No. Only that IF you rely on always being able to re-access or redownload a purchase 'sometime' in the future you NEED to expect you will not be able to.

Life is finite.  Things end.

You buy it online...you THEN MUST back it up YOURSELF.  That is YOUR responsibility.  The vendor has NO obligation to 'give it' to you again sometime in the future simply due to your incompetence/inability to protect your property/purchase from loss.

Heck, my purchases JUST for FSX would be in the hundreds of dollars [if not thousands].  I KNOW some of the sources are now gone...defunct.  It will not affect me, however...as I have it ALL backed up...along with secondary redundancy backups.

Probably of the genus rakish-good-looks-with-an-eyepatch ....

But in reality...what possesses someone of the presumption that what is obtained online will ALWAYS be obtainable online?

It's utterly ridiculous.

Really it is.

Let's go back to 'the car'...

WHEN petrol runs out you won't be 'entitled' to a refund on your car....you'll just need to find a second one....

...so you have matching bookends....

 So we should simply assume that digital purchases are rentals, and stop using it if we expect to play our games into the foreseeable future?

If thats your position fine.. cause thats exactly How I feel at this point, and was the sentiment of my previous posts, and the exact reasoning I won't use Digital distribution at this point.

OK, so now it's online activation, not 'just' online distribution.

It'd be 'nice' if systems were in place to replace activation/server loss/failure...but guess what....all this activation drama is all thanks to online piracy.

As with all criminal activity...it screws it up for everyone, without favor.

You could be just as well served to be angry with the actions of the pirate.  THEY made Gaming problematic for everyone.

Always was. Many digital distribution services have their own method of activation for their particular copies of games. Its no different from buying an impulse game, a steam game or any other Game digitally.

 Were not talking about failure. Were talking about shutting them down knowing full well that your customers still need them to play their games.

Thats funny. Those activation servers are supposed to effect piracy. But I guarantee I could find pirated versions of all 19 of my games. So who did they actually hurt. Me the paying customer, and it didn't reduce piracy at all. Pirates still have access to games I paid for and I don't. So explain to me why I should pay for something When those who actually pay for it can lose access at the drop of a hat, while pirates are guaranteed access if they back it up.

I certainly don't advocate piracy. But its crazy that companies continue to force paying customers to use systems that only hurt the paying customers, while claiming they are doing it to fight piracy and when the system screws customers they blame the pirates who are going to pirate it no matter what system is used, so why use one that has the potential to screw the paying customers?

Jafo.. what do you do at stardock.. cause you seem rather.. uninformed about how digital game distribution works.

Okay I'll let the thread get back on topic.. don't kill jafo brad, He's useful in someway i'm sure.

Are you suggesting that Brad should study Jafo?  

I don't  "piss people off"

By then I have already removed them from said forums...

You can always find pirated products on the Internet.

It is my job to "not care that you can" but only to remove you from being a participant upon these forums.

It's a thankless task but one I enjoy...because when done diligently it means FRIENDS of mine are not being screwed over by children who think it's KEWL [sic] to steal from 'the man'.

Treat that as you will...but I sleep well at night, all the same....

Please note...any typos are a result of it being Friday night...and not typical of 'usual' intercourse...

Now, I'd rather we got a wee bit back 'OT' before Frogboy drags me aside and employs chemical castration in order to get back OT.

I was born with them....would like to keep them a little longer at least...

Let's let Frogboy define 'entitled' as we have clearly been sailing off on a wild tangent....

...then again....perhaps that's all about what it really is...

Gamefly is still adding their back catalog to the new service.  Temporary inconvenience, and they did warn everyone beforehand.  So...back to the original topic.

Neilo...I'd already removed him [just missed that comment]...but it's now gone too.

And no...I'll not be at the Clipsal...too close to the GrandPrix...though the guys who come over from Adelaide to stay with us for the GP will be there...

Trolls are interesting creatures really....can even be mildly entertaining....though it's often a race as to whose ADD kicks in first that sees them 'gone' ...

Almost forgot.

"I'm a paying customer. WHERE IS MY PATCH?"

Save me from this detour.....

You wandered off into the ether and everyone picked on me....