Buying game should enable download of Show episodes

[Capt Aikens]

IF you're really concerned AND you don't mind paying, there is always iTunes, Xbox Video (aka Zune), Amazon, Google Play, Vudu, etc... Obviously every country will be different and not every content provider is licensed worldwide, but in this day and age there are legitimate ways to access content on a timely basis...not that surpassing Doctor Who as the #1 illegally downloaded TV show would be a bad thing, lol, but let's face it, the only vote we have that really counts is where we spend our money...

[KingMike]

Can only hope that SyFy streams it at the same time it airs, or if Trion Worlds streams it. Thing is it should be open for all to see.


-M

[Cavadus]

New episodes should stream directly through the launcher IMO.

[Caios]

*waits for Defiance to be the most illegally downloaded tv show ever.*

Interesting note. The last I heard the current most illegally downloaded TV show ever is Game of Thrones.

The reason for this is very simple, it's a very popular show with extremely restrictive viewing options. You must pay a premium just to have access to the HBO content, and it has to go through an appropriate paid television provider like your cable company. There is no option to view it on any number of streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu. Your only other option is to wait for the DVD release. If you want to actually talk to friends about what happened in the show that week this is not much of an option.

It's funny because if they had made the show available through other means they would be able to rake in a TON of revenue from people that would no longer be pirating it. The solution to piracy has always been simple, make quality products, make it easy to get.

Ultimately it's up to SyFy to make sure the content becomes available. And they have far more to gain by making sure their customers have access to the show.

[Krazee DD]

That would be pretty sweet. It would hurt long term sales of the show, but still would be cool in the now.

[rmn498]

I usually watch the SyFy (why did they bother changing the name from Sci-Fi?) shows that I want to watch through Hulu as I don't have cable. However, according to Hulu this is SyFy's policing regarding streaming shows:

For Syfy scripted television, the first four episodes of every season will be made available online the day after they air. Every episode after the initial four will be available 30 days after air. 5 episodes will be available at a time.

If the show has any significant impact on the game, then not having access to new episodes in a timely manner will most likely impact my willingness to play the game, which is unfortunate as I've had the opportunity to play in last weekend's Beta and had a lot fun. I'd like to continue to support Trion (I've been playing Rift since its beta), but if SyFy cannot hold up their end of this project I may have to skip this one.

[MuKi1115]

They should simply include an ad-financed webstream (or the link to it...) in the game launcher and everyone will be happy!

DO YOU HEAR THAT SCYFY AND TRION PEOPLE!!!!!!

[Viciouz]

That would ruin sales of the DVD/ BluRay set and enable a further source of piracy imho.