Deus Ex: The Fall is the latest title in the Deus Ex franchise and it recently launched on iOS devices for the sum of £4.99. There was some backlash when the game was first announced but that eventually died down. However, it looks like a whole new storm is going to break.
A member of Reddit, going by the username KipEnyan, posted a screenshot on the site that contained a message that stated firing weapons was not available on jailbroken devices.
This restriction is only apparent after a person has already paid for the game. The message itself doesn’t appear until part way through the tutorial. This is also a rather presumptuous move by Square Enix who seem to believe that anyone who has jailbroken their phone,not illegal by the way, is going to download apps for free.
I could understand if this was a restriction placed in pirated copies of Deus Ex: The Fall, which would be a good choice. I mean who can forget the giant, invincible pink scorpion present in pirated copies of Serious Sam 3? That’s fine. However putting such a restriction in a game people have paid for, therefore rendering it useless in some cases, could be considered a serious breach of consumer rights and law.
It’s currently unclear what Square Enix will do in response to this situation. The sensible thing would be to remove the offending restriction from legitimate copies. Or offer refunds to those who bought the game and couldn’t play it.
Source: Reddit
CNWLshadow
I don’t have any personal experience of jail-breaking but for those who do have a jailbroken device there is a tweak called xCon that can bypass jailbreak detection. It has been confirmed to work with Deus Ex
xdarkmagician
Square E has issued a statement:
“We have not been clear in our communication earlier this week when we launched Deus Ex: The Fall. We did not state clearly that the game would not support jailbroken devices and so we will be switching this off via an update, so that all the supported iOS devices will be able to play the game in the near future. We feel it’s the right thing to do in this situation and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. No customer should be out of pocket when we were not clear from the start, so we’ll get the game updated as soon as possible so that everyone who wants to play Deus Ex: The Fall can do regardless of whether their device is jailbroken or not. As soon as this update is live we will communicate this via the Eidos Montreal Community channels”