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Steam Offering Refund For Every Sold Copy Of From Dust After Breach Of Terms

Ubisoft’s God game From Dust is has been available for less than 24 hour but it’s already being refunded by online distribution giant Steam after a breach of terms by Ubisoft.

rawrockkillz4637d ago

Wow I was tempted to get this game. Thank you Ubisoft for making that an easy decision.

AntoineDcoolette4637d ago (Edited 4637d ago )

So are we able to buy the game RIGHT NOW and then get a refund but keep the game too? lolol

BattleAxe4637d ago

Glad Steam is sticking to their guns on these issues. Having said that, Uplay is one of the better rewards systems out there, but the need for a constant connection is inexcusable. I wonder if all the big publishers will start to push back against Steam.

snipes1014637d ago

I think DRM totally screws over paying customers and ultimately doesn't do any good. Despite all the protection, piracy is still rampant and I still can't play half the content on my xbox when not on live because of this crap.

Whatever good it has done has been lost on me because it's just a big massive inconvenience.

jib4636d ago (Edited 4636d ago )

@snipes

that usually only happens when you switch 360s. did you transfer all your licenses at xbox.com?

Mr_Lu_Kim4636d ago

Well its free on thrpiratebay right now if DRM gives you the craps.

Works with a fake uplay account and once the simple crack is applied it plays offline.

only 1.4gig, but seriously this game is not worth the $15 Steam wants, the refund or the download if you pirate it.

Another in the very long line of very average Ubisoft titled.

Rush4636d ago

Games like this make me glad I pirate the odd game or 2.

Thanks for making it easier for me to save my $15 Ubisoft.

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FriedGoat4637d ago (Edited 4637d ago )

strangely this game features a DRM that got cracked two days ago. Whats the point of sticking something that causes so much commotion in there when it can be bypassed in 10 minutes.

This means the pirates get to play offline if they want but people buying the game get screwed.

Heartnet4637d ago

Thats like saying why have security guards when people are gonna steal from the store anyway?

Ducky4637d ago

^ No, it's like performing a cavity search on all your customers while leaving the back door of the store open and unguarded.

FriedGoat4637d ago

@FatOldMan Well said sir.

SilentNegotiator4637d ago (Edited 4637d ago )

It's like security questioning someone while another guy is screaming and shooting a gun in the background. The guy in the background is going to shoot his way through, so stop bothering this other guy and take cover. You're not a cop, the national guard, or the army, so don't try to stop him with your 'billy-club of justice'

I see DRM as that mall cop you know that harasses anyone without a cane for anything as wild as coughing.

MAJ0R4637d ago

lol did he seriously compare DRM to security guards?? DRM should never under any circumstances be considered a type of security, but rather an obstacle for the honest consumer to play the game

SilentNegotiator4637d ago (Edited 4637d ago )

I see what you're saying. But I was still going for "incompetent security"

I mean, it could stop a person who isn't smart enough to google a keygen or crack or whatever.

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TVippy4636d ago

They're turning down the refund requests left and right.

BlackKnight4637d ago

"The publisher stated that there would be no DRM with the game other than a one-time-activation. However this seems to have turned out to be a big fat lie as the inclusion of metapoint service Uplay demands DRM. Meaning the user would always have to be connected to the internet to log in to Ubisoft’s and play the game"

I haven't gotten Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood specifically because of this BS. I LOVED AC1 but unlike some gamers, I really will forget a game series if it is SERIOUSLY ruined by DRM.

And no I haven't pirated, I am surprised how much I just don't care about the series now. Thanks Ubisoft.

ATi_Elite4637d ago (Edited 4637d ago )

Ubisoft---Once again proving they are the armpit of Gaming culture.

Steam----Once again proving they are the Gamers Champion and Friend.

Just buy Dust retail and apply Crack!!! which is pretty much standard operating procedure with all Ubisoft games!!

I just do not understand Ubisoft. Your using Steam so just go with Steam's DRM. But instead you lie and now people are pissed and will Pirate the game just to spite Ubisoft.

The more "always connected to Internet" connections applied the more chances of getting viruses cause games are so easy to manipulate!!

nanostar4637d ago

im pretty sure from dust is a digital only game so u cant even get it retail

hano4637d ago

Lucky you. I preordered the game. I hope I get the refund.

TVippy4636d ago

It's still selling on Steam though. o_O

Calm Down Sunshine4636d ago

Forget the DRM that it comes with, that doesn't bother me. The fact that the game crashes every single time on start-up however...

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pr0digyZA4637d ago

Was wrong of them to lie like that, glad steam is allowing the refunds.

ClimateKaren4637d ago

Way to go Steam! And shame on you Ubisoft. It was starting to look like they might be coming around to the realization of how offensive and inconvenient this type of thing is for gamers, but I guess not.

Get over yourself Ubisoft, before gamers get over you. Assassin's Creed is good, but no game is that good.

beastgamer4637d ago

I smell a lawsuit. I know ubisoft, or they would get revenge by going the EA way.

MRHARDON4637d ago (Edited 4637d ago )

I hope Ubisoft fails in the near future and gets closed down due to lack of money.

That will teach them!

buddymagoo4637d ago

No Assassins Creed! No thank you. I don't agree with their drm but to want the whole company to fail is madness.

JsonHenry4637d ago

They would just sell the rights off to someone else. Maybe even get lucky and Bethesda or Valve might buy the rights to the decent games.

John Kratos4637d ago

Yeah I don't want thousands of people to lose their jobs,just because you're angry over a decision that more likely than not the higher ups made.

AKissFromDaddy4637d ago

I understand why Steam members want all their games from Steam.

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thorstein1d 11h ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii1d 7h ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo1d 7h ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows901d 6h ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel198922h ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus13h ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha1d 7h ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno1d 7h ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan1d 7h ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno1d 6h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life19811d 7h ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn66922h ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life198116h ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.

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Chocoburger10d ago

At this point, only dummies have any hope left for Ubi-junk games.

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