Ive had enough...

Ive had it...

The next stupid game that forces me to have countless accounts, for various stupid services (which are all part of the same stupid company) along with various stupid usernames and passwords no sod can remember, will be shoved up the....

Anyway, I really am fed-up of this, Its doing my head in trying to remember all my various passwords and there's simply no need. No wonder PC gaming isn't being taken so seriously, and for those that claim its losing sales, Ill put my hand up and say this is probably one of the reasons why. Account this, account that, password this.....I'm sorry, but what the hell happened to just sticking an alias in a box and playing?

Another thing is information.....
YOU DO *NOT* NEED TO KNOW MY NAME OR ADDRESS! IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE NO FIT (read: good) REASON FOR HOLDING THAT INFORMATION.

Its incredibly concerning how much information these people seem to "need"....

Ive had it...

The next stupid game that forces me to have countless accounts, for various stupid services (which are all part of the same stupid company) along with various stupid usernames and passwords no sod can remember, will be shoved up the....

Anyway, I really am fed-up of this, Its doing my head in trying to remember all my various passwords and there's simply no need. No wonder PC gaming isn't being taken so seriously, and for those that claim its losing sales, Ill put my hand up and say this is probably one of the reasons why. Account this, account that, password this.....I'm sorry, but what the hell happened to just sticking an alias in a box and playing?

Another thing is information.....
YOU DO *NOT* NEED TO KNOW MY NAME OR ADDRESS! IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE NO FIT (read: good) REASON FOR HOLDING THAT INFORMATION.

Its incredibly concerning how much information these people seem to "need"....

F4ll3n_1

Its called Xbox Live

If you feel like playing really good games and willing to sacrifice a little bit of convenience, come on back to PC.

If not, stick with console.

I find having a few accounts well worth the cost of playing awesome games online with more than 20 players, as opposed to having one acount and playing laggy ass games of TF2 and Modern Combat on 360 with 10 people

[QUOTE="F4ll3n_1"]

Ive had it...

The next stupid game that forces me to have countless accounts, for various stupid services (which are all part of the same stupid company) along with various stupid usernames and passwords no sod can remember, will be shoved up the....

Anyway, I really am fed-up of this, Its doing my head in trying to remember all my various passwords and there's simply no need. No wonder PC gaming isn't being taken so seriously, and for those that claim its losing sales, Ill put my hand up and say this is probably one of the reasons why. Account this, account that, password this.....I'm sorry, but what the hell happened to just sticking an alias in a box and playing?

Another thing is information.....
YOU DO *NOT* NEED TO KNOW MY NAME OR ADDRESS! IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE NO FIT (read: good) REASON FOR HOLDING THAT INFORMATION.

Its incredibly concerning how much information these people seem to "need"....

mrbojangles25

Its called Xbox Live

If you feel like playing really good games and willing to sacrifice a little bit of convenience, come on back to PC.

If not, stick with console.

I find having a few accounts well worth the cost of playing awesome games online with more than 20 players, as opposed to having one acount and playing laggy ass games of TF2 and Modern Combat on 360 with 10 people

[QUOTE="F4ll3n_1"]

Ive had it...

The next stupid game that forces me to have countless accounts, for various stupid services (which are all part of the same stupid company) along with various stupid usernames and passwords no sod can remember, will be shoved up the....

Anyway, I really am fed-up of this, Its doing my head in trying to remember all my various passwords and there's simply no need. No wonder PC gaming isn't being taken so seriously, and for those that claim its losing sales, Ill put my hand up and say this is probably one of the reasons why. Account this, account that, password this.....I'm sorry, but what the hell happened to just sticking an alias in a box and playing?

Another thing is information.....
YOU DO *NOT* NEED TO KNOW MY NAME OR ADDRESS! IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE NO FIT (read: good) REASON FOR HOLDING THAT INFORMATION.

Its incredibly concerning how much information these people seem to "need"....

mrbojangles25

Its called Xbox Live

If you feel like playing really good games and willing to sacrifice a little bit of convenience, come on back to PC.

If not, stick with console.

I find having a few accounts well worth the cost of playing awesome games online with more than 20 players, as opposed to having one acount and playing laggy ass games of TF2 and Modern Combat on 360 with 10 people

well said

and i hate GFW Live...it drove me nuts trying to set it up, its somewhat clunky, and microsoft expects me to pay them to get all of the features...i'd prefer to have several free accounts for my games

Ive had it...

The next stupid game that forces me to have countless accounts, for various stupid services (which are all part of the same stupid company) along with various stupid usernames and passwords no sod can remember, will be shoved up the....

Anyway, I really am fed-up of this, Its doing my head in trying to remember all my various passwords and there's simply no need. No wonder PC gaming isn't being taken so seriously, and for those that claim its losing sales, Ill put my hand up and say this is probably one of the reasons why. Account this, account that, password this.....I'm sorry, but what the hell happened to just sticking an alias in a box and playing?

