Depending on your ISP, yes.

It's pretty common. People tend to equate like/dislike with identity, which means if you don't like something they do, you must not like them. It sucks.

Sure. That would mean it would simply be a cost of my resources, not going to anything but my benefit. EA/Origin isn't doing that though. They aren't offering the game for free, they're offering it in exchange for your information. Instead of just handing you the game, they want you to read the pamphlet about their…

Because it costs money to develop, honestly. It's the same reason US ISPs are so reluctant to spend the money to improve their infrastructure. If you can keep the old ways going, you can keep spending the same amount of money, and continue to reap large profits. It's very short term thinking, though.

Right, it wouldn't be free for you. There wouldn't be any transaction between you and Walmart, though. With Origin, there is. It's a transaction of personal information, and for some it costs them bandwidth.

I did praise their return policy in another comment, though I kind of think that's like praising a car company for putting in seat belts. Return policies should be legally required, as consumer protection.

Nope.

I... I think you need to take a step back from the internet and take a few deep breaths. You've seriously slipped into a Gaming Tribalism argument that I never even brought up.

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Well, save for producing it yourself, maybe No Man's Sky will implement a similar survival system. Or maybe the modding community will?

Absolutely. One of my oldest friends just recently got switched from the only ISP that was in his area forever, that had a very limited data cap. He had to actively decide what he downloaded and what he didn't.

No, no. I don't give Steam the all clear. I'm totally on their ass for the DRM they enforce with their native games, as well as with the developers that force it, like Civ 5 and Skyrim. It's not okay, it only hurts consumers.

It could be really cool (to some extent, this is Don't Starve). It would be a gigantic project, though.

Sure it does. It costs more of my time, bandwidth and disk space, than just the game does. It also costs an E-mail address (yay spam) and the time to sign up, if you don't already have an account.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if that is one of the reasons they did this product placement.

I'm in the US, though. o_o;;

I'm aware how long DRM has been around. I still have old booklets lying around with those random ass codes. :P I still think it's wrong, and seriously needs to change. Only way that can even begin to happen, is if it continues to be talked about.

Because it's not actually free..? Requiring me to install anything more than the game itself, means it costs me more than nothing, which is what free means.

Apparently that video isn't available in my country...

Other than the decay brought on by time, what would the 'danger' be? What force would present a risk to the player's survival?

Sooooo, voicing an opinion that you disagree with is "bitching". So you've just ousted yourself as a troll, too. The exit is to your left. Have a nice evening.