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@amtalx
..... and that's the problem with these things is its never anyone fault ... They will just keep passing the buck until they can pin the blame so efficiently it can all be carried by a single Australian man.
..... and that's the problem with these things is its never anyone fault ... They will just keep passing the buck until they can pin the blame so efficiently it can all be carried by a single Australian man.
I picked up my copy as soon as best buy opened on Tuesday and my Robin DLC code doesn't work. Other people on the Rocksteady Forums are saying it's not supposed to work until Friday. Why the hell is that?
@Ace829
Destructoid is a website. My fingers are touching a keyboard. And Jim Sterling is one sexy bitch. Fuck everybody! I just won this debate three times!
Destructoid is a website. My fingers are touching a keyboard. And Jim Sterling is one sexy bitch. Fuck everybody! I just won this debate three times!
@Jesse7277
Nobody has to take this shit. But they will. Not because of capitalism, but because the majority of people just don't give a damn.
Nobody has to take this shit. But they will. Not because of capitalism, but because the majority of people just don't give a damn.
Didn't Gamestop say they are including the code with used copies? Making it safer to buy it used to get the code. Major backfire!
@Jesse
Saying "it's capitalism" is like looking at your house burning down and saying "welp, that's fire", its a "well no shit" argument. And just as a well maintained fire can warm your home, a well maintained economy will take care of consumers. There's no need to let the fire in your fireplace spread to your carpet just because that's the nature of fire, the responsible thing to do would be to put it out.
Saying "it's capitalism" is like looking at your house burning down and saying "welp, that's fire", its a "well no shit" argument. And just as a well maintained fire can warm your home, a well maintained economy will take care of consumers. There's no need to let the fire in your fireplace spread to your carpet just because that's the nature of fire, the responsible thing to do would be to put it out.
I'm not wholly against ideas like these, but when crap like this happens, it pisses me off. If you're going to lock used gamers out of content to promote new game sales, fine. But make sure your stuff works, or else you're punishing everybody.
Remember when games had so much content, you could play it for weeks and still not even have close to it all? Bayonetta is like that. Why can't this be the norm?
And what I mean by they is all the content should be on the disk as rewards for completion of assorted tasks. If this concept has to exist, holding hostage anything more than an aesthetic skin that doesn't affect gameplay is despicable.
Nukkus: Like a fucking moron you miss the point of the entire article. The fact the devs have already addressed this would have be nice to mention, but it also is not the point, so mentioning is also not necessary at the same time.
@OneRed
Nice analogy. I like that. CAPITALISM IS FIRE! IT WILL BURN YOU ALIVE IF YOU LET IT! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT! RAAARRRRRGGHGHHHH!!!!
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Nice analogy. I like that. CAPITALISM IS FIRE! IT WILL BURN YOU ALIVE IF YOU LET IT! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT! RAAARRRRRGGHGHHHH!!!!
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Does anyone else question why this is happening? I can see some codes not working, I can see a slip of paper where teh code is misprinted or smeared. But, I cnanot see how in so many boxes it would be missing. Sabotage?
Man, what a nightmare. Question is will this cluster fuck keep them from future additions of "single player passes"? Im sure the answer is,"hell no"!Maybe i'll pick up the enevitable GOTY version...maybe.
Dark Souls and Skyrim will be taking up all my gaming time for at least 6 months anyways.
Dark Souls and Skyrim will be taking up all my gaming time for at least 6 months anyways.
It's not just this. Lots of people including me can't even get in and play the game. It's freezes at the title screen and says corrupt dlc error and kicks you out. This Online Pass crap needs to stop. This is a perfect example of how it punishes players. Let alone day one NEW purchasers.
Codes should be printed on the instruction manual so they don't fall out.
Also, store managers should stop letting employees play new games. I've bought several "new" games on release day at various GameStop that were shrink wrapped in store. In at least one case, it was a DS game and already had a save file on it.
Also, store managers should stop letting employees play new games. I've bought several "new" games on release day at various GameStop that were shrink wrapped in store. In at least one case, it was a DS game and already had a save file on it.
One day I bought a game and the box came without the disk. What to do, ban physical media?
The problem with pass code is one thing, the problem of missing items in the package is another and the two aren't correlated. And "The more crap you stuff into a box" is not a valid argument because otherwise it would not be possible to sell Lego, many moving parts.
The problem with pass code is one thing, the problem of missing items in the package is another and the two aren't correlated. And "The more crap you stuff into a box" is not a valid argument because otherwise it would not be possible to sell Lego, many moving parts.
