Lord British
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Holy shit my copy of The Immortal for the genesis just blew up in smoke.
I laughed a lot. Well done.
Holy shit my copy of The Immortal for the genesis just blew up in smoke.
Yup. I've been doing this for years now.Just never buy an EA game again and you'll be fine.
How are they going to do that? And what about Xbox 360?The EA shenanigans are a mere drop in the ocean to when people finally wake up and realise that every PSN purchase expires with the PS3....
Jeeze.
You know, for a few years there, EA had REALLY turned itself around and regained a LOT of respect among gamers after the shit they had pulled for years.
Now it's back to that shit again.
test_account said:How are they going to do that? And what about Xbox 360?
The EA shenanigans are a mere drop in the ocean to when people finally wake up and realise that every PSN purchase expires with the PS3....
How are they going to do that? And what about Xbox 360?
How are they going to do that? And what about Xbox 360?
The EA shenanigans are a mere drop in the ocean to when people finally wake up and realise that every PSN purchase expires with the PS3....
If that's the case I'm pretty confident I wont be buying a PS4 / Xbox 3 until 2016 at the earliest.I'm pretty confident that none of the current DLC and XBLA/PSN games will make the transition to the next set of consoles.
Lots of rumors that Sony will drop the cell so a lot of games won't work on PS4. Xbox should be fine.
Because the PSN purchases are locked to the PS3 and when you no longer have a PS3, you'll no longer have the games. There's no way in hell they'll emulate them all on the PS4.
Oh, in that sense, i understand. But that is like saying that i'm being locked out of my NES games if i buy a SNES The reason why i asked is because it is possible to disable a product after X-amount of time on the PS3, but this has to be done when purchasing the game (when it activates the game to your account), it cant be done later on as far as i know.I'm pretty confident that none of the current DLC and XBLA/PSN games will make the transition to the next set of consoles.
I'm pretty confident that none of the current DLC and XBLA/PSN games will make the transition to the next set of consoles.
Oh, in that sense, i understand. But that is like saying that i'm being locked out of my NES games if i buy a SNES The reason why i asked is because it is possible to disable a product after X-amount of time on the PS3, but this has to be done when purchasing the game (when it activates the game to your account), it cant be done later on as far as i know.
I could jump onto ebay right now and grab a NES cart because it's a physical item. When a PSN game no longer exists how would anyone get one?
I'm pretty confident that none of the current DLC and XBLA/PSN games will make the transition to the next set of consoles.
This is the number one post on the front page of reddit right now. I bet EA is going to have to put their tail between their legs and undo this once they get word of all the bad press.
Licensing for the songs probably ran out.
EA barely gets any bad press when they take down the servers for their xbox/ps3 games they wont here.
This is different for a number of reasons.EA barely gets any bad press when they take down the servers for their xbox/ps3 games they wont here.
I'm pretty confident that none of the current DLC and XBLA/PSN games will make the transition to the next set of consoles.
lol.
This is what digital distribution means, nerds! Somehow you end up paying for something you don't own.
In fact, if you give me half of your salary this month, I'll license you my house. You can visit it as much as you want. Until I decide you can't. And you won't own it. Deal?
The EA shenanigans are a mere drop in the ocean to when people finally wake up and realise that every PSN purchase expires with the PS3....
This is the number one post on the front page of reddit right now. I bet EA is going to have to put their tail between their legs and undo this once they get word of all the bad press.
Also: HILARIOUS
http://support.eamobile.com/
"This site has been disabled for the time being."
Because the PSN purchases are locked to the PS3 and when you no longer have a PS3, you'll no longer have the games. There's no way in hell they'll emulate them all on the PS4.
I'm pretty confident that none of the current DLC and XBLA/PSN games will make the transition to the next set of consoles.
You're wrong about XBLA. They will all be backwards compatible on the next Xbox.
Microsoft isn't that stupid, and there is already evidence they very much intend on having full backwards compatibility on their next console.
You're insane if you think Halo 4 and all of its DLC won't be playable on the next Xbox at launch.
This being fake would complete the trifecta of crappy threads the op has made over the last couple of days, so I'll go with fake.
haha, goddamn.
i'm always surprised when i see this - don't most customers buy a PSN/XBLA/etc library under the assumption they can carry their digital goods into the next gen? this seems even more precarious than not bringing physical software BC, because you're asking consumers to have faith & invest in your ecostystem (a tall order for sony after PSN's downtime/compromise last year), but then just drop it all after every gen? this feels like a weird assumption.
