DRM and PC Gaming

[CraigDolphin]

Heh...looks like I'm not the only one getting riled up about excessive DRM on PC games.

http://www.amazon.com/Spore-Pc/dp/B000FKBCX4

 

[Minkey]

To prove my first point about what can be done can be undone Spore was cracked within 2 days of release (4 days before it was released in the US and UK) so that no online activation was required.

 

[CraigDolphin]

Absolutely true. And yet they persist in alienating their customer with restrictions that have zero impact on piracy in order to....what...fight piracy? Puh-lease.

 

[CraigDolphin]

Well, to give due credit...Bioware just announced their next big game, Dragon Age: Origins will feature a return to simple disk checks without the malware and online activation requirements.

That's two thumbs up from me

 

[Atomic Shrimp]

DRM really winds me up. I buy a DVD, then every time I watch it, I have to sit through a sermon about how I shouldn't buy pirate copies. But I didn't do that - I bought the bl**dy thing!

Not only is this shoddy targeting, but it's counter-productive - because I don't want to sit through the lecture, I've sought out software to enable me to re-author the DVD without the preachy bit. I keep the original DVD in storage and watch the hacked copy.

So the rights management action pushed me - a reasonably law-abiding citizen - one step closer to piracy than would have happened if they just let me watch the film.

 

[CraigDolphin]

Yeah it can be a pain. That's probably how Spore wound up the most pirated pc game in 2008 too

 

[570rm47]

i will admit that im a part-time pirate but not now with all this new stuff going down here in nz,
but i will say that every game or piece of software that i have used an illegal copy of that has proved itself out has made me go and buy a legitimate copy.

 

[Steve R.]

i will admit that im a part-time pirate but not now with all this new stuff going down here in nz,
but i will say that every game or piece of software that i have used an illegal copy of that has proved itself out has made me go and buy a legitimate copy.

Along those lines, why pay for a game that may not work or that you may not like when there is NO hope of getting a refund!!! I would say, that the industry is "creating" piracy by treating the consumer as someone to gouge.

How To Turn A Legitimate Buyer Into A Pirate In Five Easy Steps

 

[MrsGorilla]

Along those lines, why pay for a game that may not work or that you may not like when there is NO hope of getting a refund!!! I would say, that the industry is "creating" piracy by treating the consumer as someone to gouge.

How To Turn A Legitimate Buyer Into A Pirate In Five Easy Steps

Haha, loved the cartoon that was linked to from that article.