Things that should be done to break the piracy debate.

DFM · 02-23-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Eltargrim

The other problem I have with Day-1 DRM is that if it includes something major (ie Zaeed, Shale), then I feel as if I'm being punished for preferring to buy my games secondhand; I'm already putting out a fair bit of my entertainment budget on a game, I don't want to drop another $10 to get the whole thing when I'm buying secondhand specifically to avoid that.

That is the point, they want to eliminate second hand game sales because every used game sold is seen as a lost sale, just as every game pirated is seen as a lost sale.

Azisien · 02-23-2010, 02:19 PM

Steam and other platforms like it are light enough DRM that I am fine with it. I have mostly steady Internet on my gaming PC, so I could theoretically put up with those "100% onliners" too, but I draw the line there anyway. I also have games on my laptop which rarely has stable wi-fi, and as such, fuck that.

My stance is that, if I can't buy the game, but I can pirate it, I will. If servers have been shut down, I'll use other methods to gain that functionality back. These cases are a company having the open chance to enjoy my money, but due to their lack of effort/care/whatever, won't.

That being said, thanks to things like Steam, I'm bloated with games to play and I haven't pirated anything in almost 2 years. So kudos to that. Now fuckin' release Baldur's Gate!

Mirai Gen · 02-23-2010, 03:21 PM

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Gee, thanks for not even taking the time to call me stupid.

"I miss the free stuff they'd put with games like cloth maps. Those were cool."
"Yeah, it's just like that one contest Mirai made a thread about, where they designed the game to be a competition for golden treasure that only one person would get."
"...what?"

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Originally Posted by Azisien

Steam and other platforms like it are light enough DRM that I am fine with it.

I really like Steam. I have no problem with it. I just wish that games stopped creating their own Steam engines, then selling it on Steam.

Azisien · 02-23-2010, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

"I miss the free stuff they'd put with games like cloth maps. Those were cool."
"Yeah, it's just like that one contest Mirai made a thread about, where they designed the game to be a competition for golden treasure that only one person would get."
"...what?"

I really like Steam. I have no problem with it. I just wish that games stopped creating their own Steam engines, then selling it on Steam.

Also wish there was some way to avoid the digital games market from exploding to much beyond Steam and the few others (D2D, GG, etc). The idea is to have a platform to launch your games off of (and get the games pretty cheap, too), no point having a bajillion platforms out there.

I kind of got that impression when I watched a video on the "new" Battlenet, and it just sounded like Facebook Steam for Blizzard. Which is dumb.

02-23-2010, 02:19 PM	#2
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	Steam and other platforms like it are light enough DRM that I am fine with it. I have mostly steady Internet on my gaming PC, so I could theoretically put up with those "100% onliners" too, but I draw the line there anyway. I also have games on my laptop which rarely has stable wi-fi, and as such, fuck that. My stance is that, if I can't buy the game, but I can pirate it, I will. If servers have been shut down, I'll use other methods to gain that functionality back. These cases are a company having the open chance to enjoy my money, but due to their lack of effort/care/whatever, won't. That being said, thanks to things like Steam, I'm bloated with games to play and I haven't pirated anything in almost 2 years. So kudos to that. Now fuckin' release Baldur's Gate!