Given the internets and what they are -- with their tubes and all -- I want to sort of talk about the concerns people have. We take the concerns people have very seriously. There's been some concern like, "What happens if it's three years from now, or ten years from now, when I want to play this game. And, you know, Irrational Games has been hit by a meteor?" We will unset the online activation at some point in the future -- we're not talking about when. If people have concern about that they shouldn't be worried about that. This activation is for the early period of the game when it's really hot and there are people really trying to find ways to play the game without buying it. Of course, there are a lot of people who are legitimately trying to play it. We're not trying to be Draconian, we're trying to find a balance.
account for using an F word in a support ticket
yeah yeah whatever. I'm sure all 200,000 pirates on the warez board i saw moaning there was no crack are just 'idiots' and 'wrong'. Im sure your buddy who has cracked it was playing it with elvis last night on his moonbase.
The game isn't cracked.
I bet most of you people here pay the "GAMER" / "G" / "GAMING" brand TAX on your hardware choices Like G branded Intel CPU's, Logitech/Microsoft Gaming mice with useless weights and fancy knobs and twiddlers, and useless keyboards with lights LOL.
Jeez. some of you blathering idiots don't fucking read too well do ya?! Let me try again: THE GAME IS ALEADY PIRATED AND DOWNLOADABLE FROM THE INTERNET!!!
Anyone with a clue and an internet connection can find it. Those noobie tools who use limewire or bit-torrent don't have a clue...at least not yet.
fine, but that doesn't entitle you to pirate it and never will.
It seems like DRM has got strong enough now that the pirates can't beat it, despite all their childlike whining.
id software have let you change whatever the fug you want (through ini files at least) for how many years?
Maybe not all of them but to claim that piracy doesn't hurt publishers and developers just shows to me that the person is only trying to justify their crimes.
The way I look at it is that developing software is long, hard and time consuming and those that create it should be paid for it.