SecuROM is back! BioWare recently announced that the upcoming Mass Effect PC version will use the notorious DRM, as will another major EA title: Spore.
posted 5/7/08 by Oh Snap: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] s-security I think a lot of people would find this new security measure to be insulting and intrusive, almost as if you walked into a store, bought a monitor, checked out at the exit (to make sure it wasn't stolen), and then one of the employees from the store stops by your house every 10 days to make sure the monitor still isn't stolen.
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posted 5/8/08 by Rob Wright http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2008/05/08/drm_ea/ It's a little like buying a can of paint at a Home Depot and having the guy in the orange apron check your receipt on your way out the door and then have the orange apron show up at your house every 10 days to check the receipt again and again.
Is that Rob Wright agreeing yet again with me? Not only that, but he agrees with one of my analogies? Oh Snap indeed.
You know... when they said a mix of technology and post release DLC I thought they were pretty content with their current level of technological implementation and were adding the DLC.
And to think that I was looking forward to buying this game.... Now I'm really unsure wether I'll choose to buy it or not. I find these kind of protection scheme to be totally abusive, especially in regard with the fact that this is a solo game.
Basically, this makes a working internet connection a requirement for the game which I find to be very restrictive. Moreover, the opacity of the system, as well as the need for regular updates forces you to give all kind of informations to the people at EA / Bioware without having any real control on that imformation. They don't trust you at all, but you have to trust them all the way, the very idea is disturbing.... And that's not even mentioning all the problems that might occur because of it, like the game refusing to run if certain programms are running or such things.
Honestly, I don't see how piracy justifes that we should have to submit to such things. This reminds me of the problems concerning private liberties and the alleged war against terrorism. There's just a moment where the end doesn't justify the mean no more, no matter the fact that you agree with the objective....
Honestly, I don't see how piracy justifes that we should have to submit to such things. This reminds me of the problems concerning private liberties and the alleged war against terrorism. There's just a moment where the end doesn't justify the mean no more, no matter the fact that you agree with the objective....
When it comes to SecuROM, which has a bad history almost as much as StarForce for wrecking people's computers....... any usage of it goes past the 'ends justifying the means' argument.
It is simply time for computer game developers and game developers as a whole, along with the music and movie makers, to realize that for a long time now, they have been charging way too much for their products.
The only people who I personally know to have pirated games..... they only do it because the games are too expensive for them when they first come out. They will buy a legal edition 3-6 months later, once the price comes down to a more real 15-20 dollars.
The game manufacturers have to realize that they are pricing themselves out of most people's pockets, and when it comes between free but maybe with viruses and a $60 dollar real version of the game..... Free and maybe with viruses is going to win out EVERY SINGLE TIME. At the same comparison at a 20 dollar price point for the real game...... the real thing usually wins out.
Because of this drm I will not buy either of these games. This will probably be a trend, a trend that will be blamed on pirates. If I do realy want this game I will download it make sure it works all the way to the end then buy it! There is not much chance of this happening so I guess I lose out again. Crapy sony malware!!
I hope the ps3 starts supporting the mouse and keyboard for shooters so I can continue to play them.
This has the potential to make alot of honest people pirates just to make a point. After all why should the paying customer be punished?
Because of this drm I will not buy either of these games. This will probably be a trend, a trend that will be blamed on pirates. If I do realy want this game I will download it make sure it works all the way to the end then buy it! There is not much chance of this happening so I guess I lose out again. Crapy sony malware!!
I hope the ps3 starts supporting the mouse and keyboard for shooters so I can continue to play them.
This has the potential to make alot of honest people pirates just to make a point. After all why should the paying customer be punished?
That is the question that a lot of people like myself have been asking: why should they put anti-piracy protection on these games that ONLY punishes their LEGITIMATE customers? There just is no legitimate reason, and I told Ascaron Entertainment that about the copy-protection on Sacred and Sacred Underworld.
Someone in our government needs to take a stand and say "No more DRM! It only penalizes legitimate customers!"
