STEAM turns into hardware-based DRM, fanlords rejoice

[MetalCraze]

Processors apparently so good that they prompted Gabe Newell to say they’re “a game-changer” and will “bring a console-like experience to PC.”

Processors so good that they work with the same speeds as the ones from 6 years ago?



So steam-buying retards, are you still giving the fat fuck his money?

Way to misrepresent the article. It's talking about a security feature, which of course could be used as DRM in the future but at this stage it is not, and only functions on specific hardware anyway.

Apparently yes!

Why not force you to confirm your ID by providing live feed from your web-camera and passport data while we are at it? I mean those are for security!

 

[SCO]

The future






is here






Never bought any steam shit, never will

 

[FatCat]

AMD > Intel

 

[torpid]

People were predicting this: with Steam in such a dominant position, Gabe Newell can really start to throw his massive weight around... They're going to shape the way DRM evolves in the upcoming years. I could even see them turning into Microsoft 2.0, using their position to force everyone onto Steam at the expense of other digital distributors -- "error: files not recognized. Only Steam software can run on this computer."

 

[MetalCraze]

Never bought any steam shit, never will

Too bad dumb retards will still keep buying their console shit on Steam

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Of course you prefer programs that stop working after a month if you don't activate them online?

 

[Metro]

Steam was already DRM. If you used it you already made a calculated choice to tolerate it in exchange for cheap prices. Really don't see how this changes thing from a practical standpoint.

 

[el Supremo]

I wonder if it would wake up Steam's fanboys. If not that, nothing will.
All this people saying "I don't understand this Steam's hate" sound for me just like "I do bent over daily; so everyone else should also; so I don't feel that bad about myslef"
Would your butthurt become unbearable now? Somehow, I don't think so.

 

[Rogue]

Of course you prefer programs that stop working after a month if you don't activate them online?

You've been brainwashed, my friend. Why ask us to choose between shit and crap? We can do without both.

 

[ortucis]

If people don't find the fact that single player games require online registeration disturbing, this new DRM layer over STEAM DRM shouldn't be something they should complain about. I expect to see it implemented in more than just games if PC hardware goes the way of consoles (and it will, sooner or later).

 

[Metro]

I wonder if it would wake up Steam's fanboys. If not that, nothing will.
All this people saying "I don't understand this Steam's hate" sound for me just like "I do bent over daily; so everyone else should also; so I don't feel that bad about myslef"
Would your butthurt become unbearable now? Somehow, I don't think so.

Google translator has failed you.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Of course you prefer programs that stop working after a month if you don't activate them online?

You've been brainwashed, my friend. Why ask us to choose between shit and crap? We can do without both.

I don't use steam. He's a Windows fanboy, which has to include approving DMR practices like making installation more complicated than it should be and online activation.

 

[el Supremo]

Google translator has failed you.

Really? And what errors did I make?
I have thought that my english is just perfect. I really did. Was I mistaken? Poor me.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Fellas. It's time to put on our trench coats and sunglasses. ITZ coming to the world of technology.

Not yet though, now is the time to make sure you have the trench and the sunglasses ready.

 

[Wild Slop]

Google translator has failed you.

Really? And what errors did I make?
I have thought that my english is just perfect. I really did. Was I mistaken? Poor me.

He's just being .
Only thing I could see is you have "bent" instead of "bend".

Still no loss of communication. Its the internet these types of responses should be expected.

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

PIRACY harms CONSUMERS

Like freedom harms slaves

 

[MetalCraze]

He's a Windows fanboy

Just because I prefer OS that just works without pretentious "lololo if you don't need to spend 2 hours to make some software work for 10 minutes you are consoletard" bullshit doesn't make me a fanboy.

which has to include approving DMR practices like making installation more complicated than it should be

Lawl the Linux dude calls Windows installation complicated - and a part of DRM to boot

and online activation.

I use offline activation

 

[Ogg]

Steam was already DRM. If you used it you already made a calculated choice to tolerate it in exchange for cheap prices. Really don't see how this changes thing from a practical standpoint.

Stop being reasonable and sensible! You're on the Codex FFS!

 

[genci88]

I don't use Steam except for CS:S.

I buy ONLY boxed copies that come without any online DRM. The day this DRM shit becomes mandatory is the day I become a pirate.

 

[Black Bart Charley]

Steam was already DRM. If you used it you already made a calculated choice to tolerate it in exchange for cheap prices. Really don't see how this changes thing from a practical standpoint.

Stop being reasonable and sensible! You're on the Codex FFS!

Sensible people gave Czechoslovakia to Hitler.

 

[genci88]

Also, first paragraph of that article:

Sometimes limiting what you can do with the stuff you’ve bought isn’t such a bad thing. The key is that you choose to limit it, rather than that decision being made by some paranoid corporate hivemind that’s convinced you’re going to stand on a street corner selling bootlegged copies of every game you own out of a suitcase you stole from an old lady, then spending the proceeds on injecting ground-up terrorist bones directly into your eyeballs.

This is funny considering that Steam is by design a restrictive DRM platform that locks all your games into one account, requires internet activation, and prevents reselling. These Steam-lovin morons are hilarious.

 

[Metro]

Google translator has failed you.

Really? And what errors did I make?
I have thought that my english is just perfect. I really did. Was I mistaken? Poor me.

I guess it was fairly comprehensible but just amounted to a generic Codex rant.

Stop being reasonable and sensible! You're on the Codex FFS!

Indeed. Steam is what it is. I've said it a million times on this forum but only because people keep beating the dead horse -- it's a form of DRM but if you're willing to make the trade off given the low sale prices it's fine.

Of course, if you're one of these people with a hard-on against DRM and a fetish for owning boxed copies, you will always rant over stuff like this despite the fact that it really doesn't change the status quo at all. I'm not a Steam fan boy by any means it is just that if someone wants to sell me a solid game for $5 I honestly don't give a crap whether or not it's merely a rental/revocable license. It's five dollars -- life is too short to fret over it. If people don't like it then just pirate the game or whatever euphemism they want to use for it and shut the hell up.

 

[Ogg]

Steam was already DRM. If you used it you already made a calculated choice to tolerate it in exchange for cheap prices. Really don't see how this changes thing from a practical standpoint.

Stop being reasonable and sensible! You're on the Codex FFS!

Sensible people gave Czechoslovakia to Hitler.

Still better than being Hitler. At least in my opinion.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

which has to include approving DMR practices like making installation more complicated than it should be

Lawl the Linux dude calls Windows installation complicated - and a part of DRM to boot

So, the whole "system restoration" separate disk bullshit isn't a part of DRM?
Linux Mint installation is very simple and user friendly, it doesn't require entering any codes or swapping disks.

and online activation.

I use offline activation

There's no difference. It still forces you to activate the system. And since you haven't pirated your Windows, you support DRM, so shut up about Steam.

 

[Metro]

Skyway is totally off the grid. He uses a vacuum tube computer that runs on his own punch card software. His internet consists of tin cans attached with string!