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[Eragondragonrider]

For those people that didn't get the free downloads I would not be to upset, most of the people that got the downloads will not be able to use then as the licensing agreement XBL Marketplace used will be revoked and a new Licensing Agreement for the DLC stuff will be done at 12 am today when the game goes live.

[Voidster]

you cant NB, the DLC isnt avail for free anymore.

[PurplePox]

Oh well, I didn't pay for my preorder anyway (I love christmas)

[EvilWolfe]

It's just Microsoft getting on the rag, what with Bioware going to EA after Mass Effect 1...

[Mummolus]

For those people that didn't get the free downloads I would not be to
upset, most of the people that got the downloads will not be able to
use then as the licensing agreement XBL Marketplace used will be
revoked and a new Licensing Agreement for the DLC stuff will be done at
12 am today when the game goes live.

This won't happen - there are plenty of people who got the game legitimately from stores which broke the street date and downloaded their promo items, which are now indistinguishable from the ones acquired for free. The fact is that this has happened before and there were never any such negative consequences. There were also a maximum of a few thousand people who got this stuff - keep in mind the time of night it was released, and it was only up for a few hours. Insomniacs and people working the night-shift got a break, that's about it.

[Mummolus]

And everyone else in the world who doesn't live in your timezone...

Well considering it was only on the North American marketplace and it was night time everywhere in North America when it was released, no, not everyone else in the world. Think before you post.

[Noviere]

Mummolus wrote...

This won't happen - there are plenty of people who got the game legitimately from stores which broke the street date and downloaded their promo items, which are now indistinguishable from the ones acquired for free.

So they aren't tying DLC to EA accounts like they did in DA:O?

[Rusty Balls]

It has created quite the little buzz around Live, and a spike of interest in ME2. A lot of people who would have passed the game up before hand are now going to purchase it purely to make use of the free items they have received.



Accident or no, Microsoft or EA, it has been better marketing than those ****ty three minute CG trailers.

[lovemetal626]

to be honest, im kinda pissed.



i pre-ordered at gamestop just to get the terminus armor, and i hate going to game stop.



now everyone has it for free.... which all of these items SHOULD BE.



i hate items that are specific to Collectors Ed. or Pre-order BS



bioware, what are you going to do to fix this? i guess its really MS fault



i use to be like, ME should stay Xbox360 Exclusive, but after this Crap, screw MS



go to sony. and some rumors say this is already happening.

[Dave of Canada]

Mummolus wrote...

And everyone else in the world who doesn't live in your timezone...

Well considering it was only on the North American marketplace and it was night time everywhere in North America when it was released, no, not everyone else in the world. Think before you post.

UK were still able to download it.

[jwraith95]

That suck! I wish i could have got the other armors.

[JKoopman]

I have to hope that there's some sort of penalty for downloading these items "illegally" or that those who downloaded them without proper codes will find them unusable in-game. I saw the download links last night before I went to bed and briefly thought about taking advantage myself but it just felt too "wrong" and a little voice in the back of my head kept telling me it would be a bad idea, so I held off... now I kinda wish I hadn't.



Oh well, I'm getting the GameStop promo items and those are the only ones I really care about anyway. Honestly it was just the Dr. Pepper items and the Normandy Memorial that had me interested.

[GmanFresh]

they didnt for ostagar....^^

[IRoNM4yN3 138]

oh. oh my god. you guys missed it? so soooo sad. it was epic. epic epic epic WIN. it was like katrina or haiti, mad l00t, we went crazy. i was copying and pasting urls into my browser as fast as i could then rushed to my xbox to get them downloaded from my queue asap. the guy from gamefaqs, darth1337, got january 25th named after him, darth1337 day! staying up late on the forums pays off

[Mummolus]

So they aren't tying DLC to EA accounts like they did in DA:O?

DA:O DLC is only tied to your account if you downloaded it using a code. If you purchased it on the XBL marketplace, it doesn't connect to your EA profile. You can check this by going to "Profile --> Registered Game Promotions" on the sidebar of this site.

