GFDJAN25
Gamefly offers downloads Far Cry 3 for Windows for $7.49. Coupon code "GFDJAN25" makes it $5.62.
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Far Cry 3 for PC for USD $5.62 with Coupon Code GFDJAN25
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No Steam for this key. It's a Ubisoft key.
There never was a "Steam version" per se. Every Ubisoft game that activates online requires UPlay running in the background and there's no getting around that without… the T-word.
"This title is available for purchase in Canada, Mexico and United States."
I don't know what you're talking about it's showing as available for purchase in a heap of countries and Australia is listed.
Hmm, that was listed on their site, but isn't there any more. I'm guessing it was updated to support international sales.
My gamefly account recently got banned because they figured out I am from Aus.
How do you guys who can actually buy stuff there work it?
Those using VPN/proxy to get around regional lockouts will probably end up getting their gamefly accounts banned too.
As for this Far Cry 3 from Gamefly it's available for purchase to Australians.
Shit like uplay is why I pirate.
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And it's different from Steam how? Just because Steam happens to be a more stable and user-friendly form of DRM, it doesn't change the fact it's still bloody DRM like Origin, Uplay or the thankfully-extinct GFWL. Steam can revoke your access to your entire library of games in a heartbeat if they wanted to (for a variety of arbitrary reasons in the EULA most people don't care to know); you don't own squat. You're simply renting for an extended period of time and that's the bottom line with any form of DRM, restricting user rights to software they paid good money for.
Just because Steam happens to be a more stable and user-friendly form of DRM, it doesn't change the fact it's still bloody DRM
I don't think many people care that Steam is DRM. At the end of the day, it is stable, which is a big difference from UPlay (in my experience at least). Personally I don't pirate something just because it's only on UPlay, primarily because I still think it provides more value than it costs (ie, more stable gameplay compared to pirating, along with automatic updates and online play), but Steam is definitely greatly preferred.
I don't think many people care that Steam is DRM.
I don't think many people would care if tomorrow free speech was banned; apathy to everything is at an all-time high, but that's no reason to jump off the cliff because everyone else is.
Some of us are old school. When I pay for a product, it belongs to me until time immemorial unless a bank repossess my house.
I don't know about you but I would much rather have a physical copy of every game I own, in my house, that I can install and uninstall at will, with no activation or server-side copy-protection. Even the offline SecuROM copy-protection I could tolerate because at least it doesn't phone home to Valve and ask whether my installation fulfills a bunch of arbitrary Nazi-like criteria before I can play the damn game. You're lucky to get a refund on Steam these days, let alone be able to resell your unwanted games (gasp yes imagine that, selling goods you own) or do things like simply transfer them to another computer without jumping through dozens of hoops.
We're talking about a recreational past-time here; not military-encryption software for goodness sake. It's like we're all accessing the Pentagon with the way DRM is becoming.
Steam isn't just a digital distribution platform; it's a marketing, advertising and sales data-mining backdoor for Valve and every other 3rd-party it shares information with and you have zero right to privacy. The implications of their heavy-handed EULAs and hidden clauses are another topic entirely (Origin EULA controversy anyone?) but once again, it's just another nail in the coffin for consumer trust and loyalty.
Like everything that rises, Steam will plummet into obscurity, and when that happens, it'll be bon voyage to your Steam library. Keeping all your eggs in one basket may be convenient, but it's also placing an enourmous amount of trust in one company; monopolisation is never a good thing.
I could go on but the bottom line is that DRM hurts us, the consumers, and benefits corporate bloodsuckers clinging to antiquated sales models, during an era where creative innovation and consumer satisfaction is an all-time low.
Personally I don't pirate something just because it's only on UPlay
Piracy is, to hopeless video game developers and producers, what Al-Qaeda is to hopeless governments. A convenient distraction.
They can shed their crocodile tears all they want but the entertainment media industry is making more than ever before. Period. They cannot justify their draconian wet-dreams by any reliable metrics of worldwide sales, market penetration and annual turnover.
The maths simply don't add up for their dystopian "global cyber-pirate epidemic" theory to be true.
Some of us are old school
And some of us are new school and are happy to accept licences that restrict how we can use the software.
I don't know about you but I would much rather have a physical copy of every game I own
I wouldn't. I much prefer digital. Having the ability to right-click to download a game I own is much more convenient than finding the box, getting the disc out, and installing that way.
let alone be able to resell your unwanted games (gasp yes imagine that, selling goods you own)
Again, I'm happy not to be able to sell my games. I would rather the publishers & developers get money from each user rather than each physical copy sold.
Steam isn't just a digital distribution platform; it's a marketing, advertising and sales data-mining backdoor for Valve and every other 3rd-party it shares information with and you have zero right to privacy.
Not sure how I suffer because of this…
I could go on but the bottom line is that DRM hurts us, the consumers, and benefits corporate bloodsuckers clinging to antiquated sales models
How on earth do you claim that digital distribution with per-user licences, something that's only been mainstream for about 10 years, is an antiquated sales model?
The bottom line as I see it is that DRM is not going away, so you can cry about it as much as you like but eventually you'll have to accept it.
More novels?!
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Ahhh Steam. How you used to screw with us back then.
Who else remembered getting disconnected in the middle of CS 1.6 with the error
"You have been disconnected from the server. Reason: Error verifying STEAM UserID ticket"
I didn't mind the fact it was DRM, just that the underlying software and tech they used to enforce the DRM made the games unplayable at times.
Where did I say Steam was different? I hate all forms of DRM. I find it odd that when the Xbone was originally going to lock discs to one install the interwebs exploded in rage, whereas it's apparently perfectly acceptable in PC-land.
If I have to use DRM I'd rather just use one, not a million different crappy launchers. Especially when Steam has the great Big Picture mode for my HTPC.
Try launching legit version of BF4 on a HTPC, it's impossible without a mouse. Compared to a cracked version which can launch no worries at all.
DRM (all DRM) just punishes legitimate users. It's just that some (Valve) let you lube up first.
Where did I say Steam was different?
Apologies for jumping the gun then.
Top game, fantastic price. Play and enjoy guys.
yeah agreed, awesome game. i just love the whole tropical island setting and freedom. and you can kill bears and crocodiles with your flamethrower.
well worth it at full price when it came out, let alone this price.
loved this game!
How do I apply the coupon? I logged in to Gamefly via my Twitter account, because I don't have an account on their service. I can't seem to find to apply the coupon anywhere???
You enter it at the final review order stage after you've entered the payment details.
Deal has expired
So no steam?