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The lost revenue should really only come from customers who would have paid the asking price but managed to get an illegitimate deal, plus whatever support and overhead costs can be applied to the game downloads.
Is it me or does the author of this article, and the abusers of the exploits he writes about, land on the wrong side of both the law and common morality? Surely EA being a "terrible company" has nothing to do with whether it is okay to steal their products? Moreover, just because there was a coding error/oversight, again doesn't mean it is okay to steal their products? If you have a complaint about a company or disco…
Is it me or does the author of this article, and the abusers of the exploits he writes about, land on the wrong side of both the law and common morality? Surely EA being a "terrible company" has nothing to do with whether it is okay to steal their products? Moreover, just because there was a coding error/oversight, again doesn't mean it is okay to steal their products? If you have a complaint about a company or disco…
You could argue that the situation is different with virtual goods, since they have an incredibly low marginal cost, but I think that the situations are morally analogous. The games aren't supposed to be free.
This article missed the earlier Reddit thread where a separate exploit was discovered, that the coupon applied to every item in the basket. $20 off of everything. Coupled with a coupon from a different forum you could add tens or maybe hundreds of games to your account for free in one large bundle. I'm really curious to see EA's response.
Do you have a link to the earlier reddit thread?
The link to the SlickDeals exclusive deals were removed as well for some reason.
http://store.origin.com/store/ea/en_US/DisplayCategoryProduc...
I don't know what this is going to cost EA, but this may end up being a good thing. People hate Origin but more importantly, all their games are already on Steam, so they just continue to buy from Valve. This might get a few people to keep Origin installed on their computer and help the Origin network effect out. Up until now, EAs only strategy has been to make their big name franchises Origin exclusive. This will pr…
I don't know what this is going to cost EA, but this may end up being a good thing. People hate Origin but more importantly, all their games are already on Steam, so they just continue to buy from Valve. This might get a few people to keep Origin installed on their computer and help the Origin network effect out. Up until now, EAs only strategy has been to make their big name franchises Origin exclusive. This will pr…
IANAL, but it's possible that these users are now liable to pay for the extra games. They knew that the code was only usable once, yet used it multiple times. EA might ask for the games back or charge the users. (I'm not taking EA's side, I'm just pointing out some possible consequences.)
Given the new trend of not actually "owning" the games, I think this might prove difficult from a legal perspective.
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I don't know what this is going to cost EA, but this may end up being a good thing. People hate Origin but more importantly, all their games are already on Steam, so they just continue to buy from Valve. This might get a few people to keep Origin installed on their computer and help the Origin network effect out. Up until now, EAs only strategy has been to make their big name franchises Origin exclusive. This will pr…
They actually pulled most of their top titles off Steam when Origin launched. Mass effect, Dragon Age etc. If you already own them on Steam then they remain in your library but you can't buy them on there anymore.
For Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3, I agree with their reasoning. Steam doesn't allow in-app purchases that circumvent their distribution system, and that's a load of crap.