154, More on EA's Virtual Extortion

Here's another rant about EA and their new Online Pass (AKA Virtual Extortion).
BOYCOTT All games that implement Online pass or anything like it!!

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[darkz1820]

$50 to $60 for me they are charging australia $100-110

[L1Games]

@darkz1820

60.00 US dollars = 56.75 Australian Dollars

[darkz1820]

@darkz1820

a new game in australia is about $100-$110 doesn't matter about the australian currency

[L1Games]

@darkz1820

When you buy a game for $100, are you paying in Australian dollars?

[tkoizumi]

as noble as your preaching can be, you are asking the country that buys water bottle; more than a rate of gasoline, a country that grew up on instant gratifications by extra cost, poorly educated young compared to other post industrial countries would grow patience and ask to look beyond their selfish need by not supporting this test market? i think you give too much credit to us consumers.

[L1Games]

@tkoizumi

I'm an optimist! LOL

[asturides]

I didn't buy Uncharted 3 because of the online pass (I was planing to buy it on release week) and whenever I get it, it will be a used copy and I won't pay for the pass

[TheSplatterbaby]

Agreed mate. EA are like a cancer.

[mefan3]

@L1Games thirteen in the tos. I made my xbox live account in 2007 but we lost internet. I guess it didn't move my age up while i was disconnected. SO i sent the forum out and it never came back. I couldn't change my DoB on my windows id because i forgot the spam emails password. I saved 5$ buyying the used game over the new game at gamestop. Retarded eh?

[mefan3]

@L1Games I'd never done much online gaming before i got my ps3 since xbox live was expensive. I heard PS3 wasn't good for sports gaming so I got xbox live for sports gaming. So i went and got ncaa 12 logged into it and found out i needed an online pass and i didn't have one because mine was used. So not knowing what it was i got it. Then it said "Thank you for your intrest but you are not old enough to acess online features. PLease enjoy the REST of your game." I'm 14 and it said

[touchscream56789]

THQ is doing it too

Homefront=Battle code

Smackdown vs raw=Online Axxes

ETC. BUT I hate EA because of them shutting down developers such as Pandemic

Pandemic was the last straw EA you will never see any more of my money

[turnerwitt]

FUCK EA, FUCK THEM WITH SOMETHING HARD AND SAND PAPERY!

[UchihaGamer111]

@uber29 @ihopethisnamefit The larger problem for me is the precedent that is being set here is for Corporations to strong-arm private transactions. How is the money rightfully their's? Used game stores buy games from gamers and than resell just like a Pawnshop as a business. If EA wanted to buy my games and take the TIME and make it a JOB of reselling them then yea they deserve that money. But they don't deserve money for the private transaction of a product already purchased from them.

[Umbra360]

A game in US costs 60 dollars.

Compared to sweden, a game costs 600 Kronor.

a dollar = 7 kronor, which means it should costs around 420 kronor for a game.

Everytime i buy a new game, i pay 85 dollars o.O

[ShuffleHardstyleTV]

@L1Games yes we pay around $AU100-110

[deadsyXXX]

good thing I don't buy or play any ea games!