SmokyDave said:
Yup, people only ever get annoyed by things that directly affect them, you're correct. No such thing as 'principles'.
What principles?
People buying the games I love second hand (with the excuse that some of that money will channel back to some random developer) means less budget/reward for the people who make the games I love (and possibly more for some random shitgame dev).
If you don't pay the people who make it then you have no right to make demands.
It will affect me too btw, I buy the occasional second hand game (where I don't want to give my money to the developer, usually games with DRM) so I won't have access to mp/sp content either.
Shitty lan support doesn't affect me either, because the lan I play on with friends has a good connection, but I still hate it when a mp shooter or rts doesn't bother supporting it.
Not everyone is a selfish asshole with double standards.
Piracy vs second hand is double standards though, keep it up guys.
The only valid argument I've seen here is about having to enter a stupid code or register a game, fuck that indeed, let them use a system like steam where you just install and enter your normal cd key and are done.
edit: oh and offline only players, another valid argument.
Poor execution will most likely be a problem here, but people complaining about the principle behind it are hypocrits.