KasperFauerby
"n this particular case I don't think Bioshock is the correct game for the concerned parent to give his child in anyway."
Not trying to speak for Bjon, I don't think that's what he meant.
If you choose not to get a connection because of preventing your kids from getting online, would Prevent the Adult from registering the game, not giving it to the kids.
"Let me start by saying that I find your post slightly offending and aggressive in its tone........"
I reread my post and it certainly was tying to confront what seemed to be, only what an industry shill would say, but I thought I gave you the benefit of the doubt by responding to your comments first, before toying with you at the end.
There are people whom are paid to go to game sites to make fake statements about games, but I certainly never attacked you and I will try to seem less aggressive and offensive as long as you don't mind being a little more accurate when you use the word pirates, people might get the impression your calling them a pirate.
"You're obviously assuming the worst,"
Nah not really, caution about your personal information in dealing with online, is like making sure you have smoke detectors/fire extinguishers in your house.
I merely pointed out real world examples, in regards to Denmark not sure if your in the EU law suit against the psycho's running the government here in the US but I hope the EU wins.
At least England was involved but I believe other countries too, they were tricked in to giving out personal bank accounts info from many major EU banks.
"where I of course assume that the online activation part is implemented in a safe way that protects all information in a secure way"
This is not an attack since obviously you stated I was using worst case for using real world examples, but don’t you find your words are exactly the best case, almost as if you were not aware of the dangers?
Yet you do seem to know about having to connect to servers.
"I don't think the discussion of identity theft belongs in this topic"
Pirates by defintion steal something and sell it for a profit, this can be anything including personal information, I mentioned it only as an example and personal information can easily be taken any or everytime you connect to another server, in most cases.
"someone steals your visa-cardand pin-code "
I hope that is a very extreme/rare example, I have never heard of anyone being on the street being robbed of their card and pin, but I do not hear about everything.
"I think it's up to each company to judge whether or not it'll hurt their sales to require an Internet connection."
Well, it's a fact it will prevent sales, there by hurting sales, but a company has a right to choose to require or not an online registration, afaik.
"And the number of gamers playing WoW for example shows that there are quite some potential customers, even if you require an Internet connection."
Yes, wow requires a internet connection to play.
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I never said it couldn't be safe, only that it was shocking to see it required.
Bioshock is a single player only game, even your examples were multiplayer online games.
Now since the info is new and maybe not accurate, as in this is only required for 360 version, so they can get those merit points or whatever they are called, that’s fine, but requiring a Single Player ONLY game to have Online Registration is pretty unheard of, so being shocked doesn’t seem out of place..
Have you ever heard of a Single player only game requiring, online regesteration?
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xSamhainx
Hehe, proabalby mine too, especially in the first 24 hours, when a billion people try download it at the sametine.
Corwin
"Why all the fuss; it's not even an RPG!!"
Oh really, well I can wait to hear why not, hehe.
Stanza
"in spite of the ill manners of our more rapscallious members."
Ill mannered, you have anything to back that up with, you just sucking up or normally full of crap?
If KasperFauerby is a Dev, I certianly wouldn't know, as he doesn't have some form of Dev id like Dev under his name or special color, nor did he identify himself as such.