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by Andrew Yoon, Aug 24, 2011 10:15am PDTThe PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution includes free access to the streaming OnLive version. Good deal, right? Well, apparently not every retailer is happy with this gratis bonus. GameStop employees are being told to "immediately remove and discard the OnLive coupon from all Regular PC versions of Deus Ex: Human Revolution."
OnLive Spot first posted the company memo, which adds: "our desire is not to have this coupon go to any customers after this announcement."
A GameStop representative told Shacknews that, yes, employees are being told to open new copies of the game and remove content that should come with the game. According to the rep, the retailer is entitled to this action as "Square Enix packed the competitor’s coupon with our DXHR product without our prior knowledge."
The aggressive action by GameStop comes just days after the company announced its plans to begin its own game streaming service, not unlike the service already offered by OnLive. These stronghold tactics make sense in that context, but how will consumers respond to company policy that intentionally removes content from a sealed box product?
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GameStop employees are being told to "immediately remove and discard the OnLive coupon from all Regular PC versions of Deus Ex: Human Revolution." Shacknews investigates.
GameStop employees are being told to "immediately remove and discard the OnLive coupon from all Regular PC versions of Deus Ex: Human Revolution." Shacknews investigates. : Shacknews
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For example, with Space Marine, you can only get the demo in the UK if you pre-order the game from GAME. You can't pre-order it on Steam, or grab the demo from there. And Steam wont be selling the game after release to UK peeps.
Its pretty fucking disgusting, and probably illegal. It just needs a publisher with balls to report them to the OFT for abusing their dominant market position (they are the only specialist game retail in existence after buying up all the competition). Their prices are also high, usually £5-£10 higher than rrp.
Amazon are great though.
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