Hey everyone... & Dongle DRM anyone?

caine007 · 05-10-10, 06:40 PM

Dongles would only be slightly more difficult to crack than the basic "is there a genuine DVD in the drive?" copy protection now.

Be pretty easy for someone to figure out what a dongle is sending/recieving and just rig any USB flash drive to do the same thing.

Anything more complicated than that and you start adding a lot of $$$ to the production costs.

IMO the only way to beat piracy (other than your constantly updated online service like WoW) is to make DRM a two way street. Currently publishers want genuine users to put up with a bunch of extra hassles - without any carrot to sweeten the deal. DRM protected games like SH5 and Splinter Cell Conviction are still buggy and unfinished - and have still been pirated.

Game Publishers need to come to the party. Reward their paying customers for keeping them in business - like making sure they get what they paid for. Even better, start some kind of rewards system. Open up their extensive back catalogues and let people earn points for buying genuine software that you can use to download free games.

aergistal · 05-10-10, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by caine007

Game Publishers need to come to the party. Reward their paying customers for keeping them in business - like making sure they get what they paid for. Even better, start some kind of rewards system. Open up their extensive back catalogues and let people earn points for buying genuine software that you can use to download free games.

Couldn't have said it better caine007! Instead of throwing negative incentives against pirates they should focus on positive incentives for customers. But guess what, that's harder to accomplish.

mookiemookie · 05-11-10, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by aergistal

Couldn't have said it better caine007! Instead of throwing negative incentives against pirates they should focus on positive incentives for customers. But guess what, that's harder to accomplish.

That's been the only proven way to beat the piracy problem. Unfortunately, some game companies can't/don't want to realize this.

Diopos · 05-11-10, 02:24 PM

Dongle bells, dongle bells, dongle all the way ............

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05-10-10, 06:40 PM	#1
caine007 A-ganger Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 72 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Dongles would only be slightly more difficult to crack than the basic "is there a genuine DVD in the drive?" copy protection now. Be pretty easy for someone to figure out what a dongle is sending/recieving and just rig any USB flash drive to do the same thing. Anything more complicated than that and you start adding a lot of $$$ to the production costs. IMO the only way to beat piracy (other than your constantly updated online service like WoW) is to make DRM a two way street. Currently publishers want genuine users to put up with a bunch of extra hassles - without any carrot to sweeten the deal. DRM protected games like SH5 and Splinter Cell Conviction are still buggy and unfinished - and have still been pirated. Game Publishers need to come to the party. Reward their paying customers for keeping them in business - like making sure they get what they paid for. Even better, start some kind of rewards system. Open up their extensive back catalogues and let people earn points for buying genuine software that you can use to download free games.