30th September 2010, 12:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 30th September 2010, 12:51 PM by Great Rumbler.)
From earlier in this thread:
It's stupid because it could have easily back-fired on them. Without a strong showing when the site relaunched [Infinity Engine games] then whatever attention they gained from this would have quickly faded and might have left a sour taste in people's mouths [since they drummed up attention for what would essentially be nothing at all]. But they turned into something good by having that strong showing.
Deceptive practices are generally unethical, sometimes illegal, but, in this case, I don't think it's that big of an issue. Because, and this is the kicker, none of their "con" had anything to do with tricking people into either spending money or spending money on something that was different from what they thought they were getting. Again, I'll reiterate what I said before, no one was harmed in any way. Everyone's games are safe and the site is back and better than it was before.
You can't just label this with a generality like "they used deceptive practices therefore they are a terrible company and should be punished".
Quote:If you want me to agree with you that it was stupid, then fine "It was stupid".
It's stupid because it could have easily back-fired on them. Without a strong showing when the site relaunched [Infinity Engine games] then whatever attention they gained from this would have quickly faded and might have left a sour taste in people's mouths [since they drummed up attention for what would essentially be nothing at all]. But they turned into something good by having that strong showing.
Deceptive practices are generally unethical, sometimes illegal, but, in this case, I don't think it's that big of an issue. Because, and this is the kicker, none of their "con" had anything to do with tricking people into either spending money or spending money on something that was different from what they thought they were getting. Again, I'll reiterate what I said before, no one was harmed in any way. Everyone's games are safe and the site is back and better than it was before.
You can't just label this with a generality like "they used deceptive practices therefore they are a terrible company and should be punished".
Sometimes you get the scorpion.