downloaded from Direct2drive.com (renamed)
 

I refuse to be a "legal" pirate about downloading SH5 through a "proxy trick". I don't understand why we European simmers are not allowed to download a payed and legal copy of the game, however I can play a lot of other good simulation games out there. I'm disappointed with the Ubi crew, of course.

Problem is that the official release date in europe is still the 4th, so most retailers/shop have not released it yet. You can already buy/download the game in europe via Gamersgate, though.

Haha pirate for buying a game? Thanks for the good joke, I enjoyed it :)

Except there's European sites that already sell the game, so I don't see why you would need to "legally" pirate it via proxy. :hmmm:

You don't need a proxy.
I downloaded from Direct2drive.com. It'll first redirect you to the UK web site but if you click on the flag and choose US, It'll let you purchase and download. Very fast service too.

I live in Italy, why I should select the US flag at the D2D shop? this is not legal.

Its available at GamersGate for us Europeans. Downloading it right now :yeah:

Maybe because r*tards from sites like this
https://buy.metaboli.com/vnt/choixpa..._achat=acheter
won`t allow still download the damn game (Activation key should be send in roughly 11 hours from now, I`ve preordered on 01/03/2010)?

I`m so pissed on myself that I didn`t do that "region trick" earlier :x

Actually, I think it is only illegal to sell it before the release dates, not buy it. If the shop makes a mistake and breaks a release date, it is not the customer that is liable....

However, especially with the new DRM, I don't know if they will allow you to play it before the release date. I know some games that required activation that wouldn't work before the street date..

Do as you please, wait till next week then.

Actually the greedy corporations with $$$ in their eyes are more of pirates than you. They are releasing the game unfinished and unpolished with little to no paper documentation for $$$ reasons, sounds piratey to me!!!

ARGGHHHH

So much trouble to get a game, I had hoped that it would be easier to buy games thanks to digital downloads in 2010 or so.

Steam messed up big time with their countdown and then, nothing, just a march 2010 as release date. Not funny! Had expected to buy it before work and have it downloading while working.

Then I called Game (local shop) and asked if they had Silent Hunter 5 which they did but he told me he couldn't sell it to me until tomorrow, couldn't even bribe him :O:

So then my hope was left with GamersGate but their click&buy creditcard service refused to accept my creditcard. Aaargh!!

Found my way to the US direct2drive and bought it from there and is now downloading it, 850mb downloaded and 45 minutes remaining. Hope it wont have any nasty surprises like that key is not valid from you location etc.

Time will tell...

You won't have any problem with the key or install. I don't think there is any location checks after you purchase.

Download was fast, I already burned my download package to a dvd, and also about to do a reinstall/repatch for testing. Have fun!

The original name of this thread was "legal piracy?", I don't know why someone renamed "downloaded from D2D", because I'm downloading the game from Ubi uk. Finally...

You should have guessed the word "piracy" was a bad choice :)