for pete's sake you still have to buy a hard copy to get a cd key?

[teratravp]

Argggghhh.

My trial is over and I assumed at this point I'd just be able to subscribe from the launchpad, give my credit card number, and get down to game bidness.

No such luck. They want me to go out and buy a box, a jewel case and cd, and an I'm sure horribly outdated manual for a game that is accessed and was obtained entirely online. Ah well, return me to the list of tentative lurkers until I happen to be in a store its in or they let me buy a cd key (why not just give one to someone subscribing) online.

[worldvengence]

they want their money...hense why they charge u $40-50 for the key, then 12 a month...they already sold the games to the stores, so they aready put out the money to get them there, so unless u buy it from SonyStore or locally, ur S.O.L.

[Eldanesh]

The 30-day windows xp trial gives you a cd key, check it out, you should not have to dl it to get the key.

[BigFreak]

...cept it doesn't work any more.

[JakeLogan]

I was in a store a couple days ago and saw the game selling for like 30-40 bucks.

[hazzer2007]

Go to http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/...uctCode=KT4176 if you live in the uk. Only �36.95 with 30 days free and free diliverly.

[worldvengence]

all PS orders come with 30 days free...and the running cost is always about $40

[teratravp]

the price is 19.99 right now at amazon and everywhere i imagine... the nuisance is either ordering or picking it up... i wanna play now and there's really nothing i need physically, only a cd key, ah well, I'll pick it up somewhere or other

[teratravp]

HOORAY the gamespot key still works to subscribe from... I don't have to buy the box!!!

Score one for Mr. Cheap!!!


How do you do it you may ask?

Use THIS google archived page only:

http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8


Enter your email, and the email will HAVE to be a hotmail or yahoo account, I have no idea why, but I can verify that it doesn't respond to others.

Your key will be sent to that and you can use it to subscribe. (not for a trial anymore it appears though) but this saves you $20-40 from having to buy the retail.

hope this helps someone else if they were going to subscribe from the trial.

[worldvengence]

EXPLOIT! Tell the Devs...lmao j/k

[Seer]

The other day I saw PS in stores for $20.

[Strygun]

You don't have to buy the game to get a Cd key. You can buy CD keys off the station store. (If not, just buy the game in the store (it's a download, you don't have to get a hard copy) and use the key it gives.

[ORANGE]

yeah isn't it sad 20 dollars for PSide what has the world come to.

[Lartnev]

I know this situation has already been resolved but just food for thought

why is it so strange that you need to buy a copy to get a cd-key? I mean any other demo that runs out/you complete you have to pay for the full version of the game so why not Planetside?

[hazzer2007]

$40 for running fee, hah, In good old England, it's onlt �6 (ish), thanks to the exchange rate.