It was a no from me… I don’t want an account and a dedicated launcher just to play a game that I am not even sure I’ll get into

  • Harvey656@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    5 hours ago

    Dude I played this game like a week after release with a fitgirl repack. Sail the seas matey.

  • Gork@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    8·
    5 hours ago

    Also just a heads up, your EA and Steam can only be linked once per lifetime.

    It’s irreversible if it’s linked incorrectly.

  • shads@lemy.lolEnglish
    791·
    10 hours ago

    Imagine any other media content where you had these sorts of restrictions placed on you.

    You may only watch this movie in a theatre with armed guards walking the aisles to ensure you don’t record it on your phone. You must also endure a studio driven survey before you may enter. Approved snacks are posted on the list below, you must eat at least 4 items from this list. If you are unhappy with any of the terms you may only address them through arbitration, no class actions allowed!

    This is why piracy is a service delivery issue.

    • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
      22·
      9 hours ago

      You’re missing the part where you give them all your contact details and they install some “metric gathering system” a.k.a. spyware in your device.

    • Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zipEnglish
      61·
      7 hours ago

      There’s plenty of media with the same level of restrictions. The difference is that Steam is putting those restrictions in a convenient bulleted list right at the point of purchase - everywhere else, you’re expected to play ball and find out as you go along.

  • Arghblarg@lemmy.caEnglish
    49·
    10 hours ago

    And soon you’ll have to agree to not criticize members of the Saudi Royal Family or disparage their name…

  • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
    9·
    9 hours ago

    When I see content that is being sold with policies that I object to, I do not buy it. There’s plenty of other stuff to do or play.

    For example , I have not bought any Sims game since 2.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      8·
      8 hours ago

      I bought red dead redemption 2 on sale, didn’t pay attention to those things, saw it demanded I create an account to play it, I closed it and refunded it.

      Fuck this practice.

  • BakedCatboy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    10 hours ago

    I hate when I try to load up an old game in my library only to find out that I need to log in to another launcher to which I’ve forgotten my password to.