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The folks at Stardock released their Gamer Bill of Rights which addresses everything from the purchase experience to the ownership rights and everything in between. It`s a good list of items and I`m interested to see if more PC developers jump on board this or not. Here`s the full list:
1) Gamers shall have the right to return games that don’t work with their computers for a full refund.
2) Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.
3) Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game’s release.
4) Gamers shall have the right to demand that download managers and updaters not force themselves to run or be forced to load in order to play a game.
5) Gamers shall have the right to expect that the minimum requirements for a game will mean that the game will play adequately on that computer.
6) Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won’t install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their consent.
7) Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.
8) Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers.
9) Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.
10) Gamers shall have the right that games which are installed to the hard drive shall not require a CD/DVD to remain in the drive to play.
These are especially important as we move toward digitally distributing games but it`s going to require a lot of honesty on the part of gamers and I hope that we can live up to our part of the bargain.
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I don't know, maybe I'm acting as a negative force in a landscape that desperately needs to see some change ... but this whole Gamer Bill of Rights things feels a bit melodramatic to me. It smacks of politically-endorsed messages of Hope, yadda yadda.
And on the other hand, I like each and every one of those things they've written down.
I'm actually wondering (since you folks watching at home have the ability to post anonymously here) if there are any folks here that steal software and find this Gamer Bill of Rights compelling.
Provided that we lived in an ideal world where all 10 of these concepts were in full effect ... would you stop stealing? Or is this a different issue entirely that doesn't concern you?
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This is why most companies have random drug testing.
just kidding
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