MadScientist wrote:Slightly OT, since it's not about micro-transactions specifically, but whatever... I bought the God of War Saga collection on Amazon when it was on sale for $15 in November. The two 'Origins' games are downloadable versions, which I knew, so that's not what I had a problem with. It's that the download code 'expires' at the end of this month (6 months after the collection's release). I hadn't actually redeemed it yet, so it's a good job I checked before the date was up. The only place where the expiration date was listed was on the voucher inside the box. It's not listed on the back of the box or on Amazon's store page. Now maybe there's some way to call up and reactivate the code or whatever, but when you're buying a collection of 5 games, I don't think you should have to worry about whether or not some of them have 'expired' and you have to call up customer service to get it sorted out.
I believe E.A. also has codes in their games for DLC/online services that expire, though from what I've seen they're usually good for a year. I don't really see who benefits from putting expiration dates on these codes. Surely it just annoys your actual customers who've already given you their money and potentially puts them off from dealing with you again.
This is one retarded thing designed to get more people downloading games. I tend to boycott games that do this 'cause I wouldn't have bought a DISC if I wanted digital copies. Put all the goddamn content on the disc, when you're selling me a disc.
MOSQUITO FIGHTER wrote:The worst is when they put up tons of dlc as soon as the game is released. I was so disgusted by that I didn't buy Gears of War 3 until it dropped to $15 and I never bought any of the dlc either.
Good job, sir. Most recently, I boycotted DmC 'cause of Capcom's "preorder or pay $10 more to get Vergil's Downfall DLC" first day DLC bullshit.