Another thing is information.....
YOU DO *NOT* NEED TO KNOW MY NAME OR ADDRESS! IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE NO FIT (read: good) REASON FOR HOLDING THAT INFORMATION.

Its incredibly concerning how much information these people seem to "need"....

F4ll3n_1

1. What game are you crying about?

2. Why do you need to remember all these passwords? That's what MS Word is for.

[QUOTE="F4ll3n_1"]

Ive had it...

The next stupid game that forces me to have countless accounts, for various stupid services (which are all part of the same stupid company) along with various stupid usernames and passwords no sod can remember, will be shoved up the....

Anyway, I really am fed-up of this, Its doing my head in trying to remember all my various passwords and there's simply no need. No wonder PC gaming isn't being taken so seriously, and for those that claim its losing sales, Ill put my hand up and say this is probably one of the reasons why. Account this, account that, password this.....I'm sorry, but what the hell happened to just sticking an alias in a box and playing?

Another thing is information.....
YOU DO *NOT* NEED TO KNOW MY NAME OR ADDRESS! IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE NO FIT (read: good) REASON FOR HOLDING THAT INFORMATION.

Its incredibly concerning how much information these people seem to "need"....

Johnny_Rock

1. What game are you crying about?

2. Why do you need to remember all these passwords? That's what MS Word is for.

Well, in all honesty, it was trying to login to Hellgate that got to me just when I wrote that. Mainly cos yeah, I didnt write that particular pw down, now I cant remember it. Yes, you can write passwords down, but really its a matter of principal above anything, I just dont feel I should have to do it. There were never any real problems before and the old system wasnt exactly broke.

GFWL is probably the worst account system offender of the lot....you want me to PAY?! for something weve had for free all these years (yes, you still get silver free, but to play properly you need gold). Thats M$ trying to strike a monopoly it may undoubtedly actually get because nobody will turn round and give them the finger about it.

Well, in all honesty, it was trying to login to Hellgate that got to me just when I wrote that. Mainly cos yeah, I didnt write that particular pw down, now I cant remember it. Yes, you can write passwords down, but really its a matter of principal above anything, I just dont feel I should have to do it. There were never any real problems before and the old system wasnt exactly broke.

GFWL is probably the worst account system offender of the lot....you want me to PAY?! for something weve had for free all these years (yes, you still get silver free, but to play properly you need gold). Thats M$ trying to strike a monopoly it may undoubtedly actually get because nobody will turn round and give them the finger about it.

F4ll3n_1

LOL. "matter of principal, I just dont feel I should have to do it"? If your too "durr durr" to remember your own passwords, then yea, you HAVE to write them down. Plus, passwords are meant to protect you.

all my game related passwords are the same....Meu2k7

i hate how i have to have account usernames and passwords for things like email and gamespot and pin number for my bank account. i'm going to go back to those days of writing letters and reading game magazines and hiding my hard-earned cash in the back of my toilet.fireandcloud

Sometimes I would like to go back as well :)

Umm..I'd rather have dozens of usernames and passwords then have to be trapped to one service..which I have to pay for (XBL)

And maybe you should type your accounts down next time old man, you wont forget that way.

The OP does raise a valid point.MythPro1

No, it's better that the systems are separate. Remember what happened the last time the xbox live system went down?

Ive had it...

The next stupid game that forces me to have countless accounts, for various stupid services (which are all part of the same stupid company) along with various stupid usernames and passwords no sod can remember, will be shoved up the....

Anyway, I really am fed-up of this, Its doing my head in trying to remember all my various passwords and there's simply no need. No wonder PC gaming isn't being taken so seriously, and for those that claim its losing sales, Ill put my hand up and say this is probably one of the reasons why. Account this, account that, password this.....I'm sorry, but what the hell happened to just sticking an alias in a box and playing?

Another thing is information.....
YOU DO *NOT* NEED TO KNOW MY NAME OR ADDRESS! IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE NO FIT (read: good) REASON FOR HOLDING THAT INFORMATION.

Its incredibly concerning how much information these people seem to "need"....

F4ll3n_1

Ok, have fun in the world of sucky, always-ending, sh**y consoles. I'm sure you'll be much more satisfied.

"OMG, THIS IS MY 5TH XBOX 360! OMFGOMFGOM IT BROKE ON ME! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!"

Have fun with Microsuck.

Ive had it...

The next stupid game that forces me to have countless accounts, for various stupid services (which are all part of the same stupid company) along with various stupid usernames and passwords no sod can remember, will be shoved up the....

