Comments on: EA MMA Exposes Online Pass Sham

By: Hutton121

Hutton121 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:05:41 +0000

Come on Joey, everyone knows thats PG Tips!

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:47:01 +0000

You bunch of sissies!
Online Passes are what keeps us speaking English and terrorists from raping our children.

By: Hutton121

Hutton121 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:46:41 +0000

I don’t agree with online passes at all, but to shut down the server so soon is criminal.
Will people be compensated? I doubt it, Do online passes come with a use by date? not that I know.

In theory there is nothing to stop a company pulling the plug on a server 6 months after you have folked out to play a game online, its unlikely but if they expect people to pay then we should have some assurances that the service will be available for a minimum period and if the game won’t hold peoples interest for long then they shouldnt bloody charge in thr first place.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:36:29 +0000

It was all about the cash, from the very beginning it was simply down to the games industry finding a new way to earn more cash from games.

I cant believe this has happened, this proves their excuse about maintaining servers was a complete lie.
so how can anyone ever believe a word they say again. EVER?

By: Conor

Conor — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:44:17 +0000

I agree and There is no justification for online passes and never will be. PS: Are you really surprised that EA screwed you over? I mean come on its EA! They’re famous for screwing their customers over all the time!

By: Dave Moore

Dave Moore — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:37:03 +0000

there is NO justification for online passes.

By: Paranoimia

Paranoimia — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:24:38 +0000

I personally have been in favour of the online pass, and think it is generally a good idea that the buyers of second-hand games pay towards the upkeep of server if they want to play online.

But this just reeks of exploitation, and needs some kind of regulation, whether that’s self-imposed by the industry, or enforced by an independent external organisation. If a game uses an Online Pass system, the servers should be guaranteed to be available for at least two years, maybe even three – minimum.