It doesn't really hurt that one of the big companies who was pushing DRM has just demonstrated one of our greatest fears as nto only potentially valid, but real and present. But then we get this....
Cognimancer said:
Steam has pulled Darkspore from its store, though at time of writing EA is still selling it on Origin.
Not cool, EA. Not cool at all.
Adam Jensen said:
And this is what you can expect from every always-on game with a single player aspect. So go ahead and try to defend it without looking like a corporate tool.
"It doesn't affect me, so I don't care!"
That's the best I've got.
Though honestly, I doubt many of the people who support this kind of DRM are playing games from all the way back in 2011.
(At this point, I would like to note that I would normally have done a Jon Stewart-style take over the fact that this dead game is just two years old (roughly). However, in these circumstances, it actually goes with my portrayal of gamers as a group that by majority increasingly treats their hobby as disposable entertainment, so I'll play it straight).
Diablo1099 said:
That last part HAS to be illegal.
Consumers have virtually no rights these days. It's a sad state, but they can probably get away with it for a while at least. And even then, it will be consumer outrage and not laws that work. Hell, if anyone tries to contact the authorities or file a complaint, they will be called spoiled and entitled.
CyberMachinist said:
Well at least a questionably forgettable game well now be remembered as the videogames equivalent to the Alamo....... or something like it. There is a peculiar irony to this.
I don't know about irony, really. Rosa Parks was just a woman who was too tired and sore to give up her seat. She didn't think about politics when she refused, and certainly didn't think people would still be learning about her actions into the 21st century.
I'm not saying games are the equivalent of civil rights, for the record. Just using an example of someone small and unassuming becoming a rallying point.
I'm also not sure about the Alamo bit either, since people are mad today but might not be in a week. Darkspore may simply be forgotten because too few people have a pony in the race.
FEichinger said:
Think of it this way: This could just as well have been Diablo 3, SimCity or Assassin's Creed 2 (back in the day) - or any other game featuring DRM of the intrusive fashion.
To be fair, if it were one of the above games, they would be far more likely to work on the bugs or another solution to pacify the masses who bought it. A more popular game would get better treatment because of a bigger customer base. It might be that the above games see their servers shut down in time, but I suspect it will be different circumstances and handled differently.
I could be wrong on both my short-term and long-term speculation, but it is just that. Speculation. I'd like this to become a big deal before the time runs out on the big games, but I kind of doubt that's the outcome we'll get.
