Okay, Rads, at least you're throwing semi-respectable punches now.
That's not the point. Obviously DRM can't make a good game bad. It can make it inconvenient to play, though. And for who? For those who pay for it. Because, how about you give me an example of DRM that actually works?
We can talk about the success and failures of anti-piracy all day. The only thing that's universally agreed upon is that it's not going away. Your stance is that "people like me" are perpetuating that fact. My stance is that I just want good games and the companies that produce them to survive and to prosper. Is it so bad to accept the fact that companies are going to be forced to utilize these kinds of steps, in many cases, in order to achieve that? Who's right? Who's wrong? Is it your opinion that all forms of DRM are simply cash grabs? Because it's not mine.
Of course, I don't expect someone who admitted to buying Oblivion and Skyrim just because he couldn't resist not playing the latest shit to understand that lag and disconnects in a singleplayer game are unacceptable no matter the reason behind them.
Oh, come now. Dost thou livest in a glass house, perchance? I don't have to explain my CRPG pedigree to you; I'll just resort to my man in a desert analogy/excuse. And what lags or disconnects are you talking about? In Skyrim? o_O
Ah, but wait, sometime everybody except poor people (and poor people suck lol) will have awesome internet connections and servers will never crash and no company will ever lock you out of your purchase..
The poor people argument is horseshit. Poor people don't have computers and can't afford to purchase games. If they try to use their lack of financial success as an excuse to pirate games they're still dishonest scumbags. The requirement of some games to have an always-on connection and the fact that their servers will someday be no longer available I will agree with you on, however. Is UPlay always on? I suppose that might be a problem.
And yes, somehow I'm sure I'll live without playing the latest MM. Not sure why you're assuming I'll pirate it. Not that any of these is more harmful to them than the other.
I'm sorry for assuming you're the type to steal software but from the second sentence there I'd certainly question your morality, if you're insinuating that pirating never hurts anyone and that it's therefore okay to do.
If they want my money, they can go to Kickstarter so they don't have any investment to "protect" and get a DRM-free option.
FWIW I think Kickstarter is a great idea in concept, but please remember that we've literally seen zero KS products actually released so far so I'd be careful to follow that particular piper just quite yet if I were you.
Note that I'm not against all types of DRM, though. If they want to protect their product, it's their right*. Still, as someone who buys their product I'd like to have some rights too, not just the right to pay for it. And if I want to get my laptop on the crapper and play the game I bought there I better be able to do it without having to get wifi and activate one more computer (2 of 3 already, be careful now!!) because I fucking bought it and I don't think the EULA specifies that I can't play games on the crapper.
Okay, well, now we're getting somewhere. You agree with some forms of DRM and I would assume it's due to a fundamental reasoning within you that says people who make things should get paid for them. Excellent. And you're right about the crapper thing. If you want to play M&M X while taking a shit that
should be your right. I would think Limbic and even Ubisoft would agree with you on that in principle; I can't speak for them.
But that's not reality. In the real world these companies have to do something, whether according to their producers simply demanding by contract that they do, or as a producer them looking at the bottom line and trying to make some effort, as little an impacting one as they can, to at least slow the pirateers down some. But this argument is ages-old. We're not going to cover any new ground here.
I'll just end my stance by re-stating that until someone can show me that DRM has resulted in the collapse and ruin of the computer roleplaying game industry, and as long as it's not inconveniencing me
within a reasonable standard, I'm not going to overly bitch about it nor skip potentially good titles due to its presence.
It's
reasonable to expect ubiquitous internet access now. Unless you're poor, yes. It's
reasonable to expect some protection in place. It's
not reasonable to attempt to flock so many to your banner under the guise that DRM is causing irreparable harm to this industry, because it can't be shown to be. I'm not saying you're doing that, but then again I'm not trying to sway people that DRM is always good. I'm just a gamer like you are.
