MMR: EA Breaks Your Disk? Too Bad, Your Problem

[BigglesPiP]

I agree that EA should ether offer free or really cheap disks (Ubuntu value 6 CD's at 27p for customs). So why cant we pay 15p plus postage for a broken disk.




Just have to say tho: Aaron McKenna must have stubby fingers :lol:

The CD case in question is my favorite design.

Tho if you have a Demo disk loose in the case too it gets it's edges trimmed by that bracing down the inside of the spine when you close the case.

 

[Methuss]

Heh. Let's break this down simply:

Broken discs = more revenue.

You have to buy a replacement or pay a "nominal charge" to get them to send you a new one (after you mail the broken one of course).

Backups for personal use are, of course, prohibited by their anti-copying methods; so you have no choice and no way to protect your investment.

Nice racket.

 

[ancient46]

I don't play games with the disc in the drives anymore since purchasing Game Jackal. The discs all sit in their cases on the shelf once I have installed the game and the copy protection scheme is emulated.

 

[chuckshissle]

Yeah I've seen that happen before but it didn't got replaced because it the disk container was opened. I'm like what?! Then how would you know if the disk is crack when it's not opened? Anyways that is some bull crap. No wonder some prefers to just hack the game and copy it, no disk is going to break that way.

Well, they should (whoever design the disk container) revise it and make something better.

 

[Grinch123456]

I always just make images with Alcohol 120% for all my games. Then I never touch the discs again. It is very quick to reinstall my games from images too, and much easier than using discs anyway.

Sometimes it can be a hassle to get some to work (like FEAR), but for me it is worth it to never have to use my precious discs.

Exactly! Alcohol 120 is one of the greatest programs ever. I have several hard drives, and one 160 gig hard drive is dedicated entirely to CD/DVD images (although I'm nearly full and replacing it with a 300 gig one). Just mount and go. Could it get simpler? That's why I like Steam. I just run Steam and click the game. The game runs. I can update it on any computer I want. For example, one of my hard drives just got fried so I got a new one, reinstalled Steam, and started playing again. EA's downloader system is terrible. They should efinately mirror Steam, or use it entirely.

 

[Arucard]

Does anyone else have any thoughts on Game Jackal, like I suggested? Sure it costs $20, but it gives you the same end result (no need to get out the disc), and doesn't force you to take up 700MB of dis c space with a CD .iso every game, or 4.7GB if you happen to have a DVD version. $20 program, or $200 HDD to store your .isos?

 

[smittyhotep]

i conciter myself to an alcohol junkie. however, i cant get it properly emulate anything encrypted with securom. im deployed right now, and ALL the gamers i hang with use images instead of bringing the disks here. but i couldnt, and still cant emulate anything with securom, any thoughts?

 

[BigMac]

i conciter myself to an alcohol junkie. however, i cant get it properly emulate anything encrypted with securom. im deployed right now, and ALL the gamers i hang with use images instead of bringing the disks here. but i couldnt, and still cant emulate anything with securom, any thoughts?

This topic (linked to an article on THG) is meant to discuss the operation of software publishers. Given the topic, it is valid (in my opinion) to discuss some of the things that people use to avoid restrictions that hamper them to exercise legal use of their software (like discs getting broken because of potential faulty packaging, at least that is the premise of the article).

This topic must and will not deteriorate into sharing information with regard to circumventing copy protection measures. To anyone considering this approach, you have been warned (this includes the author of the quoted text).