The gawd-almighty merged DRM in Silent Hunter V thread

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by razark

Yes, go eat now. But pay the bill up front, before you are served. If the quality is lacking, there will be no refund. If the kitchen catches fire and is unable to serve you, there will be no refund. If Your order is served late, there will be no refund. If the waiter sneezes on your plate, there will be no refund.

Oh, and each time you take a bite of food, the waiter will be stopping by to check your receipt to be sure you paid for it. If your waiter is not available, you will need to stop eating until he is available. We cannot guarantee that your waiter will be available at any specific time.

Thank you and enjoy your meal.

That may be true, but I am buying a meal not a house. I would never make a $1,000 investment on the conditions Ubisoft is trying to impose, but $50?, I spend more than that just taking my wife out for lunch.

You have to keep things in perspective. Many PC gamers will spend, say $200-300 on a video card which they will upgrade in 12-24 months, but how many will say today: "I refuse to upgrade my video card since it will be obsolete in 5 years".

Let's assume what all the doomsayers are saying is true and all the servers are shut down in 2012 leaving me with a totally useless copy of SH5. You will all be able to say: "We told you so!!!". At that point, I will be forced to admit I was wrong and that all I got for my 50 bucks was a full 24 months of playing the latest SH at an average cost of $2.00 a month.......

.....mmmm, ....tough choice....