I didn't have to preorder at a "select" store. The game in question has been on sale for as low as 20$ at some points, there really is no necessity to buy it used when you could be showing support to the developer's efforts so they can continue to fund future endeavors. In the end it just means more great games for us to choose from. If you don't like it, don't buy it. I fail to see the problem here.
Actually, it just offers further incentive to those who buy the game vs those who pirate it. It's hardly punitive to those who bought it.
Honestly, I'm sick of the crying and whining. For those who want PC gaming industry to stay alive and not suffer from piracy, this is the best model to date to encourage legit gaming on that platform.
It may be a form of DRM, but it's DRM that's based on a positive reinforcement model instead of a negative model.
Well if there is any camp to root for on this, it's Bethesda imo.
They singlehandedly resurrected the entire franchise and brought many new minds to the fallout universe.
I know the concept of a Fallout MMO sounds cool to people, and it's obvious that both companies have interest vested in making a fallout MMO at some point, the problem to me, is that Interplay hired some no-name overseas developer to work on this MMO.
It's a dick move with our economy the way it is to outsource like that.
but Bethesda isn't really that much better to me, like many people said, "it's oblivion, with guns" and I wouldn't be surprised if the MMO they made turned out something similar.
The problem I have with the whole situation is that MMO's kill franchises from a genre standpoint, it's a permanent transition.
Take wow for example. Based on WC3:Frozen Throne. Have you seen any xpacs for wc3? have you seen any announcements for WC4? no? the warcraft RTS genre was sacrificed for the purpose of turning it to an MMO.
If they make a fallout MMO, you will never see another fallout game, you will simply see fallout themed hamster wheels/skinner boxes.
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Apr 28th 2010 8:21PM (Joystiq)Honestly, I'm sick of the crying and whining. For those who want PC gaming industry to stay alive and not suffer from piracy, this is the best model to date to encourage legit gaming on that platform.
It may be a form of DRM, but it's DRM that's based on a positive reinforcement model instead of a negative model.
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Apr 22nd 2010 5:47PM (Joystiq)basically that link is for the devs of v13.
no names who's only work listed includes an mmo called Earthrise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYEx_x45ylA
Seriously, if you root for interplay, you root for failure.
Report: Bethesda nukes lawsuit against Interplay over Fallout MMO [Update: Bethesda disagrees, calls it 'ongoing']
Apr 22nd 2010 5:46PM (Joystiq)Report: Bethesda nukes lawsuit against Interplay over Fallout MMO [Update: Bethesda disagrees, calls it 'ongoing']
Apr 22nd 2010 5:41PM (Joystiq)They singlehandedly resurrected the entire franchise and brought many new minds to the fallout universe.
I know the concept of a Fallout MMO sounds cool to people, and it's obvious that both companies have interest vested in making a fallout MMO at some point, the problem to me, is that Interplay hired some no-name overseas developer to work on this MMO.
It's a dick move with our economy the way it is to outsource like that.
but Bethesda isn't really that much better to me, like many people said, "it's oblivion, with guns" and I wouldn't be surprised if the MMO they made turned out something similar.
The problem I have with the whole situation is that MMO's kill franchises from a genre standpoint, it's a permanent transition.
Take wow for example. Based on WC3:Frozen Throne. Have you seen any xpacs for wc3? have you seen any announcements for WC4? no? the warcraft RTS genre was sacrificed for the purpose of turning it to an MMO.
If they make a fallout MMO, you will never see another fallout game, you will simply see fallout themed hamster wheels/skinner boxes.