Civilized DRM Debate Thread

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Originally Posted by karamazovnew

Let's get our apples sorted out. DRM is one thing, OSP is another. If SH5 would require any or all of the following, we wouldn't have a problem:
- original disk needed in drive
- serial number
- one online activation on first start after an install.
All of those are examples of DRM.

At the moment, the only games that have never been cracked are MMOs (actually ignore these), Steel Beasts Pro and Rise of Flight. Both were niche games and pirate groups have not wasted time on them. But all of Ubisoft's games will use OSP. Once they crack one, they've cracked all of them. And they will be cracked, Assassin's Creed 2 and PoP are reason enough. Stop piracy? No. Piss off all legit customers? Yes. How many of them will turn to pirated copies just to play the game they've just bought? You'd think they read the news about Spore... guess not.

If I may point one thing out about MMOs, all you need are the discs to play the game. Several pirate groups have sifted through the data and made their own servers. I know, I used to run a WoW server in my own house.