It shouldn't be all that hard to evaluate the install base of high-end PCs. All you need to do is walk over to Steam Survey and check their figures, then extrapolate to the rest of the known market.
The Steam Survey is very well done in my opinion, and with over 1.6 million unique results, is a sight more reliable than polls based on a mere thousand or five interviews.
I heartily agree with all the points - so much so that I subscribed just to be able to comment.
I think it is high time that we gamers start asserting our own rules since the gaming industry is in line to equal the movie industry in terms of income value.
I have had quite a few bad experiences with games I have bought (I'm not talking about buying lemons - that's my fault for not paying attention to reviews). I have had to buy a new copy of BF1942 because the disk shattered after a year in the CD player. I have been locked out of BF2142 because of EAs shamefully shoddy key management. I have suffered numerous reinstalls of EA Download - which I will never install again - just to play BF2142 over a sixteen-month period. Not to mention the number of times a patch broke the game and forced me to deinstall the game and EA Download before reloading EA Download, re-downloading the game installer, reinstalling and reconfiguring. What a nuisance !
Actually, most of my troubles I owe to EA Games. I hate their online service and their attitude towards gamers. The last time I tried to reinstall BF2142 from the (downloaded yet again) install file, I got an error message that really takes the cake. It said : Invalid CD Key. Hello ? I'm installing from your own download file !
One other game that really galled me was PainKeeper. I buy the boxed set for 50€, get home, and find out that it won't install. "Please insert original CD" it said. WHAT !?! How more original can it be right out of shrinkwrap ? I don't live in China, this is the real thing !
I actually HAD to download the pirate version to be able to play the game I BOUGHT. How crap is that ?
So yes, I have had it with CD/DVD-in-drive requirements. I am fed up with EULAs that only ensure that I'm screwed if anything goes wrong. And I am most definitely incensed at games that are released only to have a patch required to play them.
If this Bill Of Rights does anything to alleviate these issues, then I'm all for it.
Can we get a poster version ? I'd like to see this in all game store windows.
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It shouldn't be all that hard to evaluate the install base of high-end PCs. All you need to do is walk over to Steam Survey and check their figures, then extrapolate to the rest of the known market.
The Steam Survey is very well done in my opinion, and with over 1.6 million unique results, is a sight more reliable than polls based on a mere thousand or five interviews.
I heartily agree with all the points - so much so that I subscribed just to be able to comment.
I think it is high time that we gamers start asserting our own rules since the gaming industry is in line to equal the movie industry in terms of income value.
I have had quite a few bad experiences with games I have bought (I'm not talking about buying lemons - that's my fault for not paying attention to reviews). I have had to buy a new copy of BF1942 because the disk shattered after a year in the CD player. I have been locked out of BF2142 because of EAs shamefully shoddy key management. I have suffered numerous reinstalls of EA Download - which I will never install again - just to play BF2142 over a sixteen-month period. Not to mention the number of times a patch broke the game and forced me to deinstall the game and EA Download before reloading EA Download, re-downloading the game installer, reinstalling and reconfiguring. What a nuisance !
Actually, most of my troubles I owe to EA Games. I hate their online service and their attitude towards gamers. The last time I tried to reinstall BF2142 from the (downloaded yet again) install file, I got an error message that really takes the cake. It said : Invalid CD Key. Hello ? I'm installing from your own download file !
One other game that really galled me was PainKeeper. I buy the boxed set for 50€, get home, and find out that it won't install. "Please insert original CD" it said. WHAT !?! How more original can it be right out of shrinkwrap ? I don't live in China, this is the real thing !
I actually HAD to download the pirate version to be able to play the game I BOUGHT. How crap is that ?
So yes, I have had it with CD/DVD-in-drive requirements. I am fed up with EULAs that only ensure that I'm screwed if anything goes wrong. And I am most definitely incensed at games that are released only to have a patch required to play them.
If this Bill Of Rights does anything to alleviate these issues, then I'm all for it.
Can we get a poster version ? I'd like to see this in all game store windows.
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