GTA3 "Hot Coffee" Class Action Settlement
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GTA3 "Hot Coffee" Class Action Settlement
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165672
Looks like if you can prove you bought GTA3 before 7/20/05, you are entitled up to $35 cash from Take Two Interactive. Is anyone doing this? Personally, I think it is kind of despicable for anyone to take advantage of this company by squeezing 35 bucks out of them for a game you enjoyed, but that is just me...
Looks like if you can prove you bought GTA3 before 7/20/05, you are entitled up to $35 cash from Take Two Interactive. Is anyone doing this? Personally, I think it is kind of despicable for anyone to take advantage of this company by squeezing 35 bucks out of them for a game you enjoyed, but that is just me...
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I'm hardly "Mr Ethical", but that lawsuit is 100% bullshit and there's no way I'd claim a cent for my "hardship" of playing that game. Now if they offered a rebate on GTA IV, on the other hand....
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As a protest and counterbalance to this, I'm going to pick up Rockstar's Bully for the 360, even though I already own and have completed the game for the PS2. Granted, I was possibly buying it anyway, but this 'settlement' and the idea that some vultures will take advantage of it angers me into making this a definite decision.
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I bought the game the weekend it came out and enabled the Hot Coffee crack as soon as I heard of it. I laughed heartedly when Carl got a hummer from his girl in the middle of the street right after a gunfight.
The people behind this lawsuit can take the $35 and shove it frankly.
The people behind this lawsuit can take the $35 and shove it frankly.
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Who keeps a receipt for a video game they bought more than two years ago?
This lawsuit is the typical bullshit. To even see the Hot Coffee, you have to install a third-party mod. You will never see any Hot Coffee in the normal retail version.
What's next, a lawsuit against Tomb Raider because someone made a nude Lara Croft mod? Or how about the mod that lets you run around as a topless female in Oblivion? Or the nude mod for DOAX Extreme Beach Volleyball? Heck, there are probably more games with nude mods than without, especially in PC gaming.
This lawsuit is the typical bullshit. To even see the Hot Coffee, you have to install a third-party mod. You will never see any Hot Coffee in the normal retail version.
What's next, a lawsuit against Tomb Raider because someone made a nude Lara Croft mod? Or how about the mod that lets you run around as a topless female in Oblivion? Or the nude mod for DOAX Extreme Beach Volleyball? Heck, there are probably more games with nude mods than without, especially in PC gaming.
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Originally Posted by flair
I bought it on release day. I have a detailed receipt. No way in hell would I ever claim the money.
Your not one of those wierdos that has a huge drawer full of reciepts for every product, grocery or food item you've eaten in the last 5 years are you?
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If I could prove it I would take the cash. 35 bucks for a game that is 2-3 years old isn't to shabby.
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Originally Posted by taffer
Who keeps a receipt for a video game they bought more than two years ago?
This lawsuit is the typical bullshit. To even see the Hot Coffee, you have to install a third-party mod. You will never see any Hot Coffee in the normal retail version.
What's next, a lawsuit against Tomb Raider because someone made a nude Lara Croft mod? Or how about the mod that lets you run around as a topless female in Oblivion? Or the nude mod for DOAX Extreme Beach Volleyball? Heck, there are probably more games with nude mods than without, especially in PC gaming.
This lawsuit is the typical bullshit. To even see the Hot Coffee, you have to install a third-party mod. You will never see any Hot Coffee in the normal retail version.
What's next, a lawsuit against Tomb Raider because someone made a nude Lara Croft mod? Or how about the mod that lets you run around as a topless female in Oblivion? Or the nude mod for DOAX Extreme Beach Volleyball? Heck, there are probably more games with nude mods than without, especially in PC gaming.
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Originally Posted by Layziebones
Why?
Your not one of those wierdos that has a huge drawer full of reciepts for every product, grocery or food item you've eaten in the last 5 years are you?
Your not one of those wierdos that has a huge drawer full of reciepts for every product, grocery or food item you've eaten in the last 5 years are you?
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What's amazing is that it isn't the '$1 off your next purchase' crap like most class action settlements usually are. And in this case it's for something which is highly questionable to have harmed anyone, gotta love it.
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Originally Posted by Layziebones
Why?
Your not one of those wierdos that has a huge drawer full of reciepts for every product, grocery or food item you've eaten in the last 5 years are you?
Your not one of those wierdos that has a huge drawer full of reciepts for every product, grocery or food item you've eaten in the last 5 years are you?
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Don't hold onto any receipts, but if I did I would take the 35 bucks. Of course then I probably would go buy Bully with it or put it towards GTA4, but oh well.
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Originally Posted by Layziebones
Why?
Your not one of those wierdos that has a huge drawer full of reciepts for every product, grocery or food item you've eaten in the last 5 years are you?
Your not one of those wierdos that has a huge drawer full of reciepts for every product, grocery or food item you've eaten in the last 5 years are you?
Here's my turn at name-calling. Anyone who enjoys video games and cashes in on this is a douchebag and deserves to travel to Jack Thompson's house and give him a hummer.
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Originally Posted by Layziebones
Why?
Your not one of those wierdos that has a huge drawer full of reciepts for every product, grocery or food item you've eaten in the last 5 years are you?
Your not one of those wierdos that has a huge drawer full of reciepts for every product, grocery or food item you've eaten in the last 5 years are you?
Never bought GTA:SA but even if I did I doubt I would claim this.
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...I keep my receipts too.
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Originally Posted by xmiyux
Maybe he keeps it filed under G. Just like doughnut receipts go filed under D.