CD Project RED will not use any DRM in future PC games, reports
Joystiq, saying the Polish developer made a statement to that effect today during the Game Developer's Conference. The company most recently took a stand on the topic with
The Witcher 2, selling a DRM-free version on GOG.com and
removing the DRM from the retail version when it caused problems, prompting
a lawsuit from Namco Bandai. "Every subsequent game we will never use any DRM anymore, it's just over-complicating things," said CD Projekt RED CEO Marcin Iwinski. "We release the game. It's cracked in two hours, it was no time for Witcher 2. What really surprised me is that the pirates didn't use the GOG version, which was not protected. They took the SecuROM retail version, cracked it and said 'we cracked it'." After his presentation, Iwinski expanded on his thoughts for Joystiq. "DRM does not protect your game," he told them. "If there are examples that it does, then people maybe should consider it, but then there are complications with legit users."
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... wrote on Mar 8, 2012, 22:10: Staying on message as always. My point was perfectly valid. If it is more convenient to purchase a game than pirate it then a lot of people will take that option. I remember that before Steam it was actually more practical to pirate games because of CD checks, serial keys and lengthy installs. Now you can sync game saves online, automatically install mods, you don't have to reinstall games after a format of your boot drive, etc. I have over 500 games on Steam all available within minutes of reinstalling Windows; to do the same for pirated games would literally take days. And with games cheaper than ever and a huge selection that are free-2-play you have to be pretty arrogant and have a lot of free time to pirate games nowadays. |
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