Forced Piracy?
So I recently bought (yes, BOUGHT, you cheapskates!) myself a game called Grand Theft Auto 4, more commonly known as GTA IV. And I must confess that the game made me turn to piracy to actually play the game, not kidding. Here is how it goes: If you paid for the game: Install the game Login or Create Account at Rockstar Games’ SocialClub, because apparently without that, you can’t access multiplayer content. Once you enter the game, the game promptly reminds you that you need to login with your Windows LIVE account to save the game and get access to bonuses. Yes, not the SocialClub where you registered earlier on, but Windows LIVE. If its the first time you used your Hotmail/LIVE ID for a game, GTA IV will return an error saying that you need to make a GamerTag, for which a browser window will open up and the game minimised, or quit, if your PC is particularly unstable. ...