Would you pay $10 extra for no DRM?

TigerOmega · 01-29-10, 08:07 PM

I know I would.

Antiacus · 01-29-10, 08:08 PM

I'd pay an extra $25

I paid that much for Flight Sim X

theluckyone17 · 01-29-10, 08:16 PM

I'd hate doing it, since implementing DRM requires extra effort, and therefore should increase costs. However, if it means avoiding DRM... you betcha. Call it what you want: extortion, subsidizing pirates, whatever: but I'd pay it.

longam · 01-29-10, 08:19 PM

I really don't want to pay for something I didn't want to begin with.

Thomen · 01-29-10, 08:22 PM

No.

Mikhayl · 01-29-10, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by longam

I really don't want to pay for something I didn't want to begin with.

Exactly this

Letum · 01-29-10, 08:28 PM

It's worth that much or more to me, but I wouldn't pay for it on principle and to avoid setting a precedent.

goldorak · 01-30-10, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by longam

I really don't want to pay for something I didn't want to begin with.

Listen to the man. ^^^^

Nickolas · 01-29-10, 08:18 PM

i would, but to be honest i chose not to buy (or at least wait) this game before i heven knew what DRM was being used. The DRM only confirmed my choice.

01-30-10, 06:24 AM

The hackers will get it for $0 and no DRM, while the people who actually purchase it will be treated as criminals with a highly restrictive DRM.

Remember that Ubi tried to say that the absence of 1944/5 and only one type of boat was a feature, as if lack of content could ever be a feature, but in this case removing the DRM might work.

bigboywooly · 01-30-10, 06:33 AM

I wouldnt pay to have the DRM/OSP removed

However IF the game had been 10£$ dearer without DRM/OSP in the first place I would have happily paid it

There's a difference there

subvers4 · 01-30-10, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

I wouldnt pay to have the DRM/OSP removed

However IF the game had been 10£$ dearer without DRM/OSP in the first place I would have happily paid it

There's a difference there

100 % with bbw here

VonHesse · 01-30-10, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

I wouldnt pay to have the DRM/OSP removed

However IF the game had been 10£$ dearer without DRM/OSP in the first place I would have happily paid it

There's a difference there

Yup, that.

To pay ANY money to have it removed now would be extortion and "bait and switch", and I couldn't support that on the principal of it.

If, however, they needed to charge more in the future to increase their profit margin, through honest customers, to negate the influence of pirates, then that would be acceptable.

At this late date, paying to have DRM/OSP removed would be like paying the Mafia "protection money" to ensure that the same Mafia wouldn't send it's goons to your place of business to trash the joint...

Unacceptable.

Rosencrantz · 01-30-10, 12:11 PM

No, I would not.

It would be like I should pay extra money for McDonald's so I could take my hamburger with me...

-RC-

tater · 01-30-10, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rosencrantz

No, I would not.

It would be like I should pay extra money for McDonald's so I could take my hamburger with me...

-RC-

You DO. Any software you buy without DRM has the associated losses to piracy built into the price. Nothing is free. Nothing. Someone pays, or it doesn't happen.

Open source? How on Earth to the devs feed their kids under that model? I'm serious, enlighten me. I'm not a shill for this OSP crap in case you haven't been reading my posts, BTW. I'm not buying because of the possible limitations to me playing (assuming there is ever a fleet boat version since I don't do u-boats).

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01-29-10, 08:07 PM	#1
TigerOmega Watch Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 22 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Would you pay $10 extra for no DRM? I know I would.

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Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	It's worth that much or more to me, but I wouldn't pay for it on principle and to avoid setting a precedent. __________________

01-30-10, 06:33 AM	#11
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	I wouldnt pay to have the DRM/OSP removed However IF the game had been 10£$ dearer without DRM/OSP in the first place I would have happily paid it There's a difference there __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-29-10, 08:08 PM	#2
Antiacus Medic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Springfield, Oregon Posts: 161 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I'd pay an extra $25 I paid that much for Flight Sim X

01-29-10, 08:16 PM	#3
theluckyone17 Captain Join Date: May 2006 Location: Niskayuna, NY Posts: 482 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	I'd hate doing it, since implementing DRM requires extra effort, and therefore should increase costs. However, if it means avoiding DRM... you betcha. Call it what you want: extortion, subsidizing pirates, whatever: but I'd pay it.

01-29-10, 08:19 PM	#4
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I really don't want to pay for something I didn't want to begin with.

01-29-10, 08:22 PM	#5
Thomen Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,207 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	No.

01-29-10, 08:18 PM	#9
Nickolas Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 112 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	i would, but to be honest i chose not to buy (or at least wait) this game before i heven knew what DRM was being used. The DRM only confirmed my choice.

01-30-10, 06:24 AM	#10
Kefru Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The hackers will get it for $0 and no DRM, while the people who actually purchase it will be treated as criminals with a highly restrictive DRM. Remember that Ubi tried to say that the absence of 1944/5 and only one type of boat was a feature, as if lack of content could ever be a feature, but in this case removing the DRM might work.

01-30-10, 12:11 PM	#14
Rosencrantz Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 758 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	No, I would not. It would be like I should pay extra money for McDonald's so I could take my hamburger with me... -RC-