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AusGAF 2.0 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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BanShunsaku
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I just grabbed RUSE as well. Couldn't help myself.
codswallop
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Aww man. I missed out on all the free crap I don't want and would never use.
ClivePwned
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codswallop said:
yes, but I now have anniversary presents for my parents and some games for my wife's 95- year old grandfather. If only they had a computer...
I'm seriously disappointed in some of you. I thought AusGAF was better than this...
Exploiting others' obvious mistakes just because you can get something for free without repercussion? And then to go on about how you didn't want any of the stuff you just essentially stole? The convicts that were shipped here for stealing a loaf of bread for their families at least had a reason.
Exploiting others' obvious mistakes just because you can get something for free without repercussion? And then to go on about how you didn't want any of the stuff you just essentially stole? The convicts that were shipped here for stealing a loaf of bread for their families at least had a reason.
Eh? I don't see how this makes it any worse. They're just CD keys aren't they? If they're never activated no one really lost anything. How do Ubi keys even work? If they're tied to an account it should be easy to deactivate them. I'm sure they have a full purchase history. That's kinda Choc levels of over moralisation.Clipper said:
Well, Okamiden just arrived at my house and it was shipped in the States on their Tuesday afternoon. The 3DS ships on Sunday the 27th, so the latest Amazon will ship mine is the Monday (they may even be nice and ship it early). I ordered within a minute of it being put onto Amazon's site, so I'm pretty sure mine will be one of the first posted. Thus, given it is the same shipping type, it should arrive on the Thursday or earlier, which is the Aussie release date.commanderdeek said:
codswallop
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They're all showing up as 'unavailable' now, so it seems someone's noticed.
There is no way that anybody could seriously consider this promotion to be real. It's fairly insane, if so.Ventron said:
If you don't activate them, then that is fine, I guess. And if they do go and deactivate stuff, I hope nobody complains about said deactivation.Fredescu said:
Yes, I am probably overreacting a little bit, but the enthusiasm shown here was just a little bit shocking.
Also, there was a similar case for a game where you could buy players for PES or some similar game on the 360. You could do something that made the store offer you the upgrade packs for free. People that exploited it got their accounts banned, IIRC. Hopefully nothing similar happens here.
Yeah. I was conflicted on what to do when I realised I hadn't ordered games yet. I decided to just pay the extra shipping and go for an extra package. It'll be interesting to track them both, seeing how close together they are when they are scanned at each location.commanderdeek said:
Good luck on getting yours in the first shipment too!
Clipper said:
That's nice, but it's a completely different situation. The PES thing is people using an exploit, this was just the Ubi online store discounting all of the games to $0.00.
If the games do get disabled I won't care, I already own about half of the ones I got, I just wanted some easy to use digital copies.
reptilescorpio
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I hate working, no free Ubi games for me 
I would also like to know more information on what this fine lad has brought up. Free handset coming my way in April/May so I'm wondering if the new range of Sony phones are worth picking up rather than the Galaxy S.axiom said:
_Alkaline_
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Planet_JASE
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While I don't begrudge anyone from taking advantage of Ubi's mistake, I do agree somewhat with Clipper. This wasn't a promotion and everyone knows that. Everyone knows that because their site wasn't advertising a "FREE FREE FREE FOR THE NEXT 120 MINUTES EVERYTHING IS FREE FREE FREE HAVE WE GONE CRAZY? MAYBE BUT GET THEM WHILE THEY LAST" sale, which you would expect in this situation. Or maybe not. If you've gone that crazy maybe you would forget to advertise it.
Once again, I don't (quite) blame anyone because my immediate thought was to get some games. then, I remembered that I don't play PC Games
, don't have the bandwidth to download 7gig games and also because I felt bad about it.
The way I think about it is that, depending on how many Keys get given out could mean someone's job. And no, it's not a case of "tough luck, you shouldn't have made a mistake" because everyone does. The only difference is that in a physical store you can notice the error quicker than online.
I don't know, that's the way I see it. No judgment, though, fellow AusGAFers, it's just my view.
<-- included to show that I'm not being all finger-waggy and high-horsey.
