![]() ![]() ![]() “Everyone who buys a disk can get it on other devices too - you buy the disk and get it everywhere. “You will see more combo deals like this,” Perlman said. The company will soon run those same high-end triple-A titles on tablet computers, mobile devices like the iPad and devices running Google’s mobile operating system Android. Meanwhile, OnLive has deals with a number of other upcoming triple-A titles like THQ’s upcoming Space Marine and Saints Row: The Third, along with Batman: Arkham City, a sequel to the smash hit Batman: Arkham Asylum. The company is facing stiff competition from digital distribution services like Steam and streaming services like Gaikai and OnLive. The company still relies on sales of physical copies of games and a large part of its revenue comes from buying and selling used physical copies of games. GameStop is reportedly testing its own game streaming service, which would compete with OnLive when launched. A leaked internal memo posted by GameSpy reveals that store employees are being told to open boxed copies of the PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and remove a coupon accompanying the game. OnLive representatives told VentureBeat the company didn’t have anything new to add. “It’s the beginning of a trend - we have had some deals with indie downloads like the Humble Indie Bundle, we’re doing distribution inside the box.” ![]() My guess is that someone at the company crunched some numbers and decided that the risk of a potential lawsuit would ultimately cost less than not selling the new release at all.“We were part of their overall campaign, they have a long manufacturing cycle,” OnLive chief executive Steve Perlman told VentureBeat. Of course, that would have meant not selling a new release that is picking up some pretty great reviews. ![]() The “we prefer not to promote our competitors” defense doesn’t add up at all when the retailer could have simply elected to return its shipment and refuse to sell the game. It’s frankly shocking that GameStop execs would think it is okay to authorize the removal of packed-in content from a sealed product. 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. Neither Square Enix, the game’s publisher, nor OnLive, probably because they’re all on an epic-length conference call with their legal departments plotting out a response. Square Enix, the publisher of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, has released a statement concerning GameStops recent actions, saying that it respects its decision to pull the game from its shelves in. This is an independent action taken, as a statement issued by the company makes clear, because “we prefer not to promote our competitors and their competing offerings and services in our stores.” You probably don’t need the wrongness of this to be spelled out, but just to be clear: GameStop employees are being advised to open a sealed product and “remove and discard” content inside of it that gives added value to the consumer. A leaked internal memo posted by GameSpy reveals that store employees are being told to open boxed copies of the PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and remove a coupon accompanying the game that entitles the buyer to a free PlayPass for it - the equivalent of buying another copy of the game - on cloud gaming service OnLive. This is not going to go well for GameStop. ![]()
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