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Post by Zaku on Jun 18, 2008 14:03:01 GMT -5
The Spore creature Creator came out today. Yay! I was very excited. I went to order it, I filled out all the information and clicked submit. Their servers have crashed. OK, I thought, I'll just wait for them to come back up and try again. I did so. My Debit Card was denied. I went and checked my balance. It had be charged for the item. I check for impending orders. None. So I had been charged for the game and EA says I never placed an order. I basically gave them free money. *Destroys New York with the power of anger* And it wasn't just me. According to the spore forums it happened to a ton of people too. Lesson? EA sucks. Period.
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Post by Cutter on Jun 18, 2008 19:13:12 GMT -5
Email them about it. You'll get it eventually, but you'll have to go to some trouble to do so.
Have you heard about what they're doing with PC games now, though? Stuff like limiting the number of times you can install a game, making checks through an internet connection, that sort of thing.
That probably isn't helping the state of PC gaming.
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Post by Zaku on Jun 18, 2008 19:39:16 GMT -5
Well they do that because pirating. And we pirate because they keep putting out sub par games that are not worth 60 bucks. I buy the games that are worth it. Otherwise I torrent.
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Post by Cutter on Jun 18, 2008 22:07:42 GMT -5
I know they do that because of pirating. But I really don't think it'll help at all. People will make ways to get around the security, so ultimately it only really hurts the average customer.
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Post by Kyle20 on Jun 25, 2008 10:49:46 GMT -5
Fighting piracy is practically useless.
I really wish each and every game would get its own price reflecting what the game's actual quality is. I don't like the concept of there being an unwritten rule that all console games should be such-and-such dollars and all handheld games should be such-and-such dollars.
There are a lot of console games, especially for the Wii, that deserve to be 20-30 bucks (I'm looking at you, crappy 3rd party titles and mini game collections,) while there's some DS games that I honestly wouldn't mind if they were 50. It all has to do with how much effort they put in. More realistic prices would have a better chance of fighting piracy than security attempts.
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Post by Zaku on Jun 25, 2008 11:13:18 GMT -5
Exactly. Why pay 60 bucks for a shitty movie tie in game when it should only be 20.
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Post by Kyle20 on Jun 25, 2008 12:25:22 GMT -5
It should be illegal for movie tie-ins and the massive amount of EA Sport titles each year to be priced any more than 30 bucks.
Seriously, they get all this money for 60 bucks per game. Where's this money going? It's blatantly obvious it's not going towards game quality.
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Post by Gen Gravy on Jun 28, 2008 10:11:51 GMT -5
I don't bother with movie games. I know they suck because they try oh-so hard to base the game on the movie, but they eventually teeter off the path somewhere.
I have only stuck to games I know will be worth their price. Such as Metal Gear Solid 4.
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Post by Kyle20 on Jun 28, 2008 11:50:15 GMT -5
Licensed developers also need to understand that not every movie needs to be a video game.
Ratatouille does not deserve a 50 dollar action-platformer.
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Post by Gen Gravy on Jul 6, 2008 1:00:24 GMT -5
Ratatouille does not deserve a 50 dollar action-platformer.
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Post by Cutter on Jul 6, 2008 1:16:24 GMT -5
spore is the best game ever! only beaten out by portal, because that had STILL ALIVE! XDD
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Post by Gen Gravy on Jul 6, 2008 2:08:09 GMT -5
Cutter, you are hurtin' mah brainz.
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Post by Cutter on Jul 6, 2008 2:34:39 GMT -5
i actualy havent bought portal for my ps3 yet, but i already memorized the script on gamefaqs, so i know all the jokes!
also i herd that the oragne box comes with another game thats like portal but with a dude and without the portal gun. i dont think thats as intersting as portal, and tht game doesnt have cake lol!!
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Post by Gen Gravy on Jul 6, 2008 2:43:32 GMT -5
For reals, Cutter. You are s'posed to be "The Voice of Reason". For why to you offense mah brainz wiff such grammahz?
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Post by Cutter on Jul 6, 2008 2:46:41 GMT -5
XDD SO RANDOM
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