Are the 2 avatars limited edition?

For those of us who showed loyalty through the outage, it’s frustrating to see that loyalty picked at in little ways.

The only reason we didn’t get the promised discount is because of an error on the Sony side that was the result of lax security and (if some reports are true) a fired security staff. I don’t blame Sony for the outage. Crime is crime and frankly we shouldn’t need to protect ourselves from it. Obviously in a world of game theory and a lack of collective action we MUST account for crime, but the criminals are ultimately to blame.

However, that doesn’t mean that moments like this aren’t fractionally damning to a company’s reputation.

I’m still a huge Sony fan and supporter, but I went ahead and bought my copy of Beyond Good and Evil from XBox Live as a tiny protest.

Back to the discount promise not kept. For those who purchased a Plus account and this was one of the deciding factors, then I must say that will only hurt Sony’s and Ubisoft’s sales of this title. It will also hurt Sony with word getting around that they don’t keep their promises. If you saw a Sony promise that enticed you to get a Plus account, would you pay for that service now? That’s very bad business.

I was hyped to see this game coming. I was even more hyped to buy at launch date or at least within the first week so I could take advantage of the free avatars. After this little stunt though that’s a sale lost. Particularly since it’s been over two months of anticipation and details coming in of sales that should be happening.

I know that sounds cheap but… Keep your promises. To have constant questions about this title for months on top of questions about the PS+ discount go unanswered until less than a week before the game finally launches for a region is bad practices that come out of the Activision playbook.