Originally posted by: ZzZGuy
Originally posted by: thilan29
Yeah hopefully fewer companies take this kind of route with their DRM. My biggest beef with this specific system is the 3 install limit...hopefully that's extended to something more reasonable.
You already told them you are perfectly happy with their DRM by buying the game, as a consumer you speak with your wallet.
Well, not necessarily. I actually thought along those same lines until reading the NWN2 - Mysteries of Westgate
review on RPG Watch the other day.
Here's what the author said..
the truth is that while we hold some influence over how things proceed, the influence is ambiguous: not buying could mean that we are protesting DRM, tired of D&D games, bored with round-based combat, or abandoning PC gaming. Buying the module and sending a letter to Atari protesting the DRM, however, would show that you are a paying customer who is tired of being treated like a potential criminal.
While that's specific to MoW, he makes a good point. These companies aren't going to necessarily recognize that they may have lost lots of sales due to the DRM employed. To them it may be that the game just wasn't well liked, or any number of other "guesses". So if you really want the game and decide buy it, and you are also against the DRM, then you should let the publisher know.
I will be staying away from the game completely, so I am essentially voting with my wallet, like you mention. But for others who decide to purchase it, they should definitely let Atari know they aren't happy with their inclusion of draconian DRM but still decided to support the developer. If enough people did that Atari might actually listen.. or not.
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