The gawd-almighty merged DRM in Silent Hunter V thread

badkarma · 02-17-10, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

Whether OSP will actually prevent piracy at all is another issue. I don't think it'll stop outright piracy at all. But it will prevent resale and it'll also prevent lending/swapping/borrowing amongst friends, so maybe those things alone will be enough to decrease those "lost sales" by a few percent (and increase revenues by ten times that amount). Time will tell.

That's actually something I'd not considered, however that makes me even stronger on my position.
Intentionally stopping people from lending/swapping/borrowing a product they've purchased is an infringement of many countries consumer rights, and they seem to want to use that to recoup their lost revenue because they can't combat piracy...

That's worse than the punishment of legitimate customers by "you can only play when we say you can".
Now we're expected to pay for the pirates copies as well?

onelifecrisis · 02-17-10, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by badkarma

Intentionally stopping people from lending/swapping/borrowing a product they've purchased is an infringement of many countries consumer rights

Which countries?

Sulikate · 02-17-10, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

Which countries?

Brazil, for example. That's where I live

DaveR · 02-17-10, 10:26 AM

damn, what i disappointment. 'was' looking forward to this game. having to be connected to internet is garbage. so it is now off my 'buy' list. (does ubi soft ads say anything about internet connection?).

so now they have minimum piracy, also have minimum users; so where do they win?

gt500 · 02-17-10, 10:29 AM

This overkill form of DRM is really disheartening. I so much love the Silent hunter series and was looking forward to buying SHV the day it was released. My heart bleeds that I will not be able to support the developers.

Sorry to say like many others I will not be purchasing a game I want to play due to the DRM they are implementing.

Sorry the cost for this game is TOO HIGH, and I am not referring to the financial cost.

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DaveR A-ganger Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 72 Downloads: 190 Uploads: 0	damn, what i disappointment. 'was' looking forward to this game. having to be connected to internet is garbage. so it is now off my 'buy' list. (does ubi soft ads say anything about internet connection?). so now they have minimum piracy, also have minimum users; so where do they win?

02-17-10, 10:29 AM	#5
gt500 Nub Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	This overkill form of DRM is really disheartening. I so much love the Silent hunter series and was looking forward to buying SHV the day it was released. My heart bleeds that I will not be able to support the developers. Sorry to say like many others I will not be purchasing a game I want to play due to the DRM they are implementing. Sorry the cost for this game is TOO HIGH, and I am not referring to the financial cost.