Heh, good luck with that.The way corporations get treated in this country you'd think they run it.

Oh, shit.

Why are you even here if you want down with valve..... this called STEAMgifts.com lol

LATS ALL PLAY DRM-FREE GAMES ONLY!

lets all sue valve :) we are poor and need the money :P

lol. We'll see about how it effects you.

I'm glad about that. The US does enough to screw everyone else over.

Clever, sir. Well done.

actually that's antartica

whats impossible about it, for god's sake EA can do it and theyre relatively new to digital games sales

It isn't close to impossible. Valve just don't want to do it.

Not impossible valve gave me a refund on one of my games I bought.

lol yea.. every small shop on the internetz is able to give refunds, yet it is impossible(!!1) for the top dog valve..

What's impossible about it? Who exactly would this be a nightmare to? Shifty devs who launch halfassed games and never even try to fix their broken product after launch? Devs that make missleading trailers that do not reflect their game's true quality? The only devs this would hurt are those trying to make a quick buck with poorly made shovelware. No one's asking that refunds be given out just because someone does not like a game.

Valve's attitude alone is insulting. Even when a product is completely broken and it's only fair that to give someone their money back their support makes it sound like their doing you a favor by giving you your money back. But i guess that's what happens when people kiss your ass too much.

or if your computer cannot physically run the program/game even though its within specified parameters, OR if the game is a bad port, OR if the powers that be just don't feel like it... yeah totally fair.

Since their services are offered to Australians, they are technically doing business in Australia, meaning they are bound by Australia business law in this regard.

They can choose not to sell games in Australia. They don't, so Australian law applies. US capitafascism isn't obeyed everywhere.

AU customers buy through Steam AU store. We pay in $US but have our own region prices and region specific games. That means while the company is not AU, the app is definately for local use.

Steam Store was meant to be changing aus's pricing to aus $s this year, don't know if that has something to do with it

That is the first thing I thought of when I read the title :P Thought this sounded similar.

Product... that's the thing, when that case was carried in EU, Valve changed the naming in their TOS and they no longer offer "products", but only "services", and you never become the owner of a license for a game on Steam. Hence there is no case (which is simply an abuse of the law, as plain as anyone sees it, but the court can't do nothing in this case).

They aren't talking about the game Watch_Dogs, they are talking about an actual watchdog, one that protects consumers.

This post though....

lol

Yeah, retard because Valve should respect law in his country ;)

And you can't demand that I will watch 10 other players and for few days search for informations about "Is this game that broken, so I can't play it". It's Valve shop and it's their's responsibility to check if products in it is not-broken.

If shopkeeper would sell broken product (after information from clients that it isn't functioning), he should give moneys back or stop selling something.

I want that Valve will one day loose in court in some country and have to change it's TOS in this particular country. Because Valve isn't most important company in the world and they can't do as they please and don't give a fuck about law in other countries. Because change their's TOS from "have game in library" to "have limited substription for game" was most stupid thing I have ever seen. They can do this for new games, but why someone was buying games (which are only steamworks) from few years and they give him a "choice" - agree to our new TOS (which deny you your's full rights to your games) or we will take all your's games without refund.

You should have a good, long hard look at yourself before you call any of us retarded, kid.

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Because space tentacle dildos.

Why are they lazy idiots exactly?

Nice trolling.

I'm more than sure that players would take their's (games which they own in Steam before Valve decision) DRM-free copies from some other source.

You, sir, are retarded. Did you even read the damn article? I take it you didn't read the article, only the URL.
Valve isn't being sued by one person for the game WatchDogs, but by the ACCC(The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, or, the Consumer Watchdog[Not the game, retard]) for Valves policy on refunds. Derp.

The ACCC promotes competition and fair trade in markets to benefit consumers, businesses, and the community. They also regulate national infrastructure services. Their primary responsibility is to ensure that individuals and businesses comply with Australian competition, fair trading, and consumer protection laws.

Next time, read the damn article before you open your mouth & make a fool of yourself.

Read your comments and then saw your username. I get it! Satire!