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Old 11-12-2008, 04:12 PM   #8
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As far as the Adventure Shop (or any download shop) having this restriction, I think you'll find the restriction is down to the individual game publishers, not the shop.

And to reiterate the point, a virtual machine, by definition, is not an actual machine. All the games in the shop come with specifications for a PC. Even if a virtual machine is intended to emulate a PC with a particular configuration it may not do so perfectly. This is really no different from buying a game where you have a PC that doesn't fit the specs. The buyer has chosen to take the risk that the game won't run at all by opting to run it on a machine that doesn't meet the specs in some way.

I can appreciate it's annoying, especially for anyone that's had no problems running apparently similar spec games on a virtual machine in the past. I still think you'd struggle forcing a refund because a game you bought won't run on a machine it's not actually designed for. (though a good shop will attempt to help you do so, as Damon has done above). The only people you might have a valid argument with is the virtual machine programmers for creating a virtual machine that doesn't perfectly emulate the specs you need.
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