No Connection/Dialup only/Hate DRM

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by ERPP8

Why do you assume we didn't order SHV?

He was speaking only to those who aren't buying it. If you are, good, but you're not part of his target audience.

[Méo]

Originally Posted by Brag

For example, it is pretty safe to predict that Ubi will take a serious hit iin sales on all gsmes with OSP (or the name of the day). Their sales to their core markets will probably be well below 70% off past releases.

Since they are trying to reach possibly uninformed markets, it may take them a few months to realize they are in serious financial trouble.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

All will be revealed in March. (TM) Jimbuna. All rights reserved.

[Rockin Robbins]

I certainly hope Brag is correct. The word customer needs to be spelled with a capital "C". They are supposed to meet our needs, not the other way around.

[jazman]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The poll could have used the 'boxes', the ones that let you make more than one choice.

I can't always afford a connection, so that was my vote, but even if I was filthy rich I would be against the whole thing on principle.

If you were filthy rich, you'd buy the franchise and do it extravagantly right.

[Threesixtyci]

Originally Posted by Schultzy

Can you imagine how big your phone bill would be if you went on patrol on dial up?

I like your optimism and I hope you're right, but I'm not at sure that that will happen.

Well I'd imagine it would be the same as your last month bill, because local calls generally aren't based per minute.

[jazman]

Originally Posted by Threesixtyci

Well I'd imagine it would be the same as your last month bill, because local calls generally aren't based per minute.

Not in Europe.

[V.C. Sniper]

im not going to buy it bcause its not finished

[Iron Budokan]

I also don't like the focus on the game and the SubPG aspect.

[Schultzy]

Originally Posted by Threesixtyci

Well I'd imagine it would be the same as your last month bill, because local calls generally aren't based per minute.

Really? Man, you get games before us Europeans AND you don't pay per minute for your local calls?! I hate you all

[Yak]

Among households that do not have broadband, the survey found, 38 percent said they don't need it or are not interested. Twenty-six percent said it is too expensive. Only 3.6 percent said they do not subscribe because it is not available where they live.

You clearly don't understand the way internet services are classified in Australia.

Back in about 1999 the government mandated that telstra (the formerly national telecom co) should make "high speed internet' available to ninety-something percent of Australians.
Now being the cheap lazy bastards they are, they got around that through their satellite internet services, which were both painfully slow, and punishingly expensive.

Nowdays in 2010, for most people not in the five major cities in Australia, we're reliant on 3G services for our internet, which in Australia is classed as 'having access to high speed internet access' yet right now I am struggling to open new pages as my connection isn't going much faster than 40kb a second, and it will get worse as the evening sets in, that is an everyday thing.

And I have to pay $100 per month for 6gb (thats six gigabytes) of data download for the 'privilege' and I live in a capitol city!

Of course all this is moot when I'm working overseas and have no internet options.

So many Europeans and Americans don't seem to grasp the basic concept that not everyone has easy, cheap, fast internet access, you all think we've got 20mb/s connections with unlimited bandwidth.

So can I conclude then that there is a number of people in our subsim community who will not buy SH5 due to the requirement to be always on the net when playing in single player mode ?

And if so, what exactly is our subsim community doing about it ? An official statement from Neal at this point would be welcome - either one way or the other.

[Reece]

Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

So can I conclude then that there is a number of people in our subsim community who will not buy SH5 due to the requirement to be always on the net when playing in single player mode ?

A large amount, including myself, will not purchase due to permanent online requirement!

And if so, what exactly is our subsim community doing about it ? An official statement from Neal at this point would be welcome - either one way or the other.

Not much he could say other that "Tough!", UBI won't listen, they don't care even a teeny bit! We just have to hope that eventually a patch will be released! If not "Tough!"

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by jazman

If you were filthy rich, you'd buy the franchise and do it extravagantly right.

Or just start a new one.

HEY! I have five cents I can spare! Anyone else want to pitch in?

Originally Posted by V.C. Sniper

im not going to buy it bcause its not finished

I hope you don't have SH3 then.

[Yak]

Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

So can I conclude then that there is a number of people in our subsim community who will not buy SH5 due to the requirement to be always on the net when playing in single player mode ?

Definitely one here.
I'm pretty sure the game will sell very poorly in Australia as a whole too.

Originally Posted by Yak

Definitely one here.
I'm pretty sure the game will sell very poorly in Australia as a whole too.

for some strange reason UBI seams to understand they are going to lose a significant segment of the customers who are attracted to this series yet they are fine with that happening so its not like they dont know what to expect