Best DRM I've seen so far is Steam, unlike most DRM methods, I'd rather have it on most of my games.
I wonder what their next idea for DRM will be?
[QUOTE=Communist Cake;20580715]I wonder what their next idea for DRM will be?[/QUOTE]
EA rep must stand behind you at all times while playing to ensure don't do anything naughty.
Hooray!
Haha, ubisoft got their face kicked hard.
[QUOTE=Communist Cake;20580715]I wonder what their next idea for DRM will be?[/QUOTE]
You get a small .exe which, when opened, opens a window that leads to a server on which the [I]entire game[/I] is located. And that's how you're going to play.
[QUOTE=windwakr;20580960]What is that one service out now that does that? Your commands are sent to their server, where the game is played, and video is sent back.
I can't remember it's name. But yeah, that's probably what they'll resort to next...[/QUOTE]
OnLive. But it's shit if you have poor internet
DRM only slows down pirates, there is no such thing as a crack-proof system.
Game developers should learn that already, the only thing that the DRM is doing is increasing the number of people who will pirate the game when it's cracked.
[QUOTE=BrQ;20579230]The more they try to keep it 'secure', the more people will try to crack it.[/QUOTE]
There's a reason people (mostly) don't download cracked source games.
[QUOTE=winsanity;20582663]There's a reason people (mostly) don't crack source games.[/QUOTE]
I can safely say somewhere there is a cracked HL2, but I can't say the same for the rest.
[QUOTE=Communist Cake;20580715]I wonder what their next idea for DRM will be?[/QUOTE]
You will have to stream your game and all the parts that you have finished will be deleted off your computer.
Wow... Bandwith intensive.
[QUOTE=ColinSSX;20582656]DRM only slows down pirates, there is no such thing as a crack-proof system.
Game developers should learn that already, the only thing that the DRM is doing is increasing the number of people who will pirate the game when it's cracked.[/QUOTE]
Considering some games are cracked before they even hit the shelves I'd hardly say it slows them much.
It just doesn't work because all you need is a few bright people who know how to get around the DRM, and once they figure it out they can share the results with everyone else.
protip: it's really not
[url]http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ubisoft-drm-internet-assassin-s-creed,9805.html[/url]
They must spend a fair amount of their budget trying to create obscene DRM. I think they'd be better off just spending that money on making the game better and drop $10 from the price tag. That way it'll be a great game and have an affordable price, which would probably boost sales by like 15%, resulting in a greater net profit than if they went with DRM.
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And I'm also quite sure that there'd be huge community support for any company that offered to drop DRM from their future titles.
I knew it would be Skid-Row.
The only thing this kind of DRM is doing is hurting [B]legitimate users.[/B]
[img]http://filebox.me/files/6bynpu56v_PiracyDiagram.jpg[/img]
Skidrow is badass
I expected it. But not this soon.
[QUOTE=Jund;20578597]By the time they have a DRM that can fully stop pirates, the games will be unplayable and no one will buy them.[/QUOTE]
Any solution to stop something can be broken, always.
[QUOTE=winsanity;20582663]There's a reason people (mostly) don't crack source games.[/QUOTE]
I've seen cracked Counter Strike Source (though i got my CSS off steam for 5$ :) weekend special FTW)
damn you broke my automerge
[QUOTE=winsanity;20582663]There's a reason people (mostly) don't crack source games.[/QUOTE]
They do, pirates often don't have any "moral" unlike you like to think.
"I only pirate for DRM and to test the game!" :rolleye:
I know for sure that the following sourcegames are cracked and out there:
Team Fortress 2, HL2, Counter Strike: Source, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2
It's like what I usually say about DRM's.
It's like a locked door and locked doors can allways be opened.
[QUOTE=winsanity;20582663]There's a reason people (mostly) don't crack source games.[/QUOTE]
There is a warez version of every valve game to-date, what r u talking about?
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;20580061]Instead of DRM there should be a video, like Floppy That Copy.[/QUOTE]
Goddamnit if I start seeing "You Wouldn't Steal A SOMETHING" videos before launching games I will be pissed, those better not happen
the only problem at the moment is the seed/peer ratios are so unbalanced, unsurprisingly
Anyone that's bought this game for the PC should be lined up against a wall and shot.
I can't remember a game where I didn't use a crack.
Yay for DRM.
Installing Silent hunter 5 now :D
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