Thats why you read the box befor eyou buy a game. If you don't you have nobody to blame but yourself if you fail to meet the requirements of the game.
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:53:35 -0600, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I mean everyone knows HL2 would > > require internet activation which wasn't a hassle at all and now they > > have to go and do that wtf. > > 1. NOT everyone knows that. The average consumer walking into the > store and just buying a neat looking game is going to get screwed with > this release. Hell, even avid gamers are having difficulty getting it > running. > > 2. Many people don't have internet connections at home for one reason > or another. But they still have an offline computer which they play > games on. > > 3. Many people use laptops for gaming that may: 1) not have a > connection; and/or 2) not have an optical drive in at all times. > > My father likes to play video games. He likes to go to the store, pick > up something that looks interesting, install it and start playing. But > as far as technical prowess, he's not going to upgrade his own video > card. And he has little tolerance for crap that doesn't just work. > Having to wait an hour for a game to "authenticate" after it's taken > forever to install would probably give him another heart attack. > Dealing with Steam is something that would probably make him go > postal. > > Steam was designed explicitly for the purpose of cutting out the > middle man and making them money. It is about as anti-consumer as you > can get. Forcing even the CD/DVD version of the game to have to > authenticate against it is just like sticking a fork in the eye to jam > that point home. And on top of that, Vivendi's disk protection scheme > that doesn't let people run off of legal disk images is more blatant > anti-consumer crap. > > But fortunately, there are cracks which allow a person to get around > all those problems. And if you've noticed, I've said every time that I > absolutely do intend to buy it. I just want to make sure that when I > hand over the money, I'm not bending over too. > > -Kevin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136870 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
