Weet waar je rechten liggen met de onofficiële ”Gamer’s Bill of Rights”

Stardock, een software developer met onder andere WindowsBlinds en andere OS-mods op zijn naam, stelde recentelijk iets op waar veel gamers blij mee zullen zijn: “The Gamer’s Bill of Rights”: de zogenaamde rechten voor gamers. Deze rechten betreffen vooral de relatie tussen de gamende massa en de gamedevelopers en dient als een soort richtlijn voor de developers.

1. Gamers shall have the right to return games that don’t work with their computers for a full refund.
2. Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.
3. Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game’s release.
4. Gamers shall have the right to demand that download managers and updaters not force themselves to run or be forced to load in order to play a game.
5. Gamers shall have the right to expect that the minimum requirements for a game will mean that the game will play adequately on that computer.
6. Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won’t install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their consent.
7. Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.
8. Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers.
9. Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.
10. Gamers shall have the right that games which are installed to the hard drive shall not require a CD/DVD to remain in the drive to play.

Aldus Stardock. Of developers zich iets van deze tien geboden aantrekken moet dus nog maar blijken. Voor het volledige artikel klik je hier.