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Old 02-18-10, 08:07 AM   #1353
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Originally Posted by Lanzfeld View Post
The goal was always is to be able to charge a monthly fee in the future to allow access to the game and you cannot do that with a dongle.
This.

It's nothing new that the gaming industry wants to switch over to a subscription-based model in the not-so-far future. The 1st step is tying games into an account system, which also handily prevents the re-selling of games, since we can't have people buying cheap, second-hand games, no Sir!

The whole DRM-issue has really not much to do with copy-protection but all the more with profit maximizing.
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