EA Ties Forum Accounts to game accounts.

LeJosh · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:02

I think games will all move onto digital purchase, eventually.

Monkeynut · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:05

Electronic Farts at it again, who'd of thought?

Pilky01 · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:06

I have now decided that I am not going to buy red alert 3 I am going to pirate it instead.

lord filbuster · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:14

Craig321 said:
They're just encouraging piracy with comments like that.

Surely it's not legal to effectively take your license to the game away just because you did something wrong on the forum?

They aren't taking away the license for the game, just access to the online functions i imagine. Still despicable though.

Indy500 · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:16

lord filbuster said:
They aren't taking away the license for the game, just access to the online functions i imagine. Still despicable though.

A lot of the fun would be erased from titles like BF that have rubbish AI...

lord filbuster · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:18

yeah, it would basically make BF pointless, but it still isn't illegal.

Indy500 · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:29

lord filbuster said:
yeah, it would basically make BF pointless, but it still isn't illegal.

Essentially what is modifying a contract after you agreed to it isn't legal as far as I can see. People are getting banned for complaining about DRM, do you really see that as justified?

lord filbuster · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:30

I think the online services are simply freebies, you aren't granted any rights to use them when you buy the game, so they can revoke the service at will. I don't like what they are doing, it's lowered my already poor opinion of EA even further, but i don't think there is any legal ground to challenge them.

thecremeegg · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:32

lord filbuster said:
I think the online services are simply freebies, you aren't granted any rights to use them when you buy the game, so they can revoke the service at will.

Hardly, for something like BF its the core of the game! Bet the EULA doesnt mention anything about the forums.....stinks of illegality to me

flasher · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:32

lord filbuster said:
I think the online services are simply freebies, you aren't granted any rights to use them when you buy the game, so they can revoke the service at will.

Fair enought, revoke forum access, but they are also on about revoking you access to play the game.

Indy500 · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:34

lord filbuster said:
I think the online services are simply freebies, you aren't granted any rights to use them when you buy the game, so they can revoke the service at will. I don't like what they are doing, it's lowered my already poor opinion of EA even further, but i don't think there is any legal ground to challenge them.

There's no way to run your own server outside of the EA login system is there? So you can't really call it a "freebie" if they have exclusive control over who hosts Battlefield games...

lord filbuster · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:34

thecremeegg said:
Hardly, for something like BF its the core of the game! Bet the EULA doesnt mention anything about the forums.....stinks of illegality to me

You aren't promised permanent use of the multiplayer when you buy it, neither by EA nor by the law, but it might be a different matter if you were paying for use of the service directly.

sr4470 said:
There's no way to run your own server outside of the EA login system is there? So you can't really call it a "freebie" if they have exclusive control over who hosts Battlefield games...

You can still play the game offline though, which is the only thing the law protects.

Orcish-Horde · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:41

I now avoid all EA games on all formats, its the only way to fight exploitative large business. I used to buy their games because I liked some of them but not that much that I will except being exploited.

Indy500 · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:45

lord filbuster said:
You can still play the game offline though, which is the only thing the law protects.

Well as I personally no longer buy\play EA products that use the EA online system, it isn't going to affect me but it is very disappointing to see this happen.

Jack Bauer · 30 Oct 2008 at 22:15

tbh they have lost me as a customer, a shame as I was going to get Warhead of steam after trying far cry 2 and h8ing it (because its a console game). But I wont give them any more money.

petemyster · 30 Oct 2008 at 22:41

Jack Bauer said:
)But I wont give them any more money.

its easy saying that, but they own everything and they will eventually take more. I'd love to be able to ignore them. I hope the company dies, though its hard to resist some titles.

smithy83 · 30 Oct 2008 at 22:47

http://kotaku.com/5071454/ea-loses-310-million-sees-weakness-at-retail-in-october

ouch 310 million loss 600 people lost there jobs

kinda odd tho even tho ea seem to want to kill pc gaming there making a ton of money off it 2 of there 4 top sellers are pc games (warhammer online + spore)

Jack Bauer said:
tbh they have lost me as a customer, a shame as I was going to get Warhead of steam after trying far cry 2 and h8ing it (because its a console game). But I wont give them any more money.

most money goes to valve (steam) and crytek (the makers) ea only working as partner so they dont get as much as they would get off retail from you so still buy it

Lord-Jaffa · 31 Oct 2008 at 01:49

Orcish-Horde said:
I now avoid all EA games on all formats, its the only way to fight exploitative large business. I used to buy their games because I liked some of them but not that much that I will except being exploited.

So you don't play Warhammer?

Strife212 · 31 Oct 2008 at 01:52

What are people complaining about, its not like they are going to ban you for bad mouthing the game.

If someone is posting stuff that would have their in-game account banned on the forums why shouldnt their game account be banned?

Pixel said:
EA are a festering cancer on the gaming industry.

If you get banned from Steam all your games get deleted potentially losing you hundreds and hundreds of pounds.

Strife212 · 31 Oct 2008 at 01:52

ominousnews said:
Annoyed I paid for dead space now =/

:/