Alien 👽 Max | 🇺🇦 gamedevNov 25, 2023

Double feeling...

First you buy the game, then the game asks you to agree to terms 1, then the game shows you another form with three terms... until you do, you won't play (for example The Callisto Protocol).

I understand the developer, they want to minimize legal losses (money).

I understand the player, you have already bought, downloaded 100GB and you have no other option but to agree.

Are you reading the player's terms and conditions?

#gamedev #videogames

Show threadKevin C 🎬Nov 25, 2023

@maxim
I used to read them, and they were all pretty annoying... don't reverse engineer this s/w, do not modify s/w, you only own a license to use s/w not s/w itself, we hold no liability in case s/w breaks your life, for any dispute you agree to arbitration panel and not a lawsuit, etc.

Then it got REALLY weird when they forced players to accept s/w use metrics collection, and said they would share with business partners.
#TermsOfService #TermsOfUse #VideoGames

Show threadAnimu36
@kcarr2015 @maxim I read them, and there are multiple games I don't play as a result of them. X-COM 2 for example requires the use of a launcher by 2K that links with your Epic account, and the Assassin's Creed series requires Ubisoft accounts. Remnant tries to link with your Epic account, but it can be bypassed. It's annoying how many games ship with metrics collection on-by-default -- sometimes you can opt out in menus, but at that point hardware metrics would have been collected already.
Nov 25, 2023 at 5:39pmWeb
Show threadKevin C 🎬Nov 25, 2023
@aarowaim @maxim
The REALLY annoying part of that is when you purchase old s/w, but the OTHER service you have to sign up for to get the game to work is defunct - looking at you #WindowsLive.