usual storys--
sooner or later the dvd supplies/manufactures are going to get (in contradiction to my other point lol) a little bit fed up of replacing broken DVD drives and covering StarForces lack of consumer protection
why should the DVD manufactures continue paying for the damage caused to their products by incompatible copy right protection software?
may be what finally brings the strangness to a head might be that the DVD companys go direct to Starfoce and demand clarification of exactly why their product is being damaged by SF's protection software--
and why the DVD companys should shoulder the cost of replacing these drives when there is no evidence that they were in fact faulty (prior to the instalation of SF software) in the first place---
when the DVD manufactures finally wise up to what going on; that's when all the techno babble consumers are getting landed with will end and SF will have to test their product properly on all the major DVD manufacturers in order to prove their stance that SF does not harm any DVD hardware/software---
or maybe the whole industry has decided that the fact that SF is (perhaps?) effective in reducing piracy balances out any customer ill-will/ loss of confidence and even the DVD manufacturers have caved in and are prepared to stand the brunt of the losses due to replacing broken DVD drives under warranty in spite of the probability that it isn't their product that's at fault---
after all they can't be ignorant of what's going on surely?
mean time games sales must surely be suffering? even if only by a fraction?---
i'm not quite egotistical enough (lol) to believe im completely unique and i've lost all desire to buy new games --i keep walking past the games shelves in my local supermarket with money in my pocket--i glance at the titles and think --what's the point? where-as in the past i've lost count of the number of games i've bought just to see if they're any good or not--as i say i doubt if i'm unique in this feeling --statisticly speaking it's impossible!! ==ie ;the percentage of my disposable income i actually spend on games recently has shrunk to virtually nil---in spite of the fact that i've just up-graded to a "uber" computer in order to play the dang things lol!!! i want to buy the dang things---but my new PC isn't going to be much use with a knackered dvd drive--and lets face it 99% of games are not worth the risk!!
it's games i'm considering buying-it's supposed to be fun!!
SF has changed my entire attitude towards the whole thing--
i can't help thinking the cure (in this case) is worse than the disease---