Gotta love customer service
I have had code keys fuck up on me as well. I called xbox and instead of them fixing the game error, I got a year and a half of gold free (the equivalent of purchase0 So I suppose it wasn't too bad. You just got fucked over.

In the end, I got a 1080p HD Video Cam, a Bungie rope and the game for free..
So I still come out ahead.. and I will trade it in and get $30 back so.. not to bad.

Or go to Game-Stop and get 5 dollars x3

Yay for bunny rant on my birthday!

The joy of customer service

=w= this is a true and awesome

I want to comment but I'm too tired to say much apart from...

Wow...

that and maybe I'm just too overly cynical at times but part of me is not too surprised on one end but appaled on another...but again...it's like I have to accept this BS as 'normal' but part of me just refuses to simply 'deal with it'.

...just wow...

I refuse to deal with it..
So I called them and went to customer service instead of support.

They fixed ALL but the free upgrade.

I gotta say...congrats and, yes, I agree, one should not 'deal with it' but do something about it. and...you said all but the free upgrade? that's very awesome, that being said, what was the free upgrade?

PS3 to PS4.

Games should not have "expiration dates." That's utterly bullshit. How can a code expire if it's unused?

And if you shut down your servers or remove something for purchase, all DLC should instantly become free and all DRM for the game should be unlocked.

Agreed.

All forms of DRM and EULAs need to be outlawed as the blatant cons which they are.

Agreed, DRM is one thing but the extent they do it.. is BS.

DRM is not inherently evil.

Putting a feature in a product that gives the consumer absolutely no benefit, and instead actively harms him, then not giving the consumer the option to purchase a version of the product without this feature. Retaining the ability to take the consumer's product away after it has been bought, either by negligence or malice, keeping control of where and when he is allowed to use the product he paid for.

I would argue that is is inherently evil.

DRM does not necessarily harm the consumer.

You need to understand that you have never owned a single game that you have ever bought. Not games without DRM. Not on a cartridge and not on a CD. If you have a problem with that then take it up with the copyright legislators.

You can at least grant the point that it's potentially harmful, and restricts the consumer's liberties, yes?

Regarding old CDs and carts, I think you're conflating two issues here. One is copyright and license laws, which although imperfect, have good reason to exist. The other is a set of business practices designed to enforce and/or abuse said laws through the use of restrictive digital locks, for the benefit of the copyright holders, and at the expense of the consumer's liberties. And it's this second thing, which is commonly referred to as DRM, which I am opposed to.

And it's not just games, this issue is pretty wide, and being discussed in many fronts. For example, as cars become more and more complex, with more digital components, some auto manufacturers are starting to put DRM schemes into their products. Trying to make it so if your Toyota car breaks down, you have to take it to a Toyota repair shop and use only Toyota brand parts. The car's on board computer will recognize any infringement, and refuse to start... and of course somewhere in the EULA it says you agree to this. I think US law actually banned this practice, but I'm not certain.

Some printer manufacturers (HP, afaik) have started adding DRM schemes, making sure that you have to buy their brand of ink cartridges and none other, because their printers will recognize only their cartridges, and they will also lock up if you try to refill the cartridge. This was their natural next step after suing cartridge makers didn't work, since the laws recognized them as a legitimate business.

This year, coffee machine manufacturer Keurig decided that people who used their machines should only be allowed to use their coffee as well, and announced that their next line of coffee machines would include DRM, which would reject coffee pods made by other companies, after their attempts to sue the alternate coffee pod makers were also rejected by the courts.

Finally, I don't live in the US, so I can't take stuff up with your legislators, I can only vote with my wallet, and avoid products that involve truly toxic forms of DRM. On the other hand, although I'm indirectly affected because the companies that make games are based there, I'm not directly bound by some of the more blatantly oppressive laws, such as the DMCA's anti-circumvention sections.

" You can at least grant the point that it's potentially harmful, and restricts the consumer's liberties, yes? "

Yes, potentially. That's why I said it does not *necessarily* harm the consumer. Which is also why it's not inherently evil, just potentially evil.

Blarg, sorry, I got carried away. I'm somewhat passionate about this subject.

activision has always been a boil on the ass of the gaming market imo. I was a fan till I started noticing their games being the same crap for multiplayer. stories are alright but other than that, that's it. sorry you got kinda cheated but from the sounds of it you didn't lose much. as for the migration, I believe the bulletin boards were a start but they needed to send out emails well in advance. when we migrated to new servers in the military I had to sit down and email every state USPFO SARSS Admin to let them know we were beginning conversion three weeks in advance. sounds like someone dropped the ball and was trying to cover it up with "Well we told you on the bulletin boards". glad you were able to get this off your chest and hope you're better for it.

Exactly, and technically I was a distance education student in 2013 because I was just working on my final Thesis for my Master's Graduation.
I even had moved to another state.

They now have
NOTE TO STUDENTS: Student email accounts are being migrated to Google Apps for Education. Once your account is migrated, you will no longer be able to login at this page.

On their internal email service now.. but it took them a week.

As for Activations, since my posting.. I've been able to get the codes working except for the free PS4 version.
Instead of going to game support, I went to customer service.

I was listening to your stream first like few seconds then my monitor turned flickered and then turned off. And audio went all buggy da fuq?

I am a techno bun!

That is Major BS... Before you get rid of ghosts... try out the game modes and such.

I did, when I rented it a while ago.

Such a pissed off bunny, you need a hug. Though, I'm not sure you come off as threatening cause you so cute. ^^

BBB !!!! will own them

BBB?

BBB : better business bureau

First time I heard your voice.Woot.

Also, that's complete bullshit that you weren't able to put in the codes. =/

Read the minor update.

Ah, alright. So weren't able to play it?

I got all but the free upgrade working.

Alright then. How you like it?

Crap, total crap.

That's what I get out of everybody else. x3

Gmail for me has gone full retarded
I usually get youtube updates etc. but nothing
And speaking of codes
Sonic all-Stars racing transform on the 3DS ALSO HAD A CODE THAT EVENTUALLY WERE EXPIRE DIDN'T FUCKING WORK