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Originally Posted by Greenhornet
I haven't been to the subsim forums for a while and have just read that SHV will have DRM. I have been playing Silent Hunter since SHII and have really enjoyed the game. I have purchased every copy as soon as it was released, but I won't be buying SHV.
I've experienced DRM with Rise of Flight that I bought without knowing what DRM was. Believe me it sucks. With Rise of Flight you get constant "cannot connect to master server" errors and I feel ripped off because I feel I only have half a game. If I wanted to play online games I would have bought World of Warcraft. Rise of flight developers have seen how much business they've lost and have decided to patch the game so you can play single player offline.... To little to late my friends... the damage is done.
I don't have an XBox or other console, but I'm sure we're going to see Game developers go in that direction, just look at your local EB Games outlet, the computer games section is a sliver of the store.
One thing I'm sure about though, as long as the game developers decide to go with DRM or other such protections, I'll be holding on to my cash for other hobbies!
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Welcome back. We have several topics on the DRM theme, so I merged yours with this one.
I personally have not experienced a game with online all the time DRM, so I cannot comment. If it's as bad as you paint it, then I would agree, it's not acceptable. I bought ROF a couple weeks ago but with all the server problems and several assignments ahead of it, I have not had time to install it
I wouldn't be surprised if eventually all games go to the console, except the really big selling PC games. Games like Silent Hunter are on their last legs, and this combination of DRM and core fan outrage will drive the final nail in the coffin.