What exactly does the copy protection do? Treat us, the consumers like thieves while pirates play happily?
I bought mass effect(ME) today, happily strolling out of the shop, once in the car halfway home I almost got a heart attack! Internet connection required, that while I just decided to rather buy ME rather than Alone in the Dark(AITD) because the sales-person told me AITD must be authenticated online. Now I buy something with the same problem? Reading up on the internet nearly gave me another heart attack, apparently ME has to be authenticated every 10 days, meaning I have to lug my PC to my mother's PC every ten days to be able to play the game!
Then I wonder, why the hell bother buying games and being a nice citizen when we, the people paying have to put up with this rubbish. Mow I know why so many people play pirate games.
My question to SecuRom and other copy protection companies is, what exactly are you trying to accomplish with these drastic measures. Pirates won't be stopped by it, they will eventually crack the game.
In the end it all comes down to: consumers 0 ; pirates 1. Just remove the damn copy protection already.
Full Version: COPY PROTECTION AGAINST WHAT?!
(First) I completely agree.
(Second) This topic already exists here http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showtopic=57905&hl=
(Third) I'm too lazy to respond again so enjoy some copypasta.
(Second) This topic already exists here http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showtopic=57905&hl=
(Third) I'm too lazy to respond again so enjoy some copypasta.
QUOTE(WoogieMonster @ May 7 2008, 08:46 PM) 
This is exactly why I do not own any Valve games. They require you to be constantly connected to Steams even for offline single-player games. There's no nice way to say it, it's ******* retarded.
QUOTE(WoogieMonster @ May 8 2008, 11:09 PM)
People who are going to pirate the game (this one or any other) are going to do so regardless of what steps they take to prevent it. This serves absolutely no purpose beyond annoying the hell out of the people who are honest to begin with. On some other forums (that I can not name here), people are beginning to fall into groups: those who are going to try to boycott and those who are now going to pirate the game anyway out of sheer spite. What's funny to me is that a lot of them are admitting that this is a game that they would have gladly paid for legally... until this crap was announced.
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