| -CraZed- said: Not sure where your DRM argument comes in to play for this specific title. The real issue here is the overall value for the PS+ version seemingly sucks versus the retail copy. Or even that the unaware PS+ subsrciber might not know that after spending $50 they may lose all access to it when they let their subscription expire, which happens to all DLC sales on PS+. I also think we are missing out on whether the entire game is played online and requires a PS+ subscription to play either the retail or the PS+ version. If so I think this whole thing is a wash. At this point it seems that Sony is treating it as a full title and the rest as DLC which seems like a pretty bad deal to me but nothing to be getting all up in arms over. |
Obviously its not as egregious as the DRM fiasco, but it is in the same vein. The game has single player and multiplayer aspects, the multiplayer requires PS+. I have no issue with any of this. The PS+ version is inaccessible without PS+, again I have no issue with this.
What I do have issue with is the fact, that this upgrade option is a farce. You are not upgrading to the full edition of the game as advertised, it is is simply the PS+ version with more content at 10$ discount. So it is not equivalent to the retail copy at all. You need PS+ to play single player in a "full" copy of the game. This is the essence of the DRM that MS tried last summer. It might not be always online, but the priciple is the same. You don't own the game, you own the license.
Just because you are given the option, doesn't make it ok. Neither does it matter that this is for a single game, Cause I guarantee you at least one person won't question this and blissfully upgrade the game. They might not even ever find out that it is unplayable with plus. But the issue is one of principle.
As for those who are simply dismissing me based of off post history, or just refusing to understand the issue that is your perogative.
I for one refuse to be hypocritical, and compromise my morals or integrity simply because of some allegiance to Sony. I do not discriminate. If you actually paid attention to my serious posts, you would find this to be consistent.
The outcry against MGS:GZ by outsiders, who weren't even intrested in the game or understood that fans requested, for "the dangeous prescedent it could set" pales in comparison to the dangerous prescedent that this could set.
What about when Sony figures that physical distribution is too expensive, and offers this as an alternative? Will it be serious then?
In this day and age, with the Internet, ignorance is a choice! And they're still choosing Ignorance! - Dr. Filthy Frank
