• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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      8 hours ago

      I mean yeah.

      I had to install some program and connect online to PLAY A SINGLE PLAYER GAME? I have the CD already and entered my CD key. Why does it need validation?

      This is surely the death of PC gaming.

      • me in 2005
      • Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee
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        7 hours ago

        Oh MAN. I forgot about those times, hand typing in a 36 character CD key that was spat out by a dot matrix printer with questionable typeset legibility…

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          6 hours ago

          And importing foreign copies because they sold for cheaper in other countries. I still have a Korean box copy of Call of Duty 2. After buying one, my household needed a second so that I could play at the same time as my sibling, and didn’t want to spend a whole $50 for the privilege.