FAQ-QUESTIONS,release date,system specs, for CoD

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by robtek

I, for my part, couldn't care less who the publisher is as long as i can play without
internet connection and can sell (if i ever wanted, just as principle) my copy.

I agree. I'm not against DRM just to be against it and i'm not against copy protection in general. I'm just against certain copy protection or DRM methods that don't let me do what i want to do and what has become the expected norm for fair and legal software usage in my own free time and discretion, that's all


That being said, UBI was said to have abandoned their DRM scheme. They opted to ship all their latter games (after the SH5/Assassin's creed debacle) with Steam protection. That doesn't mean you can't buy it in a box however. For example, Empire:Total War was a game you could buy in a boxed copy but it required use of a Steam account for activation.

I'm not really a fan of having extra apps running in the background and using up system resources but i'd have to say that even though i've never used it, Steam seems to be the most painless method for online authentication. We can go online once and activate, then we can play in offline mode if our internet connection is down, plus i think you can download the game at no extra charge if you lose the discs as long as you have it registered to your account.

So, if SoW comes along in a boxed copy without securom/starforce/limited activations/permanent online requirement but requires steam for a one-off activation, i'd call that a very good compromise and would have no reservations with it.