At the risk of kicking an ant hill, I think any developer would be wise to weigh the cost/benefit of copy protection. I only purchased SH3 this September after accidentally running across some posts that a certain CP was no longer present in the latest release. We all know there are those who have had no problems with it and those that have. I am not interested in playing Russian roulette with my computer and any software that may do me harm will not go on my hard drive. Reportedly, Ubi has moved away from this particular product, but there are others that may be attractive as a replacement and some of those are not without issues. Don't punish the legal user in the hopeless quest for protection that is often circumvented within minutes of a game's release.
Build a quality product, offer it at a reasonable price, support it and it will sell...particularly to a niche market. As has been previously posted, listening to the community is they key. Sure, the noise will need to be filtered, but there are good points made in forums like subsim by people who know and care. If my hardware were up to it, I would surely have tried SH4 by now, but it'll have to wait 'til I can upgrade.
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