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Originally Posted by Steeltrap
What I find really amazing in all of this is that the 'disclaimer/warning' is tantamount to saying:
"We're sorry, but we've included software in this product which might screw your drive. We'd tell you more but (a) we can't really be sure just which drives it effects, and how badly, and (b) we deny anything any time a customer encounters a problem and contacts us, so we can hardly admit to these problems in a warning or our position of denial would appear even more ridiculous than it already does"
I really wonder if any of these people actually contemplate life as a customer. Seems perverse to me to produce a game like SHIII with its dedicated audience (i.e. all of us...) not likely to be into piracy etc. It's rather like saying "let's protect our product so thoroughly that we can't sell it because our method of said protection is so punitive to our customers".
Despite being a dedicated wargamer for over 25 years, I have not purchased SHIII - even though I know it is by far the best sim for WWII subs ever released (and I've played pretty much every other one, as have many here).
Dan and others: I'm totally in agreement with your efforts to make it clear to publishers that while responsible gamers want to support future game releases through purchasing games to allow reasonable profits etc, they WON'T compromise their systems or be treated like fools whenever they try to resolve an issue apparently caused by some 'protection' measure.
Cheers
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I agree. I'd love to play SH3 again, but refuse to put this protection back on my system. My offer to sell my copy of SH3 still stands too. Make me a reasonable offer, and its yours!
-S