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UK were still able to download it.

Not with any consistency, as a quick perusal of these forums will tell you. Even so, a few thousand people in Europe and a few thousand in North America is hardly 'everyone' considering the game will likely sell over a million copies.

[Permutation]

XBL team is just creating more work for themselves and BioWare. Now they'll have to roll out an additional update when you pop in the game to verify and disable to the CE and preorder DLC that was downloaded for free.

Modifié par Permutation, 25 janvier 2010 - 06:41 .

[Mummolus]

XBL team is just creating more work for themselves and BioWare. Now they'll have to roll out an additional update when you pop in the game to disable to the erroneous DLC.

No, they won't - the erroneous DLC is indistinguishable from legitimately purchased DLC, and when this sort of thing has happened in the past there have never been 'disabling fixes' released afterward. Witness the Gears of War 2 Golden Lancer - it was never 'disabled' for those who shouldn't have had it (despite one site reporting that it would be).

[IRoNM4yN3 138]

Mummolus wrote...

XBL team is just creating more work for themselves and BioWare. Now they'll have to roll out an additional update when you pop in the game to disable to the erroneous DLC.

No, they won't - the erroneous DLC is indistinguishable from legitimately purchased DLC, and when this sort of thing has happened in the past there have never been 'disabling fixes' released afterward. Witness the Gears of War 2 Golden Lancer - it was never 'disabled' for those who shouldn't have had it (despite one site reporting that it would be).

yup cant do anything. epic win.so sorry to all those who didnt get it

[polyethylene]

I don't think enough people are 'outraged' by an occurence such as this doesn't require any sort of damage control. Bioware has no reason to apologize, perhaps on Microsoft's behalf. Bioware is not to blame. I honestly don't care enough to make a big deal out of this myself. Pre-order fluff is a plague that has a lot of poor suckers running around trying to find methods to get them all. I'd be upset if I was one of the guys who have the economy and patience to be forced by EA to shop at gamestop, purchase one standard version as well as a Collector's Edition and import Dr. Pepper from America to get everything. In fact, I'm happy for the people that got this content; and I hope they can use it - anything to put a stick in the corporate cogwheel that is Electronic Arts.



Good for them. I wish I'd have heard about this much sooner so I could've gotten it too.

[Permutation]

Mummolus wrote...

XBL team is just creating more work for themselves and BioWare. Now they'll have to roll out an additional update when you pop in the game to disable to the erroneous DLC.

No, they won't - the erroneous DLC is indistinguishable from legitimately purchased DLC, and when this sort of thing has happened in the past there have never been 'disabling fixes' released afterward. Witness the Gears of War 2 Golden Lancer - it was never 'disabled' for those who shouldn't have had it (despite one site reporting that it would be).

No it's not. They'll find out when they're required to connect to XBL before items can be used in-game.

[Mummolus]

No it's not. They'll find out when they're required to connect to XBL before items can be used in-game.

Plenty of people have redeemed their codes already because of stores breaking street dates and so forth. There are legitimate downloads of the content mixed with the illegitimate, and as I said the precedent in these situations is to just move on rather than risk depriving others of the content they paid for in some sort of blanket 'reset'.

[IRoNM4yN3 138]

Permutation wrote...

Mummolus wrote...

XBL team is just creating more work for themselves and BioWare. Now they'll have to roll out an additional update when you pop in the game to disable to the erroneous DLC.

No, they won't - the erroneous DLC is indistinguishable from legitimately purchased DLC, and when this sort of thing has happened in the past there have never been 'disabling fixes' released afterward. Witness the Gears of War 2 Golden Lancer - it was never 'disabled' for those who shouldn't have had it (despite one site reporting that it would be).

No it's not. They'll find out when they're required to connect to XBL before items can be used in-game.

jealous much? they cant distinguish between kids who got the game early at stores and those who downloaded the content.