Stardock announces interim revision of Gamer's Bill of Rights

Posted Oct 15th 2008 4:30PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Biz

Last August during Penny Arcade Expo, game publisher Stardock released the first version of their Gamer's Bill of Rights. They were 10 ideals that they believe PC games should expect from their games. The list generate a ton of talk on the Internet and as stated in Stardock's new Customer Report, "we have had an amazing level of support from the publisher and developer community." As a result of those discussions the report has what is being called an "interim" revision of that original list. The revisions deal with DRM set-ups, customers being able to resell games and some clarifications on what Stardock means by expecting games to be released "in a finished state" You can check out the revision after the jump.

1. Gamers shall have the right to return games that are incompatible or do not function at a reasonable level of performance for a full refund within a reasonable amount of time.
2. Gamers shall have the right that games they purchase shall function as designed without defects that would materially affect the player experience.
3. Gamers shall have the right that games will receive updates that address minor defects as well as improves gameplay based on player feedback within reason.
4. Gamers shall have the right to have their games not require a third-party download manager installed in order for the game to function.
5. Gamers shall have the right to have their games perform adequately if their hardware meets the posted recommended requirements.
6. Gamers shall have the right not to have any of their games install hidden drivers.
7. Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest version of the games they purchase.
8. Gamers whose computers meet the posted minimum requirements shall have the right to use their games without being materially inconvenienced due to copy protection or digital rights management.
9. Gamers shall have the right to play single player games without having to have an Internet connection.
10. Gamers shall have the right to sell or transfer the ownership of a physical copy of a game they own to another person.

Tags: gamers-bill-of-rights, stardock

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Dear Stardock,
Gamers should also have right to download patches without download managers such as Impulse
Sincerly
A concerned Citiz. oh wait
A Converned GamerPosted at 6:42PM on Oct 15th 2008 by mko

@ mko

I don't know about you, but I can get patches for my Stardocked published games pretty easily without Impulse.

If you are talking about Beta stuff though, that is not an official patch or a completed product. Posted at 10:45PM on Oct 15th 2008 by sicsided

Well you can get them from Stardock Central as well. I meant .exe files downloaded from web.Posted at 9:39AM on Oct 16th 2008 by mko

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