Can some one confirm this DRM thing - Surely it a joke

[badkarma]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Makes it harder to pirate so i can understand this having to be logged into the net before playing.You can't blame devs for wanting to head in this direction.

Sorry but that's pure fantasy.
http://filenetworks.blogspot.com/200...war-steam.html
Just as an example. There are few games that are not cracked within 3 days of release, most of them BEFORE release!

All this does is remove the 2nd hand market, and possibly make companies feel like they're doing something.
Well, they are doing something.. aggravating legitimate users.