Cuddles :
Slysoft makes Game Jackal which I feel should be embraced by all the Gaming Developers. Most Gamers would like to just put the disk in, have it fully install, and then just put the Disk on our shelf. If the Gaming Developers embraced Game Jackal they could use the software as a form of DRM and give the players a choice like they want.
I know nothing about game jackal but I do know that I hate having to swap disks to change games, and risk damageing the games through normal play, lowering their potential life span... (I do like going back and playing ancient games).
I have no pirated software and no pirated media, yet I became a "criminal" in the UK for convenience sake by ripping my extensive legally purchased music collection onto the computer (no fair use policies over here) so as to preserve the original media and make it far more convenient to use, no more swapping cd's I can have all my tracks on shuffle... - I have no real issues saying this publicly as the prime minister of this country was caught out doing this and made no apologies. Apparantly usefullness and user friendliness are criminal desires...
I far prefer to install a game once every time I need to resetup a PC, and then leave the disk on the shelf knowing I can go back to it in perfect condition in 10 years time (I play games which are even older than that at times
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DRM that interferes only with legal users is a major annoyance...