Will the DRM affect your Purchase?

jerm138 · 01-31-10, 05:07 PM

Another big factor would be the large number of casual gamers who will only consider buying a game after it has been released and several user reviews have been made at websites like IGN. A lot of those potential sales will be steered by how well it performs for the front-running pioneers. If there aren't many problems, and DRM seems to be a non-issue to most, then it will score well and that could help support a lot more sales. On the flipside, if half of the early users have problems with the DRM servers and other bugs, then a whole lot of casual gamers will see "Readers' Score: 5/10" and keep right on going.

And as much as we don't like it... casual gamers are where the big $$ is at.

View Poll Results: Will the new DRM affect your SH5 purchase
"Makes no difference to me"	191	15.44%
I'll cancel my pre-order & wait	148	11.96%
Wait for UBI to remove the online DRM	761	61.52%
Not going to at all now.	137	11.08%
Voters: 1237. You may not vote on this poll

01-31-10, 05:07 PM	#11
jerm138 Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 332 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Another big factor would be the large number of casual gamers who will only consider buying a game after it has been released and several user reviews have been made at websites like IGN. A lot of those potential sales will be steered by how well it performs for the front-running pioneers. If there aren't many problems, and DRM seems to be a non-issue to most, then it will score well and that could help support a lot more sales. On the flipside, if half of the early users have problems with the DRM servers and other bugs, then a whole lot of casual gamers will see "Readers' Score: 5/10" and keep right on going. And as much as we don't like it... casual gamers are where the big $$ is at. __________________