Stupid EULA ...passing on purchasing the title

[sybuur]

I looked through the EULA with CTRL+F and I found what I expected to find... a EULA that doesn't match with the platform it is released on. I will be passing on this title because I play from multiple places. I hope others do the same... to get it across to Publishers/Developers that they need compatible and consumer friendly EULAs.

"
3. PERMITTED USES. You may install and use the Software only on a single computer.
"

[sailorbear510]

Sorry for the confusing verbage in the EULA! Generally, the EULA was written for our games that are distributed on our websites, Broderbund.com, Encore.com, HoyleGaming.com, Viva-Media.com and other websites we operate.

All our games come with that EULA which may be updated time to time, but as a general rule it's okay to install this game on as many computers as you like with Steam as Steam will dicate how many copies of the game can be running on an account at the same time. So yeah if you're going somewhere else to play the game, as long as only one copy is running it's fine to install it on the other devices :)

[sybuur]

ImALittleBear,
The EULA is a legal agreement. This thread is not. And none of your words in these posts have any legal bearing. Thus if your words are to have meaning and be true then the EULA needs to be updated (or better yet, just removed from the Steam Platform). [Although I'm happily shocked that someone from the Developer/Publisher responded at all.]

As you may know (or not know), Developers/Publishers that add EULAs to titles are scrutinized by the community. Ones that are added arbitrarily & without considering the context of the platform they were released on do cause a bit of a backlash. See this thread for one prime example...
Pinball FX: http://steamcommunity.com/app/226980/discussions/0/620712999988337987/
...At least your company didn't add the EULA after people owned the title.

At the moment I'll pass because the EULA has not changed. I'd suggest that you get your legal team involved and if you are lucky I might come across this title again. But for the benefit if the doubt I'll add it to my wish list and track this for a few months. If the EULA stays the same I won't become a customer.

[As an FYI, I consider myself an intelligent consumer and I don't purchase titles with similar EULAs. I do however not think twice about purchasing titles that A) do not have an extra EULA other than the default Steam one. I get it that I'm not buying the source code. I'm buying a license to use the compiled code. And I don't think I need a Publisher's/Developer's EULA to make it any more complicated than that. And B) don't make me create yet another online identity or force Double DRM. e.g. Don't make me jump through more hoops that depend on yet more services and Don't collect information about [b]me[/b] (to turn me into the product) and I won't, in general, complain. I think I'm going a little far now but there it is in black and white.]

[HustlaOG]

Do you seriously read EULAS :D ?

[sybuur]

Yes. I hunt for certain terms that I don't agree with.

I've been screwed by other titles. I've lost access to games because they've changed hands. I purchased a game with no EULA and then later a 2nd publisher adds hoops the customers need to jump through to gain access to the game. I bought it without a legal agreement and now they force all users to agree to a EULA to gain access to somehthing I purchased without a EULA. Steam is so unhelpful with backups... you cannot restore a previous version and use it. Steam FORCES customers to update to the latest version. Overall the process is extortion with Steam as an accomplice.