GAA - Hitman Absolution

Hitman Absolution has just done the impossible, going from pissing me off to making me damn happy.  The friendly courier has just delivered my copy of Hitman Absolution, after opening the box I found the bane of my life, an online pass.  For those of you who don't know the online content of the game is a mode where users can create their own hits from the games existing levels and post them online, sounds like loads of fun and as someone who has played the previous versions of the game over and over having the opportunity to vary the already varied levels in potentially thousands of different ways.

The game was shaping up to be fantastic value for your money if this kind of experience if your thing, it's certainly mine and that code potentially changed my feelings on everything.  Minutes after Tweeting this I found this short article that has stated that Square Enix has made a sensible decision.  After shipping the games complete with the online pass codes someone in the organisation has considered the current consumer backlash against this kind of penalisation against used games.  They have since decided to remove the cost to the online pass so it is available for obtain at no cost.

Congratulations Square Enix, for that you have earned yourself the second ever GAA status, I hope this decision is one you stick to for your future releases.

Did Square Enix chicken out on it's online pass?  The answer is irrelevant, ultimately  they made the right choice