What I wold like to see come out of the Colonial Marines debacle is some "God Damned Respect for the Consumers!". I want companies to start treating consumers like a valued asset whos trust is to be cultivated like a rare and fragile orchid.
Even thought the legal battle will probably be lost it ignores the greater issue that many people will not buy any game from gearbox from this point forward because they are now known to make shit games(yes I know borderlands is good but their overall record is pretty poor atm. remember Duke Nukem?). I am pretty much repeating what Jim Sterling said in his Jimqusition episode about the game but it needs repeating.
Just imagine the consumer outrage if you bought a high end corvette that advertised high quality carbon fiber skirts and 4500cc engine with build in GPS and universal socket for your devices. You put down all the money for the car at once they deliver it to your home and what you get is a car that looks like the picture but the paint is already flaking off, the skirts are made of cheap plastic, the engine is 2000cc and the GPS only works in one language that you do not know. Then when you try to return it the manufacturer tells you that you accept the product as is when you signed the delivery confirmation sheet and you should have known that the product was subject to change.
Even thought the legal battle will probably be lost it ignores the greater issue that many people will not buy any game from gearbox from this point forward because they are now known to make shit games(yes I know borderlands is good but their overall record is pretty poor atm. remember Duke Nukem?). I am pretty much repeating what Jim Sterling said in his Jimqusition episode about the game but it needs repeating.
Just imagine the consumer outrage if you bought a high end corvette that advertised high quality carbon fiber skirts and 4500cc engine with build in GPS and universal socket for your devices. You put down all the money for the car at once they deliver it to your home and what you get is a car that looks like the picture but the paint is already flaking off, the skirts are made of cheap plastic, the engine is 2000cc and the GPS only works in one language that you do not know. Then when you try to return it the manufacturer tells you that you accept the product as is when you signed the delivery confirmation sheet and you should have known that the product was subject to change.