Originally posted by: mindcycle
Originally posted by: DarkForceRising
I saw this on D2D, but then did some research. As far as I can tell, this still uses 3 Activation Tages DRM, of the totally non-revocable variety. Even at 5$, I refuse to pay for that crap.
That's exactly the reason why I never bought the game and probably never will (unless they patch it out or something).
You have to wonder though, why it's $5 so shortly after it was released.. I believe it was released in April..? I even saw retail copies that were less than $15. It must have sold very poorly as i'd imagine most gamers refused to support the ridiculous DRM once they found out about it.
Sales are not important - piracy was prevented, that is all that matters. :disgust:
Maybe the genius who decided to implement the DRM on this title should go back to the share-holders and explain this success story to them. They will undoubtedly accept poor sales and being forced to sell a 4-month old game for $5 in the future, providing that torrent downloads are prevented at release. Great work!
With greater frequency, we are encountering the argument that DRM is here to stay, either put up with it or stop gaming on the pc. That's fair enough, but the problem is that when the DRM becomes too stringent, people are indeed willing to stop buying titles on the pc, as Atari has discovered.
In all seriousness, it is a shame as the game itself does appear interesting.
Yesterday you informed me that Securom is employed on the new Batman title, which is clearly another inspired choice of DRM, given everbody's admiration for that particular form of protection. Some people never learn...