So do they distinguish between pirated copies and honestly-bought copies, and ban appropriately, or do they take the blanket approach of banning anyone playing the game regardless?
seeing as it's 3 weeks before launch I don't think there are any honestly-bought copies which means its blanket ban approach and it works perfectly. Which is why it's hilarious
I've seen several pictures of opened copies (could be fake, sure), and Halo 2 was shipped to retailers several weeks before release (but that was a long time ago and their policies may have changed in that regard) and had a similar problem to this.
IIRC they banned people who tried to play on Live, but not people who were signed in but playing singleplayer. At least, that seemed to be the policy.
As the game has not yet been released to customers, to retail, or to reviewers, anyone currently playing the release-version is probably using a pirated copy. Thus, they are probably using the blanket approach, excluding the accounts of known reviewers.
Tons of stores sell games early. Though I guess that anyone getting banned who have a legitimate but early-sold copy would be directed to take it up with the retailer that broke the original release date, which makes sense.
mindstab|13 years ago
anonaccount27|13 years ago
IIRC they banned people who tried to play on Live, but not people who were signed in but playing singleplayer. At least, that seemed to be the policy.
rprasad|13 years ago
anonaccount27|13 years ago