Fight Night Round 3 $2 fee
p2p news / p2pnet: "I was tinkering with the Playstation Portable version of Fight Night Round 3 tonight when I decided to check out the online play," says a post on Kotaku.com.
It goes on, "Imagine my shock when a message popped up telling me that I had to either pay $2 or give my privacy away to ESPN and whoever they feel like selling my details to, if I wanted to play online.
"I shit you not, it’s a requirement for ALL online play in this game. How insane is that. Granted $2 is next to nothing, unless you don’t have a credit card. If you don’t have a credit card, it’s either give ESPN your info (including email) or don’t play.
"I sure hope Sony doesn’t continue down this ugly path. Imagine having to give up your email and, in essence, signing up for spam, just to play SOCOM 4 online.
"I don’t know if this is a Sony or an EA idea, but it stinks to high heaven. Although my version of this game is a retail final, it didn’t come with packaging, so I don’t know if they let buyers know ahead of time they have to pay an extra $2 or opt-in to email delivered advertising."
(Thanks, Jools)
Also See:
Kotaku.com – SPAM Alert: Fight Night 3 PSP Costs Privacy, February 19, 2006
February 20th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Erm what kind of complete c*nt would give them their real email – AOL user perhaps??
February 20th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
so what i have plenty of email addresses wouldnt care in the least to fill up one with spam easy to delete
February 20th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
the same AOL user that would play the game in the 1st place
February 21st, 2006 at 6:17 am
There are a lot of systems that let you dodge registrations. Of course, I am not saying that requesting $2 for privacy is an acceptable behaviour of a company.
February 21st, 2006 at 2:36 pm
same sort of dickhead who would use their realemail to registeron kazaa HAHAHA some people are so dumb