EA follows Ubisoft, will sell titles with 'always on' DRM - Polidicks

[quote]Following in [B]Ubisoft's[/B] [URL="http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/03/04/ubisoft_always_connected_drm_cracked_on_first_day"]footsteps[/URL], [B]Electronic Arts[/B] has confirmed that upcoming games from the publisher will include the very controversial "always on" [B][URL="http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/drm.cfm"]DRM[/URL][/B] scheme that forces gamers to be connected to the Internet at all times or lose the ability to play their games. The first EA title to include the DRM will be [B][URL="http://www.blasteroids.com/games/details.cfm/command_and_conquer"]Command & Conquer[/URL] 4[/B]. While gaming, if you ever lose connection to the Internet, or even if EA's servers go down for any reason, you will not be able to play C&C4, not even in single player mode. Ubisoft [URL="http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/03/09/ubisoft_drm_servers_hit_by_ddos_attack"]learned the hard way[/URL] that the system is flawed and does nothing but push legitimate buyers over to pirated versions, which allow for full playback without DRM, but it seems clear that EA will have to learn the same lesson on their own terms.[/quote] Whoops forgot the source: [url]http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/03/18/ea_follows_ubisoft_will_sell_titles_with_always_on_drm[/url] [IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/dn1zwl.jpg[/IMG]

Shit is going to hit the fan.

What a stupid move

I will never buy any of this DRM

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s[/media]

...Oh shite, ME3?

Oh for fuck's sake.

What if your internet cuts out or they do maintenance on it? Fuck, are developers really this stupid?

Oh look, shitty DRM that punishes legitimate users. Please remain calm, folks, nothing to worry about here, there will be a crack out in a matter hours "fixing" the issues. Looks like someone will have to update this to work with EA's DRM: [code]Removed by Hexxeh[/code] [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Encouraging DDoS" - Hexxeh))[/highlight]

Fuck no.

Reason #601 why we love Valve.

i only get single player games for times of boredom, like when my internet is out.

Meanwhile, at Valve. [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/2w33o84.jpg[/img]

Good Game EA, Good Game.

Valve know that DRM systems like this lower the value of the product, and then just encourage more pirates

EA and Ubisoft can shove a rusty nail up their dicks.

Just when EA seemed to be improving its customer-company relationship... :sigh:

Now this would be understandable with online games such as Bad Company 2.

Are they just trying to piss us off? It looks like they are.

When are companies going to catch on and realize they're creating incentive to pirate

I just don't get their mentality; its going to be cracked anyway

EA made pretty shitty games to begin with, doesn't really concern me.

just wait till they do this to battlefield 3....

Let's DDoS EA's DRM servers when they launch the game so nobody can play :D In actuality, what's the point? Turn on always on DRM, and you promote piracy.

[QUOTE=nicatronTg;20841013]Let's DDoS EA's DRM servers when they launch the game so nobody can play :D [/QUOTE] Right on it.

That's fucking stupid. What am I suppose to do now when the internet goes out and I can't even enjoy a game one singleplayer?

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;20840926]When are companies going to catch on and realize they're creating incentive to pirate[/QUOTE] At the way they keep increasing this, makes me think they have. Piracy is just going to a build up to a point till they can say "Look, our games are just being pirated on PC let's drop the platform altogether"

[QUOTE=radioactive;20840743]Reason #601 why we love Valve.[/QUOTE] You need internet to log on to your account.

[QUOTE=BAZ;20841061]At the way they keep increasing this, makes me think they have. Piracy is just going to a build up to a point till they can say "Look, our games are just being pirated on PC let's drop the platform altogether"[/QUOTE] You can still do it on the other platforms too.

[QUOTE=BAZ;20841061]At the way they keep increasing this, makes me think they have. Piracy is just going to a build up to a point till they can say "Look, our games are just being pirated on PC let's drop the platform altogether"[/QUOTE] I am not buying their DRM ridden shit.