I have to agree... the more restrictions and hassles they put on playing purchased games
BlackAdder Send a noteboard - 09/06/2010 05:37:40 AM
The more they will be pirated.
When games were 29.99 and there was no need for authentication and people with relatively low tech-skills could make their own no-CD workarounds, piracy and lost revenues were a lot less.
Now, they raise the price of games to 59.99 because of piracy, which of course leads to more... you guessed it... piracy. Plus, on top of that mess, they add these ridiculous restrictions like needing to have an internet connection to activate it before playing (even for single player). The incentives to pirate have never been higher... and as a famous economist once said - "incentives matter"
When games were 29.99 and there was no need for authentication and people with relatively low tech-skills could make their own no-CD workarounds, piracy and lost revenues were a lot less.
Now, they raise the price of games to 59.99 because of piracy, which of course leads to more... you guessed it... piracy. Plus, on top of that mess, they add these ridiculous restrictions like needing to have an internet connection to activate it before playing (even for single player). The incentives to pirate have never been higher... and as a famous economist once said - "incentives matter"
Starcraft II won't have crazy DRM.
- 28/05/2010 01:59:14 PM
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Could be worse. I'm still miffed about its release structure, though. I feel milked.
- 28/05/2010 03:01:54 PM
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Still a load of shit.
- 28/05/2010 06:39:46 PM
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I'm pretty anti-DRM, but one-time connection seems reasonable enough.
- 28/05/2010 07:03:24 PM
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Don't get so excited, sheesh.
- 28/05/2010 11:04:47 PM
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Go start your own game company? Really? That's the only response?
- 08/06/2010 03:49:33 AM
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Even just a single authentication?
- 08/06/2010 05:00:38 AM
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Will they?
- 08/06/2010 06:50:01 PM
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Re: Will they?
- 09/06/2010 12:06:38 AM
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If you think DRM will stop pirating...it wont
- 09/06/2010 12:21:03 AM
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Your posts are like the lovechild of a video game fanboy and a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.
- 09/06/2010 03:05:34 AM
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Re: Your posts are like the lovechild of a video game fanboy and a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.
- 09/06/2010 02:18:17 PM
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I have to agree... the more restrictions and hassles they put on playing purchased games
- 09/06/2010 05:37:40 AM
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Who doesn't have the internet these days?
- 09/06/2010 06:08:19 AM
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The majority of people, actually.
- 09/06/2010 06:27:30 AM
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That's just a terrible argument. If they have no Internet, they can't illegally download games.
- 10/06/2010 02:18:34 AM
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I think he was saying ...
- 10/06/2010 03:10:08 AM
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