Unfortunately, I see a shitstorm coming your way...
I believe you that you mean well and I myself as a heavy Steam user am not bothered by it, but some people might be really offended by this code.
Effectively you are undermining second-hand sales with this code. Someone who buys a retail copy without this code second-hand will be really screwd (not the pirates, they will have their updated builds anyway).
Until now your mantra was: Pirates are not our concern, we want to convince our loyal customers with quality products.
Now you're saying: We need a code to protect ourselves from pirates.
That's a huge difference for some people.
And another thought:
Why do you even risk this shitstorm for a few retail copies anyway?
Yes, your retail copies come with a lot of extras, but in the end the big majority will buy the game on GOG and even Steam, where there isn't even an option to sell it second-hand.
So why risk this potential shitstorm? You could have been the shining white knight of PC-Gaming once more, now some people will have very bitter thoughts about this.
I believe you that you mean well and I myself as a heavy Steam user am not bothered by it, but some people might be really offended by this code.
Effectively you are undermining second-hand sales with this code. Someone who buys a retail copy without this code second-hand will be really screwd (not the pirates, they will have their updated builds anyway).
Until now your mantra was: Pirates are not our concern, we want to convince our loyal customers with quality products.
Now you're saying: We need a code to protect ourselves from pirates.
That's a huge difference for some people.
And another thought:
Why do you even risk this shitstorm for a few retail copies anyway?
Yes, your retail copies come with a lot of extras, but in the end the big majority will buy the game on GOG and even Steam, where there isn't even an option to sell it second-hand.
So why risk this potential shitstorm? You could have been the shining white knight of PC-Gaming once more, now some people will have very bitter thoughts about this.