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There were also accounts of people running into problems with program compatibility issues. Things like iTunes and such not working with Ubi's DRM on other games. My opinion: You must be crazy to pass up this masterpiece of a sim just so you can have those crappy programs. CoD will be of the highest priority on my system hands down. |
I really, really don't understand why there are people still believing that DRM pevents piracy.
Wake up!!! No DRM has protected any software against piracy! Usually the pirated copys are leaked before DRM is even implemented. If that didn't happen the "super-safe-protection" is cracked within days (SHV), leaving the legal owner with a almost unusable Software (SHV-Servers) and the users of pirated copys went scot-free. Just remember this saying: The price of security is freedom. Give the legal owners something the pirates can't give and you have won. |
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There shouldn't be a problem with having to activate/ deactivate and authenticate. Blackdog made some good points, but I feel hasn't hasn't taken legitimate hardware/ complete system upgrade into account. One active key for two different hardware setups would raise the flag, hence the need for a "deactivation". On re-activating (in the case of a system upgrade) would match signup information, and if legit, would give the go ahead. Similar for a partial hardware upgrade. As well, a verification check for game patch, would determine if the file structure/ files are legit and safe to patch. |
If the game is sensibly priced so that the majority can afford the original version then why bother with piracy.
You will ALWAYS have those that won't pay you can't legislate for that BUT you can reduce their popularity by pricing so it's not an attractive option. Cheesing off the majority to fight a minority is just daft. If that happened it may encourage more people to wait a year or so to see what happens and get it cheaper in the sales when all the bugs have been ironed out. |
Btw. It is worth noting that the first generations of flight sims were produced with less DRM and markets that were many times smaller. In fact, flight sims were much more popular when the markets were tiny in the 1990s.
Of course, the amount of labour required and overall fidelity was also lower (smaller budgets) - but we shouldn't pretend that the genre won't exist without invasive DRM. |
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I'd also argue that automatic patching is anathema to flight sims. We often customise our installs very carefully (with mods, with skins or simply with setting changes). It is a really bad idea to let some exhausted staff member enter your machine and rebuild your install... I've also had issues with the Rise of Flight forced autopatching system - not only was it incompatible with my older hardware (prior to the release of a hotfix), but system requirements have gradually climbed to the point where I can no longer run the sim. There is this myopia that says we all have high-speed connections, we all fly online, we all have new hardware, we all buy our games, play them through twice and discard them like FPS junkies and we'd all use pirated copies if we could. None of it is true. |
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It's not about how many people that use it like this, it's about the principle that the publishers are moving towards more and more control over how you use the product you paid them to use. It's not like anyone would buy a car that they could only drive between 7 and 12 and only fill up with gas on select stations. The point being, when you buy something you should be able to use it as you see fit. Not as the seller decides for you. Quote:
And yeah, Nintendo DS is being destroyed, what a joke! The DS is a complete success story and makes loads of money for Nintendo. When we're already on the topic of consoles, one of the reasons why the Playstation became so popular was because it was so easy to get hold of pirate copies of games, it was technically inferior to the N64 at the time and had crappier controls, still it was a major success, and that continued with the Playstation 2 where the games where just as easy to come by cheap. Piracy is far from the negative force that the developers and publishers wants us to think. Quote:
DRM is often used with movies and music for instance, deciding - for you - on which player you can play it or perhaps if you can transfer the movie/music to different media than the original one. Pirates will crack the DRM and then it's out of the picture, so no DRM is not to fight piracy but to enforce the publishers view of how you should use the software. Quote:
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I hate to rain on your parade there buddy, but how did you extrapolate all that from my post you quoted? out in the rural or remote community of Canada? how do they get their email then? @yellownet the oignal part you probably missed was, "2. I want to be able to play the game on the go (offline)." and the response was "Hmm, who plays a flightsim "on the go"? I sometimes bring my Nintendo DS or PSP around on trips or whatever but even those are cumbersome and especially the PSP takes a good time to load some games. So if you are on a business trip or something you actually bring your huge-*ss gaming laptop with you? You're gonna need a joystick, where do you put your HOTAS or even a "smaller" joystick? in your back pocket? They won't even fit in a small suitcase! Ok, presume you DO bring all that stuff with you on your trips, most hotels (even cheaper ones) have free Wlan." You've done yourself a misservice with your response to that let me ask you on your "The point being, when you buy something you should be able to use it as you see fit."; do you complain because you have to use nVidia drivers with nVidia cards, and have no option to use ATI instead... and vica versa? Or, (this bit is for Avimimus as well) with your shiny new car... that you've replaced the engine and running gear with the engine and running gear from another manufacturer and wonder why the dealer you've bought car from won't honour your shop warranty? |
When you buy retailed software you are not buying the software its self, just the right to use it.
The company would be mad to actually sell you their software they have spent years and hundreds of thousands/millions on for peanuts :) You only own the right to use it under their terms and conditions. . |
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Does anyone actually read the EULA, that thing you have to agree to for the install to proceed? |
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