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0 pointsgorjusborg4y ago0 comments

I'm not trying to pick on Terraria, but I think it's a great example for the reasons you are bringing up.

Even with the 'value add' of the update, I no longer play the game. Why? Because I invested in learning and mastering the game as it was when I bought it. The forced update removed all value for me, and I'm the one who made the decision to buy it.

If the product is changed significantly after purchase without my consent, then I feel I should be able to revisit my decision to purchase it. Otherwise, it's a sort of bait-and-switch scheme.

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pydave4y ago

The update isn't forced, you have automatic updates enabled on your ps4.

Disable (Uncheck) automatic updates from [Settings] > [System] > [Automatic Downloads]

You'll have to uninstall the game and reinstall it from your hard copy to get the original version of the game you remember.

However, if you'd bought the digital version, you'd be out of luck.

omnimus4y ago

I think it's how it's always been with software. It's ephemeral.

When the devs have to keep up with the system updates etc. there is expectation that they keep working on software. I am sure they would love to just push something that would work forever.

So much software that i bought stopped working. Even when you have "lifetime" license - eventually world moves on and you are without hardware to run the software.

I am not saying it's right but i am also not sure how it can be solved.

int_19h4y ago

I would absolutely love to be able to push out software that just "works forever". And this is basically impossible on mobile by design these days.

Hardware evolution isn't a big deal, actually, so long as you can emulate the old on the new. For example, all the old DOS games can still be made to work thanks to DOSBox and PCem. In principle, the same applies to software, except that it evolves too fast for such emulation layers to keep up.

hfsh4y ago

> without my consent

Not having read the TOS of the platform (or even ever having used it), I'll hazard a guess this isn't quite legally true.

gorjusborgOP4y ago

Not sure if you are intending to, but that only further illustrates how broken (in the favor of corporations) the current legal environment is.

You are right in that there probably is a gotcha, you agreed clause in the text that is displayed after I have purchased the item. I also think the idea that is legally binding a farce.

Imagine how popular buying things would be if people actually had to read those agreements.

salawat4y ago

>Imagine how popular buying things would be if people actually had to read those agreements.

If you ever wondered why your elders are such sticks in the mud on this sort of thing, that is exactly why. Put a contract in front of most people and off they run for the hills.

This is why the click through EULA was the best thing to ever happen to the legal profession.

f1refly4y ago

It has to be displayed before you buy the item, and it is. If you don't read the contracts you sign you only have yourself to blame. You also wouldn't go to a car dealership, skip the contract, sign it and expect good things to happen.

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