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Druscylla:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2009 May 29, 19:35:09
They're continuing to charge separately for hairs in different age groups. That's considered extremely bad form, even in the paysite community. Look at the last two to the right on the slider here. 25 points for toddler, 75 points for adult, and 50 points for child way below...for the same frakking cut.
My optimism over this part is kicking and screaming and having a proper tantrum. I had thought at first that if you bought say the adult High Ponytail, that you got that particular style - not just for that age group. I would love to call Bullshit, but I know with EA I will end up holding a pair of sixes as defense against EA's steel money-grabbing fist.
buny:
Here is a portion of the EULA:
Quote from: ELECTRONIC ARTS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE SIMS 3 GAME
2. Intellectual Property Rights and Ownership.
A. Reservation of Rights. You have purchased a limited license to the Software and your rights are limited to the license grant above and subject to this License. You may not otherwise copy, display, distribute, perform, publish, modify, or use the Software or any component of it. You are prohibited from making a copy of the Software available on a network where it could be used or downloaded by multiple users. Except as expressly licensed to you herein, EA and its licensors, as applicable, owns and reserves all right, title and interest in the Software, and all related data, characters, themes, objects, storyline, images, photographs, graphics, animations, video, music, text, and the associated copyrights, trademarks, moral rights and other intellectual property rights therein. This License is limited to the intellectual property rights of EA and its licensors in the Software and does not include any rights to other patents or intellectual property. Except to the extent permitted under applicable law, you may not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or created derivative works of the Software by any means whatsoever. You may not remove, alter, or obscure any product identification, copyright, or other intellectual property notices in the Software. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to EA.
simsdesperado:
Quote from: missyye on 2009 May 29, 21:28:32
Quote from: simsdesperado on 2009 May 29, 21:22:01
Quote from: TashaYarrr on 2009 May 29, 21:00:03
I'm usually pretty neutral on whether or not EA is evil, mostly because I can't be arsed to think about it in depth, but the $275 Sims 3 Store price tag is almost sparking a little righteous consumer indignation in me. I'm fine with paying for add-on content and I've probably spent that much on Rock Band songs, but the Sims 3 Store price points seem pretty absurd ($19 for a set? can you imagine if a third-party paysite tried that pricing structure?). I think they lost sight of what micropayments are about.
Apparently, according to the EULA custom content of any kind is strictly forbidden. This could very well turn into a take it or leave it attitude towards additional game content, and they will sell it at whatever price John Riccitielo fancies. As long as there are rich sheep willing to buy the store items they will sell them, even if it means overpricing them to make up for the low demand.
Im confused. If it's strictly forbidden then what will happen to sites such as TSR, MTS and all the other ones? Not that I'll miss TSR but just curious.
Well, to quote Eaxis, the in-game recolour possibilities are endless. MTS could share free recolours while TSR could continue to charge members for the privilege to download recolours. And then there's stories to be told and movies to be filmed, some chatting and picture threads. And I saw on the official forums a thread about latest fashion or something. Beats me what they intend to do. But if you read the EULA it says very clearly that we cannot modify, reverse engineer or create derivative work from the game or its contents. I think we'll need to wait and see.
rufio:
Well, seeing as they completely failed to prosecute TS2 paysites despite the fact that they were violating the TS2 EULA, I think it's probably unlikely that they'll go after TS3 freesites even if they wind up violating the TS3 EULA.
Jarsie:
What happens if you have to take your computer offline, and you just installed some files from the Exchange directly into your game? Will they even show up in your game?
So far, the only things that you can download as a file are the housing lots (though I only saw one). I don't like the fact that everything else has to be installed from the website directly into the game, and that if you want to delete it from your game, you have to uninstall it from the website. That sucks.
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