Golwar wrote on Feb 1, 2011, 06:46:

Muscular Beaver wrote on Feb 1, 2011, 06:39:
Why should pirates complain? They have DRM-free software in any case.

Who said that pirates are reasonable?
More or less PvtPoopy said that pirates are quite often trolls too and I share that conclusion.

And yes, I also don't see anything wrong with that DA2 DRM - if it is just as explained.

I may buy this in a few years when it's 5 dollars or less on some Steam sale, and that's a rather massive change for me, I used to be a diehard Bioware fan.

Beamer wrote on Feb 1, 2011, 07:41:
Is there any particular reason why this board loves to champion those without the internet?

Your internet goes out from time to time, sure, though this seems to accomodate that. And yeah, sometimes I'm gaming on a plane or train but in those cases I'm on a netbook/laptop way too underpowered to run this game, anyway. And even if you've got some $4000 Alienware laptop (which Icewind apparently does) it still accomodates that.

I'm not saying it's not weird or overbearing, I'm just saying I never understand the "oh my god I need to be near the internet from time to time!" or the "what about all those people without the internet?!" comments that we see in DRM threads.

El Pit wrote on Feb 1, 2011, 05:11:
I love DRM.

You may install the game on 5 PCs. But only on Mondays, you'll be allowed to play it on two of them. Unless it's full moon, of course. But if you're name is Steven, you'll be allowed to play it without online activation every 24 hours. Bad Luck, Ray, because Rays of course won't be allowed to play the game on notebooks, especially red ones. If you live in Australia, you may play it on weekends only. And, of course, you'll have to be online constantly. If you should live Germany, anyhow, you'll have to phone the chancellor and ask for her permission to play the game. Of course, the blood will be green in Germany. And no drugs in Australia. Unless your name should be Steven.

It's easy and makes sense, don't you see?

Muscular Beaver wrote on Feb 1, 2011, 06:39:
Why should pirates complain? They have DRM-free software in any case.

Paketep wrote on Jan 31, 2011, 21:01:
Much better than the usual shit (the non Steam DRM).

Bravo for EA. No DRM at all would be just as effective and even much better for consumers, but hey, let's applaud this giant step in the right direction.

See, Ubi?. Do that, and we'll go back to buying your games (if they're good). Keep your shitty DRM and it'll keep being no money for you.

How can the Release Control both "not install anything to the PC" and "completely remove itself after the game release date has passed?"

Presumably they mean it doesn't install any funky drivers or anything, but it still doesn't read right.

Wolfox wrote on Jan 31, 2011, 21:19:
Remember when EA announced something similar would be done with Spore and Mass Effect (having to reauthenticate every 10 days or so)? People declared the death of EA and PC gaming, gave 1-star reviews on pre-orders, and screamed loud until EA backed up on the "require a login check after a select period of days".

How people react now? "Oh, that's pretty mild. Thank you, EA, for treating us as customers instead of the evil Ubisoft with their constantly online DRM".

It's funny. Or tragic. I don't really know.

Aero wrote on Feb 1, 2011, 00:22:
How can the Release Control both "not install anything to the PC" and "completely remove itself after the game release date has passed?"

Presumably they mean it doesn't install any funky drivers or anything, but it still doesn't read right.