Let's make another analogy.Avnger said:Offline mode is a thing that exists. Games can't update if you launch it offline.WeepingAngels said:Steam auto updates and there is no way to turn off updates. Steam offers three optionsAvnger said:If you updated your game, it's entirely on you that it doesn't work with your computer anymore. You had the option to not install the update, and you chose otherwise. Your action is what broke the game for your computer.WeepingAngels said:You are avoiding the question with terrible comparisons, I think I have your answer.irishda said:Where do you stand with an amusement park removing rides and adding new ones? With gyms changing equipment?WeepingAngels said:The product was altered after purchase to the point that it no longer works on the same hardware it worked on at the time of purchase. Where do you stand with that?
1) Always keep this game up to date
2) Only update this game when I launch it
3) High Priority - Always auto-update this game before others
It's not really a choice.edit: Even if it auto-updated, it was still a choice of yours to enable (or not disable) auto-updates. That's not an excuse either.
However, even if there truly was no way to stop auto-updates, you purchased a game that uses the Steam platform. You know that the Steam platform auto-updates. Don't complain when the game you purchased then redeemed on Steam proceeds to auto-update. Again, you made the decision to partake in this service.
Your game is like your car, and the patch is like the car-maker doing a recall to fix some kind of flaw.
Here in Europe (at least here in Denmark), if the car then came back with a fault it didn't have before the recall (say, the transmission now seizes up, every 50km pf non-stop driving) you're entitled to either have that fault fixed free of charge, or get your money back.
I think the same should apply to games, and according to EU law, it partially does.