Two horrible examples of Castle Doctrine or even basic self defense cases. One was trying to be tough (Alexander) and admitted to being an idiot in her own home. The other (McDonald) had ample opportunity to leave without incident according to eye witness testimony, but chose instead to engage and attack.
Just because people call you names in the street or in your own house does not mean you get to kill them.
@Grenadeh @johnritter4141 Actually, military personnel spend 70% of their time bored out of their minds. The vets say thats the hardest part...90% boredom and then 10% of pure, unadulterated hell on earth.
"He said an [sic] solution that works for everyone--retailers, publishers, and developers--may be hard to come by."
I dont see gamer, consumer or purchaser in that statement. Not a coincidence. Publishers and developers want a cut of the resale market if they are ever to endorse its existence. Without that, the looming threat of consoles not being able to play used games will persist.
You knew what you were getting into so dont bitch about it. If the game flopped in sales, the first thing EA would do is patch a SP mode. Sadly, you lemmings with no patience to speak of validate their decisions. Sheeple.
This is going to sound crass, but I have no sympathy for the people who bought this game. None. You knew what you were participating in when you bought it, you knew before its release that it had the always -on DRM requirement and you bought it anyway.
I love(d) Diablo and SimCity as a kid, but I bought neither SC4 or D3 on principle. Sadly, you who did buy these games are the reason they even exist to begin with. Youre the same people who would never bitch about cameras at intersections mailing tickets to drivers.
Stand for something once in your miserable lives, even something as worthless and unimportant as DRM. You dont think I want to play Anno 2070? SimCity 4? Diablo 3? I do, I really do, but I just cant do it.
I dont buy used games very frequently, but on principal alone, I wouldnt purchase any system that locks out used/rented/borrowed games.
Besides not having played any of my consoles in months, this purported idea would be the game breaker for me. Ive owned every Sony, MS, Sega and Nintendo system since the NES and Master System. Shame it would all end on principal, but way it goes. Full disclosure; did not and will not buy the WiiU. Very piss-poor system with piss-poor support from both Nintendo and 3rd party devs.
Microsoft gets a % of every disc sold. Its called royalty and license fees. They arent doing it for the devs/publishers, theyre doing it for themselves.
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