Timeline for What's the difference between buying a "PC game" and a "PC code"?
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| Mar 8, 2016 at 15:51 | comment | added | Danejir | @Dunk Welcome to the world of online purchasing. If you don't like it, wait till you get the demo CD's with PC Gamer Magazine. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 20:05 | comment | added | Dunk | Steam is great, until you have any issues. Then their customer service is the absolute worst. There's lists of things they will not even respond to, even if it is absolutely their fault. I had a single issue with them, I looked past it. Then I had a second and tried working through customer service. Then a couple weeks after that, yet another. I will no longer buy any games that require Steam. They are nothing but thieves, IMO. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 18:12 | history | edited | Zerjack | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added clarification.
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| Mar 7, 2016 at 18:11 | comment | added | Zerjack | @agweber Fair point. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 17:51 | comment | added | agweber | I think that this answer needs to point out the specitivity of this to being for Far Cry. Others in the future may come looking at this for general information on PC codes and may think Uplay is required for any online-purchased code. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 17:46 | comment | added | Nzall | @dunk I am fairly sure that I'm not the only one who thinks the fragmentation of their games library across a dozen different accounts, DRM platforms and networks is not an optimal solution. To put it more strongly: I've actually bought games a second time just so my 300 game library is more centralized, though usually that's to replace an older boxed copy with a digitally distributed copy. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 17:42 | comment | added | GalacticCowboy | @Dunk That depends on your perspective, I think. Most people would rather avoid uPlay or the other publisher-specific networks if they could just use Steam. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 16:05 | comment | added | Dunk | Thanks for the info. I thought we were stuck with Steam. If there's any chance to avoid Steam then it should be done. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 15:50 | history | answered | Zerjack | CC BY-SA 3.0 |