Here, Have Some Download Insurance

10 responses to “Here, Have Some Download Insurance”

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   ndroste

   May 31, 2011 at 11:45 am

   That’s pretty keen.

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2. 

   706

   May 31, 2011 at 12:05 pm

   What a crappy system

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3. 

   Ben

   May 31, 2011 at 12:15 pm

   I saw the same thing on the THQ site when I was trying to buy RF:A off them last night. They charge $5-6, but provide the service for 2 years.

   This is for a game, that from all accounts is steamworks, so they’re never hosting it anyway…

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4. 

   Fenixius

   May 31, 2011 at 12:30 pm

   This should be illegal. A License should be governed and standardised by law to mean that you have infinite downloads and access to it on any number of devices in any format you like.

   This is disgusting.

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5. 

   Nicolai

   May 31, 2011 at 12:35 pm

   Wow, having a look at the image that stuff STARTS in your checkout and you have to deliberately remove it, that’s nuts.

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6. 

   MrBS

   May 31, 2011 at 12:54 pm

   What’s more hilarious are there are some PC software titles that offer ‘extended download service’ which allows you to redownload etc for 12-24 months despite the fact the latest patched versions are on the exact same website to download for free indefinately which you then unlock with your serial number. Madness.

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7. 

   Riley

   May 31, 2011 at 12:57 pm

   Same thing happens when you buy software through Microsofts “Its not cheating” site.

   You’re offered the ‘download insurance’ as default and have to remove it.

   I almost ran into problems after formatting and the link expired with MS Office. Turns out you could just use the trial of the program and chuck in your purchased key.

   In a way its kind of good they offer the extended download period…. but bad that they just can’t let you access it later without paying extra at the start.

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8. 

   Awnshegh

   May 31, 2011 at 1:19 pm

   Hmmm. Can you store the game locally on a separate storage device – IE. make a backup? If yes then maybe, just maybe they could get away with this in AU. But they’d have to spell it out otherwise it would be a quick call to fair trading to sort this one out.

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9. 

   pacifism

   May 31, 2011 at 2:53 pm

   Steam FTW!!!

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10. 

    Aaron

    May 31, 2011 at 5:37 pm

    That’s Dick Dastardly levels of dastardly.

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