rishiswaz :
somebodyspecial :
You get what you deserve Ubisoft. I hope you go down in flames for using DRM crap that kills your users fun. GOG FTW.
Do yourself a favor and boycott any game that uses DRM until they wake up. If you start affecting their wallet they will quit and go DRM free. They would have ZERO choice in the matter or just plain go bankrupt. Which is what I'd rather have anyway with all big devs, so we can get back to 5-30 person teams and MUCH more gameplay over graphics. Graphics are cool, but I'd rather have triple the gameplay time and less wasted on graphics. I don't know about you, but I'm sick of BF59, Crisis33, COD68...LOL. If you keep giving them money this is all we'll keep getting. Look at all the great teams making games on kickstarter etc. So many great ideas coming that are WORTH paying for by all the people who USED to make great games before EA/MS/Activision etc bought them all up and destroyed them. Now all we get is betas for $60 that last 10hrs instead of 30-100's of hours for $40 with nice boxes, manuals etc.
IF people didn't pirate games we wouldn't need DRM. I dislike DRM in terms of the implementation, but the concept of making sure that the game developers and publishers get their fair share is fair. DRM does get cracked, is that fair to the developers, no; is it fair to the publishers, again no; is it legal, no. I think we should stop looking at DRM as the problem and take care of the piracy first. Some companies like Greenheart Games, makers of Game Dev Tycoon, have great DRM where if the game was pirated then your game development studio would stop making money because of rampant piracy and you would not be able to finish a game because you would go bankrupt before the end of the time you have in the game
Sorry the data says you're wrong. First the people who pirate wouldn't buy the games anyway as most can't even afford to put food on their tables. I'm not saying they wouldn't like to, but when you're making a few dollars a day it's not an option so there are NO lost sales on these people. Second, if you were right at all, CD Project wouldn't be saying the Witcher 2 NON-DRM game was the least pirated version on the planet...LOL. Also since you could get it DRM free from them, they should have sold only one copy because according to you we would have all pirated it right? You couldn't be more wrong.
You're not making sense. How can you go bankrupt due to piracy before your game even is finished? Who said anything about devs NOT getting their share? I'm all for buying DRM free games so they GET their share. You're putting words in my mouth. I don't even understand your tycoon comments. Pitching a game or something?
Some companies, IE every game on kickstarter I've been wanting have ZERO drm editions. I could list a dozen here all HUGE titles. Just go to kickstarter and check the MOST FUNDED GAMES list. ALL DRM free. The witcher etc proves you can make a mint while keeping everyone happy. IF you want to get more users to buy, lower the price some instead of charging $60 for a 10hr game that most can't afford. Expect piracy when you place your product so far out of reach of billions of users. With places like steam (I don't like them but get why people do...NO DRM for me) and Gog charging prices everyone can afford there is very little reason to pirate. Piracy happens because of DRM and people not believing they are getting VALUE for their bucks or just plain being unable to afford the price.
You're also forgetting what USERS have to put up with. Look at all the BETA games they release for $60. Is that fair to the users? NO. Can you get your refund? NO. Is there any other industry where you can't get a refund? NO. They get what they deserve. Only DRM free companies deserve your money since these companies don't consider you a CRIMINAL even before you purchase as EA etc does. To them we are ALL criminals. BOYCOTT DRM.