Update me on DRM

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by Letum

I think someone should defend Steam on this point.

Steam does not require constant internet connection.
Steam runs fine in an offline mode.

There are however a lot of things that steam does that people should be wary about. Steam is absolutely forbidden on my system for several of those reasons I am not going to get in to right now.

I have to say I don't have major issues with most current forms of DRM, though I do like it when they strip the DRM out after a few months. I also do my research and don't buy games with online verification, install limits, or anything which would limit my playing the game down the road (I buy games with staying power, not 10 hours of entertainment that then collects dust).

The conjecture that pirates wouldn't have bought the game is false, just as false as the opposite idea that every game pirated is a lost sale. The reality is somewhere in the middle, where many pirated games (particularly in western markets) do represent lost sales. Piracy is also starting to reach epidemic levels now with it being so easy to do (any idiot with an internet connection can get what ever they want very easily now).


Anyhow I am going to lock this thread. Not because it is getting out of hand or anyone did anything wrong, but there have been far to many of these piracy/drm threads of late on the Subsim forums, and these threads tend to go bad.

Sky if you have any more questions about current DRM feel free to send me a pm. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have, and if there are specific games you are interested in I can look up the DRM they come with.