Once again, I don't (quite) blame anyone because my immediate thought was to get some games. then, I remembered that I don't play PC Games
deal with it, AusGAF
The way I think about it is that, depending on how many Keys get given out could mean someone's job. And no, it's not a case of "tough luck, you shouldn't have made a mistake" because everyone does. The only difference is that in a physical store you can notice the error quicker than online.
I don't know, that's the way I see it. No judgment, though, fellow AusGAFers, it's just my view.
<-- included to show that I'm not being all finger-waggy and high-horsey.No DA2 yet? I know it hasn't been two weeks yet but I had my hopes raised about Ozgameshops shipping times. I'm not home yet to check.Agyar said:
It should mean someones job. Today it's setting the wrong price, tomorrow it's leaving customers personal data open to the public.Planet_JASE said:
reptilescorpio
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I don't think anyone got any games that they were planning on buying anyway. It's not like they downloaded a pirated version of a game they were interested in. Reminds me a bit of the Gaikai service where you will be able to play the first hour of a game as a form of advertisement. I'm sure Ubi could revoke these keys if they wanted to if they really didn't want people to have these free games. It wouldn't stop people who had already downloaded them and taken them offline but anyone connecting the game to the internet wouldn't be able to play anymore.Planet_JASE said:While I don't begrudge anyone from taking advantage of Ubi's mistake, I do agree somewhat with Clipper. This wasn't a promotion and everyone knows that. Everyone knows that because their site wasn't advertising a "FREE FREE FREE FOR THE NEXT 120 MINUTES EVERYTHING IS FREE FREE FREE HAVE WE GONE CRAZY? MAYBE BUT GET THEM WHILE THEY LAST" sale, which you would expect in this situation. Or maybe not. If you've gone that crazy maybe you would forget to advertise it.
Once again, I don't (quite) blame anyone because my immediate thought was to get some games. then, I remembered that I don't play PC Games, don't have the bandwidth to download 7gig games and also because I felt bad about it.deal with it, AusGAF
The way I think about it is that, depending on how many Keys get given out could mean someone's job. And no, it's not a case of "tough luck, you shouldn't have made a mistake" because everyone does. The only difference is that in a physical store you can notice the error quicker than online.
I don't know, that's the way I see it. No judgment, though, fellow AusGAFers, it's just my view.
codswallop
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I really do love http://theagevsheraldsun.tumblr.com/
I don't think someone should be fired for the Ubisoft pricing screw up at all. That person should now be put in charge of investigating and writing a long, boring report about the possible flaws and shortcomings in their system and how to prevent it again. Punishment of sorts with a positive outcome. I'm sure they already feel bad enough about it.
I considered grabbing a few games but then realised that not only would I never play them, I'd feel guilty for getting them when I knew it was immoral to do so. Ubisoft might not be out much (seems like most were grabbing stuff they wouldn't have bought anyway), but biting the hand that feeds you as a gamer seems like the wrong thing to do.
I don't think someone should be fired for the Ubisoft pricing screw up at all. That person should now be put in charge of investigating and writing a long, boring report about the possible flaws and shortcomings in their system and how to prevent it again. Punishment of sorts with a positive outcome. I'm sure they already feel bad enough about it.
I considered grabbing a few games but then realised that not only would I never play them, I'd feel guilty for getting them when I knew it was immoral to do so. Ubisoft might not be out much (seems like most were grabbing stuff they wouldn't have bought anyway), but biting the hand that feeds you as a gamer seems like the wrong thing to do.
Planet_JASE
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Fredescu said:
Then the day after that it could mean someone's life. Or one of our states could catch fire. Or perhaps the whole country explodes. Maybe the world is turned inside-out and the mole men become the ones ruling the surface world.
Or perhaps the guys that sets the price and has nothing to do with online security made an error.
But yeah, get rid of the guy. I don't fancy the Mole Men being in charge.
Planet_JASE
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reptilescorpio said:
From what I know of businesses, they never see it that way, though. They'll see every key as a potential lost sale.
Don't get me wrong, this is a huge stuff up by someone and they'll probably measure the mistake by the number of downloads. I've made mistakes and I'd hate to think that everyone that saw my mistake just decided to take advantage of it rather that say something. If this means potentially losing my job or tarnishing my years of excellent service I think they would be a little sad.
At the same time the guy that did this could be a huge uber-douche that never gets anything right and doesn't deserve his job. I just don't want to be a part of the former situation, is all.
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