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mibuokami said:
starcraft said:
Nem said:

Would it? Because you're buying it with DRM. Microsoft is just letting you download a patch to turn it off for the time beeing. It wouldnt be anymore illegal than what you are buying day 1 with the box. Proceed at your own risk.

In fairness, I wont speak for countries other than my own.

In Australia, this would firmly fall under the theme of 'not performing as advertised' alongside 'functioning in a different manner to presented' and you would be entitled to a full refund.

I've stated this in other thread, Australia/NZ and similiar law in Europe would butcher MS if this happen. Even in the US they would be facing litigations. Once this bomb drops there's no going back. QFT

In the United States it's call Bait and Switch which is very illegal.