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DawnFalcon · 11-14-2009, 08:01 AM

Again, what happens when you get banned is well documented. So...

They "could" purchase games. But they won't. And writing them off as customers simply because they've verifyably played one pirates game? Is a bluntly stupid thing to do... the number of hardcore pirates is small. Not banning the hardware (but nuking the account, with their achievements and gamerscore, which matters more to most of them!) for good means there's a chance you'll regain them as customers. This is.. not very advanced psychology.

I'm also not going to argue UK advertising law with you either, two law students agree with me that there's a clear expectation issue regarding the adverts. And if there is an expectation, then that does indeed tie Microsoft's hands and negate large portions of their terms and conditions.

I'm quite willing to stand by my beliefs with a heck of a lot more just than my opinion, I'm interested in taking part in (and am trying to) a startup based on them. If we can get funding, we'll be doing some...interesting...games.

11-14-2009, 08:01 AM	#111
DawnFalcon Banned Posts: 2,094 Karma: 2682 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: N/A	Again, what happens when you get banned is well documented. So... They "could" purchase games. But they won't. And writing them off as customers simply because they've verifyably played one pirates game? Is a bluntly stupid thing to do... the number of hardcore pirates is small. Not banning the hardware (but nuking the account, with their achievements and gamerscore, which matters more to most of them!) for good means there's a chance you'll regain them as customers. This is.. not very advanced psychology. I'm also not going to argue UK advertising law with you either, two law students agree with me that there's a clear expectation issue regarding the adverts. And if there is an expectation, then that does indeed tie Microsoft's hands and negate large portions of their terms and conditions. I'm quite willing to stand by my beliefs with a heck of a lot more just than my opinion, I'm interested in taking part in (and am trying to) a startup based on them. If we can get funding, we'll be doing some...interesting...games. Last edited by DawnFalcon; 11-14-2009 at 08:04 AM.