GOG.com’s Trevor Longino - Diablo III style DRM could make us ‘lose a chunk of gaming history.”
Games like Diablo III with bespoke constantly online DRM could be lost to gaming culture at large if for any reason the games publisher or developer stops supporting that infrastructure. So when you lose that online connection, you lose a chunk of gaming history.
Alamar wrote on May 28, 2012, 14:15:
If only it were the first game, or even action RPG that did this...
Was there this kind of uproar for GW when it came out? Or were people really fooled into thinking it was a massive?jdreyer wrote on May 28, 2012, 14:14:
I couldn't agree more with this sentiment. I was playing D2 earlier this year. I just got out my disk and installed. Will Blizzard still be around in 12 years for me to play D3 if I buy it today?
So while the answer doesn't invalidate your point, yes, yes it will : )
-Alamar