabolical shithouse' pendulum swing away from Activision back toward EA. Kotick's been very low key since the Infinity Ward meltdown.
Trip Hawkins sued Origin Systems for frivolous reasons just to interfere with their business and try to keep them from developing games. I get the strong impression EA may've started OK, but were ultimately always a terrible company, albeit maybe not always for the same reason.
What about when Harmonix goes under? It's bound to happen. They only make games in a dead genre.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
I think Dance Central showed they can branch out. Where they go next I'm not sure.
One day at a time, one day at a time.
Their inevitable future is making a skateboarding game.
blitzcloud
Banned
would circumventing this DRM be considered piracy or a legitimate protest?
You can't, you need to buy it to review it.
Emerson
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No sane person could possibly have a moral objection to this.
This is why i haven't bought anything off the PSN for 1.5 years now and buy all multiplatform DD games on PC. I know this is going to happen, the sad this is others haven't.
I trust Microsoft a tiny bit more when it comes to backwards compatible XBLA games.