But if you pirate it you're just adding to the problem you think you're preventing.
Jerykk wrote on Oct 9, 2011, 19:43:The ONLY way to boycott DRM is to not play the game. If you pirate it then you'll just be another number on a Torrent site that makes developers grind their teeth and try to create better DRM.
It's not enough to simply boycott the game. You have to be vocal about it too. Explain why you're boycotting the game on every forum you can, in addition to sending the developer and publishers a letter or e-mail explaining the same thing. If you boycott the game but never explain why, they'll just assume that you pirated the game.
The ONLY way to boycott DRM is to not play the game. If you pirate it then you'll just be another number on a Torrent site that makes developers grind their teeth and try to create better DRM.
So IMO there are only two ways to boycott DRM: The illegal one of pirating the game and NOT paying for it at all, and the legal one of flat-out ignoring DRM'd games.
Beamer wrote on Oct 9, 2011, 13:45:There, RIGHT THERE is the problem.
Developers complain about piracy so they create more obtrusive DRM.
Lord Tea wrote on Oct 9, 2011, 13:19:
So IMO there are only two ways to boycott DRM: The illegal one of pirating the game and NOT paying for it at all, and the legal one of flat-out ignoring DRM'd games.
Prez wrote on Oct 9, 2011, 12:35:
I will not buy an always online game without first downloading the pirated version, which will be the version I play.
All games with UbiDRM have been pirated. AssCreed 2 took a while to get properly cracked but after that, any games that used UbiDRM were cracked within days.
Following yesterday’s DRM-alarm going off, GSC have now said that using an always-on solution is for them “a possibility, not a choice.” We also received this statement:
“The idea of implementing DRM came in as a possible anti-piracy solution. You know the severe level of commercial piracy we have here in ex-USSR region. This said however, there is no firm decision to go for DRM with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 as of now. Be assured, we do realize how uncomfortable this solution is for the players, so we’ll continue looking for most effective, yet acceptable for all, way of protecting the game by the time of its release.”
everyone wrote on Oct 9, 2011, 04:51:El Pit wrote on Oct 9, 2011, 01:34:I've been known to play a bit of SP BF2 while my connection's been acting up.
Oh, we can hear him. So, Battlefield 3 is a SINGLEPLAYER game that needs a constant internet connection?
Also, for the trolls and/or fucktards defending this DRM, Ubisoft lost 90%, that's ninety percent, of their PC games sales after introducing UbiDRM. It sure killed piracy alright, by making people not buy the games in the first place.
ColBlister wrote on Oct 8, 2011, 21:38:
You can have internet with peachy connectivity and still get hosed. Suppose you have 1.4 mpbs DSL that is rock-solid reliable. Now suppose you try to play an always-connected-DRM game while your sweetie decides to watch some Netflix - guess what happens? Your single-player PC game that is running on your own PC suddenly boots you out of the game.
Hypothetical? Not at all. That's exactly what happened to me every damn time I tried to play Settlers 7. There is absolutely no justification in the world for killing a single-player game in the middle of gameplay. None that will get me to purchase another game that requires "always-on", anyway.
NicklePop wrote on Oct 8, 2011, 23:39:And tomorrow you're sober and still have no clue at all.
I'm drunk, and pissed that people think theft is OK.
El Pit wrote on Oct 9, 2011, 01:34:I've been known to play a bit of SP BF2 while my connection's been acting up.
Oh, we can hear him. So, Battlefield 3 is a SINGLEPLAYER game that needs a constant internet connection?