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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => Seriously though ... => Topic started by: Tutonic on January 22, 2013, 12:55:54 PM

Title: EA Wield The Banhammer
Post by: Tutonic on January 22, 2013, 12:55:54 PM
If you participate in the Sim City beta and fail to report a bug you've found, EA will ban you... from all your EA games.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/22/bizarre-ea-threatens-bans-for-unreported-simcity-bugs/

I'm a big fan of digital distribution, but this highlights one of the dark sides - a publishers complete control over the games you buy from them.
Title: EA Wield The Banhammer
Post by: smilodon on January 22, 2013, 01:22:57 PM
Sounds a bit draconian to me. I assume it relates to someone finding a bug but keeping quiet and then abusing the bug once the game launches.

Sent from my mobile phone, oh yes.
Title: EA Wield The Banhammer
Post by: gromit83 on January 25, 2013, 07:26:41 PM
Does not seem to be the case.

QuoteUPDATE (1/22/13): EA has updated the EULA language and issued the following statement: "“The clause in the EA Beta Agreement for the SimCity beta was intended to prohibit players from using known exploits to their advantage.  However, the language as included is too broad.  EA has never taken away access to a player’s games for failing to report a bug.  We are now updating the Beta Agreement to remove this point.”"
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