Anyway, I really am fed-up of this, Its doing my head in trying to remember all my various passwords and there's simply no need. No wonder PC gaming isn't being taken so seriously, and for those that claim its losing sales, Ill put my hand up and say this is probably one of the reasons why. Account this, account that, password this.....I'm sorry, but what the hell happened to just sticking an alias in a box and playing?

Another thing is information.....
YOU DO *NOT* NEED TO KNOW MY NAME OR ADDRESS! IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE NO FIT (read: good) REASON FOR HOLDING THAT INFORMATION.

Its incredibly concerning how much information these people seem to "need"....

F4ll3n_1

I have one email, one username and one password since i was 1. That way it doesnt bother me at all...

[QUOTE="Johnny_Rock"][QUOTE="F4ll3n_1"]

Ive had it...

The next stupid game that forces me to have countless accounts, for various stupid services (which are all part of the same stupid company) along with various stupid usernames and passwords no sod can remember, will be shoved up the....

Anyway, I really am fed-up of this, Its doing my head in trying to remember all my various passwords and there's simply no need. No wonder PC gaming isn't being taken so seriously, and for those that claim its losing sales, Ill put my hand up and say this is probably one of the reasons why. Account this, account that, password this.....I'm sorry, but what the hell happened to just sticking an alias in a box and playing?

Another thing is information.....
YOU DO *NOT* NEED TO KNOW MY NAME OR ADDRESS! IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE NO FIT (read: good) REASON FOR HOLDING THAT INFORMATION.

Its incredibly concerning how much information these people seem to "need"....

F4ll3n_1

1. What game are you crying about?

2. Why do you need to remember all these passwords? That's what MS Word is for.

Well, in all honesty, it was trying to login to Hellgate that got to me just when I wrote that. Mainly cos yeah, I didnt write that particular pw down, now I cant remember it. Yes, you can write passwords down, but really its a matter of principal above anything, I just dont feel I should have to do it. There were never any real problems before and the old system wasnt exactly broke.

GFWL is probably the worst account system offender of the lot....you want me to PAY?! for something weve had for free all these years (yes, you still get silver free, but to play properly you need gold). Thats M$ trying to strike a monopoly it may undoubtedly actually get because nobody will turn round and give them the finger about it.

Ugh. Hellgate was a waste of money for me too. But you need to create an account for any online game. It's just a sign of the times. Now as far as paying for GFWL... that's a whole other story.

Real Nice....The man comes on and makes a valid point about how we are losing our privacy and he gets attacked by a bunch of 12 year olds calling him cry baby and making other stupid remarks. Look, if you can't make a positive contribution to the post then do everyone a favor and STFU and go pick your nose and play with your belly button. This is why people have migrated to other forums because GS seems to be filled with nothing but little kids and their smart a$$ed comments anymore. People should not buy computers for kids. They don't have enough maturity or sense to interact with the real world properly. As for the OP, I agree whole heartedly. They do ask for too much info. Why? so they can sell your name and info to a marketing company. Once you have paid for a disk and had to use the serial number to either install it or get online then they do not need anymore information about you. It is NONE of thier business. They just want to make another buck off you by selling your info. Thank you for Dicsussing something other then "Can my computer run Crysys?" or "Why Can't I run Crysis?"MrUnSavory1

Might want to try taking your own advise.

P.S. Try reading the whole thread before you post.

all my game related passwords are the same....Meu2k7

Recently, i have been using the same PWs, but it still makes no difference that i couldnt be bothered to write it down at the time.

I think people have got the wrong end of what Im saying though;

1. I never said I was going to consoles (PS; Ive only been through one 360 in the two years and I had a launch model)

2. All Im trying to say is that its annoying and intrusive, and anybody who has never found these systems to be this way has probably taken hippo tranquiliser at some point prior.

I don't see the problem, use the same name and password for all those games. You have good enough memory to remember your one or two names and a password, right?artur79

Yeah, its remembering those that I used before I started using the same ones, thats the major problem.

Oh, and yeah, the guy above is right about phone numbers, that is one they SERIOUSLY dont need to know for any data purposes whatsoever. In fact, some of these companies might really 'benefit' from a Data Protection audit or something.

A few days ago I was thinking the same thing. I bought Two Worlds on Steam and suddenly the game asked me for my adress, last name etc after starting the game up for the first time. Needless to say I gave them bogus info as I do not consider that info they need to know. The username and password stuff doesn't really bother me as I've been using the same for years, but I understand your feeling towards it. Irongrinder1

That's sort of how I feel about it.

Username and password to play a game online? Sure, that seems reasonable enough. Asking for my home address just to play your game? No thanks.

On a somewhat related note, I'm also pretty peeved that some games are requiring internet connection just to play the single-player mode. What happens if the internet is down? I'm just not allowed to play the games I legally purchased? That's probably the biggest thing holding me back from really tying to get into buying games on Steam- for now, I'll be looking for disc copies or downloadable titles that don't treat me like a criminal.