I don't think a problem about the playability of a computer game
even counts enough to be classified as first-world.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 15:15, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Consumer rights are a serious problem.
For any of the numbered worlds.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 15:16, Reply)

*folds arms, smug look*

(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 15:20, Reply)

How is this a consumer rights issue, you plonker?
You knew this would happen before you bought it. It's not a secret. "shit thing turns out to be shit" is not exactly news.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 15:24, Reply)

Because software companies sell you a product or a service, however they refuse to even entertain the possibility of a refund if they don't deliver what was advertised.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 15:26, Reply)

They have delivered what was advertised.
You knew about the server thing in advance.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 15:29, Reply)

The fact the servers weren't working when they said they'd have enough and extra capacity on release day.
And the fact they've now removed at least three "advertised on the box" features to stop their servers crashing all the time means they should give people the option for their money back.
But because it's a software company and they make everyone click that they've read a 50 page document before they can use it then they get away with it.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 15:32, Reply)

... like every other industry with a "terms and conditions" clause?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 15:40, Reply)

Not wishing to get dragged into the (tedious) debate,
but you don't sign up to any terms and conditions when you buy a pint of milk at the shop down the road.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 11 Mar 2013, 15:56, Reply)

shhh. I'm hunting wabbits.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 15:58, Reply)

I know, I was trying to give him a bit of rope

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 11 Mar 2013, 16:00, Reply)

I'm not gonna lie here, Rev
this shit ain't even giving me even the hint of a semi any more.

I think I'm dead inside.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 16:05, Reply)

Thank Christ
I thought it was just me
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 11 Mar 2013, 16:15, Reply)