Tag: copy protection
Ascaron
by GodSponge on Nov.21, 2008, under Games & Software
I just got Sacred 2 and it is so DRM laden that I almost took it back. I really should, but I love the game too much. It has activations, so if my computer crashes and I don’t get to uninstall it, I lose the ability to play it. Good thing I have Norton Ghost huh? Need to install it though…
I also love Bethesda
by GodSponge on Oct.28, 2008, under Games & Software
Well is turns out that Bethesda has the same thoughts about DRM as I and many others do.
Read the story at kotaku.
Stardock is my favorite company.
by GodSponge on Oct.25, 2008, under Games & Software
Well, my favorite for-profit company. Here is a link to their 2008 customer report. Feel free to read all of it, but my favorite parts are the section on DRM, and the section about the “Gamers Bill of Rights”
“Stardock’s position isn’t anti-DRM or anti-copy protection but rather anti-stupid-DRM and anti-stupid-copy protection.”
I agree wholeheartedly! If all publishers would follow this, fewer people would have complaints about DRM.
Another good quote from that PDF, “It’s annoying to keep track of a CD and a pirate certainly doesn’t have to worry about that since they’re running a cracked version. So you actually end up better off if you’re a pirate.”
Nuff said there.
