If UBI's DRM scheme is unacceptable...

With a one-time-online activation I would be more than happy.

[GHarris]

I strongly disagree with Gunslinger's view.

I have been looking forward to this new sim a LOT. For years. In spite of that, if there is much DRM to speak of when the sim gets released I will not buy it. I won't pirate it either - I'm not one of those "have your cake and eat it" types. I would boycott a sim that I have been anticipating more than any PC game released for years. Because DRM is wrong, that's my view, as simply as that. It doesn't work, it inherently cannot work. Give up on trying to stop the people who never pay for games from never paying for games (a radical concept, to be sure), and quit alienating the people who, for the moment, still respect you and will pay you for your work. "You" being publisher and developer combined - I don't care if the DRM was implemented by the publisher against the developer's wishes because I have no way of making that clear in a way that counts... I can't pay the developer without paying the publisher (I would often very much like to, though! ). I think that if a publisher says they are going to put DRM on a game the developer should look for another publisher. Publisher-imposed DRM is detrimental to their interests, in both the short and long term. DRM doesn't improve sales, leads to boycotts (among angry internet-folk at least ) and it turns hearts and minds against you so that a person who was enthusiatic about your work before is less so in the future.

I think I must be tired, the above paragraph is pretty "foaming at the mouth". Ah well, I stand by it.

[Abbeville-Boy]

i hope for the game to be protected for a long time
i will buy no matter the protection type
they need to be rewarded with sales
for to give reason to go on in the future

[yellonet]

Originally Posted by GHarris

I strongly disagree with Gunslinger's view.

I have been looking forward to this new sim a LOT. For years. In spite of that, if there is much DRM to speak of when the sim gets released I will not buy it. I won't pirate it either - I'm not one of those "have your cake and eat it" types. I would boycott a sim that I have been anticipating more than any PC game released for years. Because DRM is wrong, that's my view, as simply as that. It doesn't work, it inherently cannot work. Give up on trying to stop the people who never pay for games from never paying for games (a radical concept, to be sure), and quit alienating the people who, for the moment, still respect you and will pay you for your work. "You" being publisher and developer combined - I don't care if the DRM was implemented by the publisher against the developer's wishes because I have no way of making that clear in a way that counts... I can't pay the developer without paying the publisher (I would often very much like to, though! ). I think that if a publisher says they are going to put DRM on a game the developer should look for another publisher. Publisher-imposed DRM is detrimental to their interests, in both the short and long term. DRM doesn't improve sales, leads to boycotts (among angry internet-folk at least ) and it turns hearts and minds against you so that a person who was enthusiatic about your work before is less so in the future.

I think I must be tired, the above paragraph is pretty "foaming at the mouth". Ah well, I stand by it.

Foam or no foam, it's still true and has to be told.

[WTE_Galway]

Even online activation will prevent me from buying it as my games machine is offline. I have FSX and have not played it in 3 years because it needs reactivating (and FSX has a phone activate alternative).

I would need to install it on my work PC just to get it going

[leggit]

this is the 21st century....if your using a machine without internet access you really should rethink your setup....i have to agree regarding this whole copyright protection arguement its old and out of date....the FACTS are that studios are turning away from the pc platform because of the constant problem of piracy...suck it up people if you want quality games for your pc in the future its got to have some sort of DRM...you can't have your cake and eat it anymore.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by leggit

this is the 21st century....if your using a machine without internet access you really should rethink your setup....i have to agree regarding this whole copyright protection arguement its old and out of date....the FACTS are that studios are turning away from the pc platform because of the constant problem of piracy...suck it up people if you want quality games for your pc in the future its got to have some sort of DRM...you can't have your cake and eat it anymore.

I do not have a television either. Nor do I own a GPS or a blackberry/iphone or a laptop. No internet at home of any type. No cable TV. No landline phone either just a 6 year old cell I occasionally turn on.

I do live in the colonies of course.

Meanwhile at work I am a system/network administrator for a research company with over 100 staff. Can't avoid the tech there, just try not to take it home.

Really depends if you are aiming for the "online furball air-halo crowd" (who obviously must be online) or the more traditional historically oriented player base I suppose. Seems to me a lot of people interested in historical aviation and WWII simulations are actually a bit anti-hitech.

[Avimimus]

Bless Oleg for knowing how hard (or impossible) it is to get internet connections in many parts of the world. In the majority of my country you can only get dial-up and there are many areas where no service is available. There are also a lot of people who can't afford a high-speed connection (even if they can afford the game and a joystick).