Verno wrote on Jan 25, 2012, 11:07:
Most people are ok with Steam to the point where they don't consider it DRM since they are rarely inconvenienced by it. It's not correct but it just goes to show the power of making meaningful trade offs with the consumer instead of having a fuck you all, take what we give you attitude.
I've felt more inconvenienced by Steam than any other form of DRM. Which isn't saying much, because I don't find Steam to be much of an inconvenience either.
Once again, someonw panders to the anti-DRM crowd, gets a bunch of praise, and really accomplishes nothing. People don't buy a game because it's DRM-free, they buy a game largely because of marketting, hype, and review scores. Some
claim they don't buy games with DRM, fewer actually follow that practice, but overall it's about as significant as a fart in a hurricane.
Which is about how effective most DRM is these days as well.