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| [Aug 24, 2011, 10:42 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments |
Valve has been sending notifications to customers who purchased From Dust on Steam offering refunds on the god game over its DRM requiring online authentication, reports Rock, Paper, Shotgun. This follows indications last week that some customers were able to get such refunds which were not confirmed at the time, and Monday's announcement that this aspect of the game's DRM will be removed by a patch within a couple of weeks. Here's the email reproduced on RPS:
Ubisoft has just announced that they are working on a patch that will eliminate the need for any online authentication for From Dust. The patch will release in approximately two weeks.
If you don't want to wait or the patch or if you haven't played the game, per Ubisoft's request, we will issue refunds for this title.
If you would still like your purchase of From Dust to be refunded, please reply to this ticket.
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Re: Steam From Dust Refunds |
Aug 24, 2011, 19:03 |
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Creston wrote on Aug 24, 2011, 16:43:
Now, are the piracy numbers that are being reduced through DRM (and that actually lead to would-be pirates going out and buying the game) enough to offset the lost sales? We don't really know. But seeing as how DRM rarely works (it's usually cracked before the game is even out), I'm going to say that, no, it doesn't.
I've got to back you up there. As long as a hacker can get the binaries and is not averse to going at the code at the assembly-level, you will *Always* see cracked versions of the software, regardless of the DRM. Period.
Steam games have been cracked to not require Steam
SecuROM games have been hacked to eliminate disc checks
Ubi games have been hacked to eliminate the pings to home.
DRM doesn't stop the hardcore pirate hacker; it just does what any other lock does: it keeps honest people honest.
The real question becomes when does DRM go too far?
Would you want 5 locks, a deadbolt, a retinal scanner, glucose tester, and a thumbprint reader just to open the door to your home?
Probably not.
Well, maybe nin would think that hardware would be cool, but besides him 
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