Get off your high horse and realize this has always, ALWAYS been the case with every EULA. Physical or not. If you have no idea what you're talking about, please just don't post. Of course, it's easier to pull this with DD games rather than physical but that's not what you're arguing.
I'm so sick of the anti DD people crapping up this thread with their unknowledgeable posts. You don't know what you're talking about, just shut up. EA is a crappy company to do this but they always had the right. Fuck them for exercising it, though.
I think the Xbox 1 support was a special case, since many Xbox LIVE functions were hard coded into the games, meaning certain functions couldn't be updated without patching individual titles.It will most likely be BC at launch, but will they keep the XBL support for current gen games, or shut it down in 3-4 years like they did with the old XBL? You can't download any of the patches or DLC for Xbox 1 games anymore.
Did we ever get a reason why they shut down XBL for Xbox 1 games? I remember some people speculating it was because of the 100 friends limit, but we still have that limit.
MS said that "it is clear this will provide the greatest benefit to the Xbox LIVE community.", but we haven't benefited at all from it as far as I know.
What does that have to do with ANYTHING? You're arguing nonsense. The fact is that it's there and has always been there. Who is to say the EULA wouldn't stand up in court and who is to say EA's recall of Rockband would be stopped by the courts? You're arguing conjecture.WTF are you talking about?
Firstly you are so far off base with EULAs that it hurts. When has an EULA ever been tested in court, and found to be legally binding. I'll give you a clue: NEVER.
What does that have to do with ANYTHING? You're arguing nonsense. The fact is that it's there and has always been there. Who is to say the EULA wouldn't stand up in court and who is to say EA's recall of Rockband would be stopped by the courts? You're arguing conjecture.
You can talk about the UK but I don't live in the UK so I don't care.
Um no, that's absolutely not true.I'll revise then: If you buy DD in the UK (and mostly likely the wider EU) you have absolutely zero rights as a consumer so don't cry when EA decide to disable it.
Lol. That just about says it all. America, fuck yeahhhhh!
I'll revise then: If you buy DD in the UK (and mostly likely the wider EU) you have absolutely zero rights as a consumer so don't cry when EA decide to disable it. Buy physical if you want indefinite access to your purchase. Go DD if you're comfortable with a non-determinable rental period.
This is the number one post on the front page of reddit right now. I bet EA is going to have to put their tail between their legs and undo this once they get word of all the bad press.
Also: HILARIOUS
http://support.eamobile.com/
"This site has been disabled for the time being."
Sure, but as long as your PS3 works, you wont be locked out of the games. If a digital download service goes down and you lost your original download, this is the unfortunate backside of digital download. Unless piracy is possible as Stumpakapow mentioned, then at least it is possible to grab a unofficial backup.No it's completely different.
I could jump onto ebay right now and grab a NES cart because it's a physical item. When a PSN game no longer exists how would anyone get one?
I'm pretty confident that none of the current DLC and XBLA/PSN games will make the transition to the next set of consoles.
EDIT: Haha just noticed the grammar. Fuck it.
You're wrong about XBLA. They will all be backwards compatible on the next Xbox.
Microsoft isn't that stupid, and there is already evidence they very much intend on having full backwards compatibility on their next console.
I'm pretty confident that none of the current DLC and XBLA/PSN games will make the transition to the next set of consoles.
If they don't I will be done with consoles - it will be Steam only.
They also removed Tetris from the App Store and added it again with in-app purchases and Origin and some (possibly optional) monthly fee.
You're wrong about XBLA. They will all be backwards compatible on the next Xbox.
Microsoft isn't that stupid, and there is already evidence they very much intend on having full backwards compatibility on their next console.
Well seeing that an EULA is accepted by something as simple as clicking "accept", which could quite easily be done by a minor with no legal right to accept such an EULA, or even a frickin cat jumping on the mouse - therefore, if I went to court over an EULA, they would have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that I had UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED. And they couldn't do that. So yeah, I'm pretty confident that the EULA wouldn't stand up in court. Where's your "conjecture" to say it would stand up in court?
What does that have to do with ANYTHING? You're arguing nonsense. The fact is that it's there and has always been there. Who is to say the EULA wouldn't stand up in court and who is to say EA's recall of Rockband would be stopped by the courts? You're arguing conjecture.
Your argument is DD enables companies to do this. No. They have always written that right into their EULA. You are wrong.
You can talk about the UK but I don't live in the UK so I don't care.
Now that you've clarified your statement, you can carry on. I'd make you apologize for giving me a reason to clarify things but it's okay.
"Absolutely zero rights" seems like bs but whatever. I don't know UK law. But neither do you, it seems.