Every EB I've every walked into had removed all the contents from the box - the boxes on the shelves were all empty, so it must have been those unreliable staff that work there that stole the serial number. :(
I cannot help but wonder how many other people out there have copies they are unable to register and therefor update. I have just gone through the EULA with a fine tooth comb. Clearly this is like most commercial software out there - I may own a copy of the software, but is given the "privilege" of actually getting full use out of it by being provided with a serial number, which may, at any point, be canceled by the vendor. I've been in the software industry for 10 years and k
I buy all my games from EB and have [B]never[/B] had problems with serial numbers. This is the first time. To me that says that it's not the retailer, but the company providing the serial numbers. Enough said. I like the game, pity about the after-sale service from the creators :-(
This is the reponse I got from Stardock: [I]My apologies but that is not the account or name that the account is listed to. If this is your first time registering Sins of a Solar Empire, you have purchased a used copy. Please be aware that per our end user license agreement, licenses cannot be transferred once sold. That said, there are some options. 1. The Sins CD's do not have any copy protection. You may install and play the retail version of the
I discovered that I needed to install the latest update to get the option to make Pirates inactive. Now I leave them to play with each other instead of harassing me ;)
I must be missing something from my game, because I don't have an option to make Pirates inactive (:(
I've got the same problem. Bought the game from my local EB store and entered the serial number exactly as printed on the back of the 'Training Manual'. I get the same [I]The serial number you have entered does not belong to the email address you have entered. To register this serial number you must use the same email address in which you used to purchase the game.[/I] message.
