Discussion: Bad move! What is fair?

[Nelson]

I don’t want this thread to become a lightning rod for various digital rights management issues. So long as the consumer of a digital rights product knows in advance the conditions of lawful use, then no “shady or dishonest” behavior is evident. Calumny will not be tolerated.
Express opinions and speak your mind as you please. But take care to remain civil and nonabrasive.

[ToeAndno]

Surely then, thats the same as having to input a CD key when installing the majority of games.

[Roka]

Surely then, thats the same as having to input a CD key when installing the majority of games.

not at all, the issue isn't in having to activate the game, i believe the issue is that due to hight traffic you won't be able to play the game on single player right away

[A Very Super Market]

The download speed will be fairly slow when the game is released at first. Just too much traffic. But you will play single player fine

[Incongruous]

not at all, the issue isn't in having to activate the game, i believe the issue is that due to hight traffic you won't be able to play the game on single player right away

Exactly, it is simply bad manners and rude to a paying customer.

[peacemaker]

Aye, there's the rub. There's going to be a mass download and probably take a while, and I will assume that's one of the reasons that CA is allowing people begin downloads DAYS before the actual release date. You may think it's rude to paying customers, but then, they could say it's rude to working employees to bicker about a silly download that they already get a head start on the download SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE RELEASE. They expect this, and with a few days early, you will have a demo finished around the time that release date is. Also, getting a boxed copy would be very helpful indeed as well. That way, you download it right off the CD and only have to activate it off steam. That's what I'm doing. Quite frankly, I'm not certain I know the entire part of your argument here but as my teacher always says:If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Now, I would like to mention I am not trying to offend anybody or make anybody mad, but quite personally I would not just dwell over how evil and rude and awful CA is with steam and maybe go out and get a boxed copy.....
Still, I feel lots of pity for those in australia or wherever where there is no internet or there's just reeeeeeeeeeeeeeealy slow internet. Maybe this will cheer you up:

The Andaman islanders, off the coast of india, have been isolated for 60 thousand years. Long story short, they still are unable to make fire. They instead have these elaborate procedures for keeping and transporting embers lit many thousands of years ago. The point of this silly history lesson:I would much rather feel sad having no internet than no ability to make my own fire.

[quadalpha]

... you're part of the precipitate!

I think pretty much every major release on Steam gets "pre-loading".

It must be damp there.

[ArtillerySmoke]

I can't think of one reason to download the game off Steam. Not one.

Buy the retail disc and download the game off of it onto your HD and then just activate your copy via Steam.

I've never understood why people download full versions of games. So many negatives to that...