I am convinced that some minimum wage employee is stealing the codes to sell or just to screw up the process. Codes are put in games all the time...yet these codes get lost more often then statistic would explain. I bet some jerks in the processing facility are sabotaging batches.
This is not going away. We can all pretend this will go away, but it will not. Redemption codes come in most games today, mostly they work, and thus they will not be abandoned. I cannot even think of the last game I bough that did not have a code in it, BUT I cannot remember one where the code did not work. With the statistics on the side of it working mostly, this practice will not go away.
This is not going away. We can all pretend this will go away, but it will not. Redemption codes come in most games today, mostly they work, and thus they will not be abandoned. I cannot even think of the last game I bough that did not have a code in it, BUT I cannot remember one where the code did not work. With the statistics on the side of it working mostly, this practice will not go away.
im so glad my used car doesnt come with a speed limit pass code.
or my used house come with a sewage pass code.
or my used music comes with an unmute pass code.
or my used computer comes with a HDD pass code.
or my used camera comes with a f/stop pass code.
why is it only video games do this? seems like a real problem with this industry.
also everyone stop buying day 1 games. wait till the price drops and then buy it new. and the whole used games dont give developers money blah blah, they already got paid by the publishers. do they see a % of sales of these games on top of what they already got paid.? just wondering, i dont know how it works exactly.
or my used house come with a sewage pass code.
or my used music comes with an unmute pass code.
or my used computer comes with a HDD pass code.
or my used camera comes with a f/stop pass code.
why is it only video games do this? seems like a real problem with this industry.
also everyone stop buying day 1 games. wait till the price drops and then buy it new. and the whole used games dont give developers money blah blah, they already got paid by the publishers. do they see a % of sales of these games on top of what they already got paid.? just wondering, i dont know how it works exactly.
@Sailorjeff
Arcades are more a luxury than console games. $1 a play, versus paying $60 for a nearly identical (and sometimes even better) console game? When arcades were big, you got a play for 25 cents, versus paying $50 for a console game with inferior tech.
Arcades are more a luxury than console games. $1 a play, versus paying $60 for a nearly identical (and sometimes even better) console game? When arcades were big, you got a play for 25 cents, versus paying $50 for a console game with inferior tech.
Sort of ironic about Gamestop giving out the codes for used games and new games missing out on this content.
I wish game reviewers would start docking review points for these stupid online / offline passes. It's ridiculous and it harms the value of a game, so I think it should be reflected in reviews. Either deduct points for using passes, or do not take passcode-locked content into consideration for a game's overall score (which would mean multiplayer would not be factored into the review score, since it would be treated like a separate product).
" This is not going away. We can all pretend this will go away, but it will not."
I bet that's what hitler told the Jews once he started making them wear the star of David.
I bet that's what hitler told the Jews once he started making them wear the star of David.
Just remember guys, this is why CEOs get paid millions of dollars: they're there to fuck customers out of every dime possible to give a reason for their inflated paychecks.
this is going to keep happening unless we seriously BOYCOTT any game that does this online pass shit. you can bitch about it all you want, but as long as you keep giving companies that do this your money shits gonna get worse and worse.
Bioware/EA is the worst with all these shitty codes. 1 per game is bad enough, but with Dragon Age II I had so many codes that I just stopped. It wasn't worth typing them in.
I'm not for this, but why not print the fucker on the instruction booklet? Or even a sticker that sits near the disc like Phantasy Star Online did?! Morons. That said... I hope they get complaints rammed right up their ass!
Maybe it's just me...but that seems like a pretty huge oversight when a large portion of their marketing has been geared towards the DLC for this game, and the whole Catwoman online-pass dealy was so controversial.
This is just another one of the many reasons online passes are a pointless idea. All it takes is a quick double-check of the games contents before sealing them, and that would be that. I know there are millions of copies, but when for fuck's sake, this was sloppy and publicity is hardly winning the masses over, it wouldn't fucking hurt to have checked in advance right?
This is just another one of the many reasons online passes are a pointless idea. All it takes is a quick double-check of the games contents before sealing them, and that would be that. I know there are millions of copies, but when for fuck's sake, this was sloppy and publicity is hardly winning the masses over, it wouldn't fucking hurt to have checked in advance right?
GameStop works out deals with a bunch of publishers these days to offer an online pass with their used games. They did the same thing with Mortal Kombat I know. There are others too I've seen the passes come with as far as used goes. So them doing that with Batman makes me happy. Rather save money AND get the 1st time buyer DLC for a cheaper price, even if it's $5 dollars less plus a 10% discount with my PURP card.
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