A tweet by EA's Jeff Green relates his own experience with problems with the DRM in EA's own
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight which were severe enough that he thinks something needs to change (this was posted a few days ago, noticed by
Ars Technica). He starts
by tweeting: "Booted twice--and progress lost--on my single-player C&C4 game because my DSL connection blinked. DRM fail. We need new solutions,"
and: "Welp. I've tried to be open-minded. But my 'net connection is finicky--and the constant disruption of my C&C4 SP game makes this unplayable."
He added: "Yeah, Steam's ability to have off-line play is the clear, better model when talking about SP games," and then added a couple of comments to temper his reaction,
saying "However, C&C4 experiments w/what a 'single-player game' is--given it's constantly uploading progress/stats for unlocks. It's complicated,"
and: "I think if we think of C&C4 as an 'online-only' game--which it basically is--then maybe we'd adjust our expectations accordingly."
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Yea really, it has no DRM. Well at least someone is openly coming out and saying this shitsucks so fix it. Now we will see if it gets fixed. BTW there is a working crack out now for this game. |
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Mar 24, 09:50 |
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Mar 24, 09:55 |
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Mar 24, 09:59 |
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Mar 24, 10:09 |
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Mar 24, 10:15 |
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Mar 24, 10:16 |
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Mar 24, 10:17 |
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Mar 24, 10:48 |
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Mar 24, 10:52 |
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Darks |
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Mar 24, 10:47 |
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Blackhawk |
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Mar 24, 11:13 |
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Tumbler |
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Mar 24, 11:49 |
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JackCrow |
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Mar 24, 12:24 |
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EAJeffGreen |
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Mar 24, 12:45 |
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Mar 24, 12:59 |
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Mar 24, 13:11 |
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SpectralMeat |
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Mar 24, 14:02 |
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raVen |
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Mar 24, 15:50 |
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Creston |
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Mar 24, 22:38 |
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Mashiki Amiketo |
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Mar 24, 23:50 |
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Prez |
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Mar 25, 00:29 |
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Beamer |
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Mar 25, 03:02 |
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Prez |
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Mar 25, 05:55 |
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BobBob |
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Mar 25, 05:55 |
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BobBob |
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Mar 25, 08:04 |
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SpectralMeat |
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Mar 25, 10:32 |
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Mar 24, 13:00 |
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BobBob |
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Mar 25, 02:08 |
So what's youre next gig? |
I've Got The News Blues |
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Mar 24, 10:51 |
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Mar 24, 10:58 |
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Creston |
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Mar 24, 11:08 |
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Lord Tea |
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Mar 24, 11:54 |
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Mar 24, 12:20 |
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Mar 24, 13:01 |
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Mar 24, 17:56 |
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Mar 24, 13:29 |
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Tumbler |
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Mar 24, 14:25 |
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Luke |
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Mar 24, 14:37 |
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Beamer |
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Mar 24, 14:50 |
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Cutter |
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Mar 24, 15:17 |
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nullability |
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Mar 24, 21:55 |
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StingingVelvet |
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Mar 24, 18:22 |
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Mar 24, 19:02 |
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Prez |
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Mar 25, 02:11 |
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I've Got The News Blues |
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Mar 24, 13:33 |
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Tanto Edge |
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Mar 24, 14:38 |
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StingingVelvet |
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Mar 24, 14:57 |
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Overon |
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Mar 24, 14:07 |
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StratX |
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Mar 24, 15:35 |
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Mar 24, 15:45 |
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Darks |
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Mar 24, 14:33 |
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Verno |
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Mar 24, 14:47 |
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Verno |
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Mar 24, 15:11 |
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DangerDog |
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Mar 24, 15:18 |
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Overon |
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Mar 24, 15:19 |
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SpectralMeat |
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Mar 24, 20:51 |
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nutshell42 |
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Mar 24, 21:45 |
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SpectralMeat |
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Mar 24, 16:47 |
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DanL |
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