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If you go on the Mass Effect 3 website, you’ll note that BioWare advertises these two things as key features of the game:
Unfortunately, both of these statements are rather inaccurate. The ending of Mass Effect 3 is pretty immutable, which is why fans have started a petition to change it. One gamer, who goes by the name of El_Spiko, felt that it was economically unfair for BioWare to advertise something that wasn’t in their game, and so he filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. On this point, the Better Business Bureau agreed, having concluded that the website’s statements do constitute false advertising.
Perhaps this growing trend of gamers making the government aware of questionable business practices will make game developers be a little bit more honest with their fan bases. By Angelo M. D’Argenio |