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This is not Vivendi's fault you idiot!
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come on guys, lets just let it go.
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yes it is, they won't allow Valve to unlock the game.The_Monkey said:
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this will only make things worse dude.
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I think u shuld get banned for this, encouraging spam on publishers , what is this going to accomplish ? nothing, stupid thread, stupid idea, stupid you.
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BladeTurbo said:
If they did unlock it they would have ten times more trouble that they already have. What about those stores that actaully does what they are told? They aren't selling the game, and those that lives in areas with stores like this will be pissed of that some people, that live near illegal stores can play it, while those that live near legal stores cannot.
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what else am I gonna do play halo2??
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abconners said:
Agreed , stirring things up will just make things worse and wont help anyone. Its just over 1 day so come on people just wait.
That's vivendi's problem.wilka91 said:
If what Valve writes is correct then it indicates there is indeed a clause in the contract making it possible for Valve to release it if the game is released.(Which it is)
So why would Vivendi threaten with legal actions, and claim the game isn't release, if there were no clauses? Then the game wouldn't be activated until it's 16th november releasedate regardless.
And just as important, why is any publisher relation mentioned as Sierra? Does it even say Vivendi Universal unless you call their support?
The obvious would be people blaming Valve and Steam, since that's the easiest way to blame someone.
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Sierra is owned by VU games, thats why everyone refers to them. Also I think what it says in the contract is something along the lines of "Valve can't release the game until VU's release date."FISKER_Q said:
Even if Valve could worm their way through that it really wouldn't be a good idea and you know why? Because an extra two more days shouldn't hurt anybody, Valve and VU are currently in a legal battle so its not a good idea to make things worse, and it sounds like if VU can prove Valve broke their initial contract then VU may get the rights to everything related to Half-Life.
Now does anyone have the nerve to tell me if those potential problems are worth waiting a mesely two extra days! Some people just need to sit back and relax.
Everyone just needs to stop their constant whining, get back in line and wait like the rest of us.
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if you keep buggin valve and vivendi they wont unlock the game ever! 
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It's understandable that they don't want some people to buy through Steam because it's not available in stores near them for a couple of days but did they really expect a game as big as HL2 wouldn't slip out a couple of days early if they sent it to stores almost a week before the release? Now, Vivendi is punishing their customers (many of whom probably didn't even know it was being released early), not the stores, by not letting people play games they already bought and brought home. If they want to get the stores fined for breaking the release date that's OK by me... but not letting paying customers use a product they own is just mean.
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I wouldn't call 50% off the actual game purchase "punishing their customers". Like every game the publisher doesn't want people to play early. The only difference this time is that now VU can actually prevent people from playing it early, any other publishing company that had the option of doing that probably wouldn't hesitate to prevent people from playing early.OCybrManO said:
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Vivendi obviously either didn't impress upon stores the importance of the street date, or they outright told them they could sell the game: there have been too many big chains selling it. Maybe they wanted to get a head start on Valve in sales or something.
I know that Sierra is owned by Vivendi, that wouldn't stop them for putting their own name on it though.The Mullinator said:
I still think there's something fishy that you have to contact the support before knowing it's Vivendi. And not Sierra or Valve.
I'm not saying that it would hurt to wait a couple of more days we would've waited for anyways.
I'm just saying that i find Vivendi's behavior on this very "immature" so to say.
As far as i'm concerned i don't care waiting, since the release has always been midnight 16th november as far as i concerned.
However i would never question peoples right to tell there's something wrong with their product, or to tell there's something wrong with something. If they wan't to complain they should feel free to do so.
And i don't this thread has anything to do with either spam or privacy invasion, it's the users that makes it that.
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