GTA V Pre-release Discussion - ***DO NOT POST SPOILERS*** (Mod warning in first post)

CMpunked wrote: »

I just had an amazing, earth shatteringly huge idea which would solve all these issues and make me millions! (Probably not, but one can dream)

What if, the same way psn have allowed users to pre-download the game but can't play it until a vital piece of code is released at midnight tomorrow the same thing happens with disc versions?

Take for example those who got their game yesterday, what's stopping developers from leaving the disc unplayable without another piece of code which gets released at midnight at the time?
It would sort this whole craic out altogether, I think.

Why is there a certain bunch of videogamers that are determined to see any control of their purchases and consumer rights eroded into nothing?

I've a better idea! If people get the game via legitimate channels a day or two early, let it be. It's a videogame release date, some people seem to be responding to this like Amazon tried to sell their children heroin.

PickledLime wrote: »

Why is there a certain bunch of videogamers that are determined to see any control of their purchases and consumer rights eroded into nothing?

I've a better idea! If people get the game via legitimate channels a day or two early, let it be. It's a videogame release date, some people seem to be responding to this like Amazon tried to sell their children heroin.

GTA V will be more addictive than heroin. Fact.

Beefy78 wrote: »

You also think that it is ok to pirate games though.

Oh FFS, go back and read my posts, I did not say that (in fact I said the opposite of it, but you know, selective reading on an intent forum, who'd have thunk it!).

here my buzz is kinda going as i hear stuff that was reported but isnt the case for example the size of the map. i mean i wouldnt have cared, I'd been happy to hear its the same size as san andreas but when sources report flat out false information it sets u up to be let down.

And so the final 24 hours of waiting begins...:D

IngazZagni wrote: »

So your reaction is to just let them pirate it because it will happen anyway? Great, that attitude will just encourage more people to pirate it. You need to make life difficult for pirates. The more difficult you make it, the less likely someone will attempt to pirate it.

Yes they will make an obscene amount of money on this but they have also spent an obscene amount on making this game, money they wouldn't have had if everyone illegally obtained previous GTAs.
Over 5 years of hard work has gone into this game. A completely original experience.
Compare that to the yearly updates with Fifa or COD, that's a different story!

There's a small percentage of people who are gonna pirate it - I know it, you know it, R*/Take Two and every other dev house/publisher on the planet know it. I'm pretty sure when they're forecasting what sort of profit they're gonna make from a title, a percentage lost to piracy has to be factored into it.

In a perfect world, no, there's no such thing as piracy. But we don't live there, so what's the solution? DRM? Well, that just bones your legit customers a lá Ubisoft, Sim City, Diablo 3, etc. The pirates are still going to pirate those, and turns out they got a better product than the paying customer.

So if you're gonna make life difficult for pirates, don't stamp on your paying customers' toes in the process. R* haven't done it too much here, but they're still causing consumers and retailers headaches with it.

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Kxiii wrote: »

Once the code on the card hasn't been used before you should be ok

Watch out for the expiry date on those things!

Got stung with that before.