Re: Your posts are like the lovechild of a video game fanboy and a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.
Macharius Send a noteboard - 09/06/2010 02:18:17 PM
Not everyone is sufficiently willing or knowledgeable to break laws and pirate video games. DRM is not excessively effective, but it does deter some people, and it allows companies to go after pirates via the DMCA.
DRM isn't really about preventing piracy (real pirates will break DRM in a matter of days if not hours), but about circumventing the First-Sale Doctrine and getting a cut of the used-game market. Take Dragon Age, for example. If you buy the retail copy for $50, you get a promotional code for DLC "for free". On the used game market, you buy Dragon Age for $20 or $30, but to get that same extra content you have to pay an additional $15 for the DLC (which, by the way, won't work if you don't have a permanent online connection to EA as I discovered to my immense displeasure).
This message last edited by Macharius on 09/06/2010 at 02:31:27 PM
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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