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Is that really how you play games? Camilla Send a noteboard - 24/02/2010 10:54:42 PM
Worst case scenario, the company goes belly-up, and shuts down their servers in a year or so, without providing any alternate means of playing the game. Even then, I've had the game for a year. I've probably played it as much as I'd ever want to.


It may just be me, as I have never been a normal game person, but my use of games run heavily on repetition. I dislike playing new games, and I love going over what I have done before. And the main reason why I play games is that I have played something and I miss the feeling I had when I played it the last time. I will then go massively out of my way in order to play that specific game again. I installed linux in a virtual machine on my mac so that I could run a windows 95 game in wine on it.
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Ubisoft DRM (Or how to make sure I never buy your product again) Wibble - 19/02/2010 05:54:02 PM 724 Views
I don't think these companies realize they're encouraging piracy. Kronin al'Sulc - 19/02/2010 06:11:51 PM 721 Views
Totally. Thank god for cracks beetnemesis - 19/02/2010 06:22:16 PM 509 Views
Yep. I have been unable to understand the company reasoning behind such systems. lord-of-shadow - 19/02/2010 06:54:22 PM 475 Views
There is only one reason I can see. To destroy PC Gaming Wibble - 19/02/2010 06:59:45 PM 521 Views
That doesn't make any sense. lord-of-shadow - 19/02/2010 10:53:50 PM 540 Views
Re: That doesn't make any sense. Wibble - 20/02/2010 09:04:53 PM 492 Views
So the crux of your explanation is that simply ceasing to publish PC games creates bad press. lord-of-shadow - 20/02/2010 09:47:36 PM 458 Views
Well, we have two options: the first is going to require that we kill you. Cymbaline - 23/02/2010 11:11:28 PM 537 Views
PC games should just drop all DRM measures or go with Steamworks. Zalis - 19/02/2010 08:34:44 PM 586 Views
Don't get me started on Steam again, it's just as insiduous as other DRM 'solutions'. Wibble - 19/02/2010 10:37:00 PM 511 Views
I might resist more if I weren't a Valve game fan, but it's a pretty solid service. Zalis - 20/02/2010 02:59:40 AM 491 Views
Steam has managed to reach a balance where it offers something Jragghen - 20/02/2010 04:57:08 AM 502 Views
Re: Steam has managed to reach a balance where it offers something Macharius - 21/02/2010 11:37:40 PM 484 Views
Agree on the functionality complaints, disagree on the ownership bit. Aemon - 23/02/2010 11:40:06 PM 497 Views
Is that really how you play games? Camilla - 24/02/2010 10:54:42 PM 531 Views
Yeah, I rarely replay old games. Aemon - 25/02/2010 12:48:10 AM 517 Views
Huh, I guess I am special. *NM* Camilla - 25/02/2010 12:53:31 AM 254 Views
How boring. jh - 25/02/2010 07:32:19 AM 479 Views
That really depends on the game. Jacob - 25/02/2010 04:30:32 PM 530 Views
Re: That really depends on the game. Camilla - 27/02/2010 01:54:38 AM 541 Views
It will kill PC gaming. Cymbaline - 25/02/2010 12:06:12 AM 510 Views
Precisely. Camilla - 27/02/2010 01:56:00 AM 532 Views
on a side note Camilla - 24/02/2010 10:49:29 PM 496 Views
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