SolidShield DRM

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Originally Posted by Kikuchiyo

Name one game you have today in your library that you can't play because the DRM was never removed and the DRM company went belly up.

DRM isn't that old. I am older, so the games I buy are far fewer than when I was younger. Add those two facts together and your "Name one game you have..." is but a stab in the dark.

Originally Posted by Kikuchiyo

You know I actually have more trouble with the older games because they required you to have the manual and insert a word from a specific page,paragraph, and line. The manuals get worn out or lost, and lo and behold I can't play that game anymore.

You should be able to Google (or you're preferred search engine) for the answers - done it myself. But the kewl thing, I can print a new copy of my old n worn manual

I can understand the need for what it is that DRM's intend to do, its' their execution that fails - in some cases very very bad fail. It's pretty obvious, DRM's vendors have already damaged how they are perceived by consumers.

Developers work hard to optimize their code; it's a shame that some of these DRM's actually tack on some dead weight because of their implementation methods. Worse than that is to find out that the DRM is acting more like a "service" running all the time and interfering with your normal day-to-day activities.

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