Sadly no, you can buy a game as a gift for another account. But you can't actually give your games to other people, you have to decide who it's for when you pay.Cousin_IT said:
Gabe Newell: Most DRM Plans Are "Dumb"
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It seems that if there was ever a war of the video game companies, EA would be the evil empire, and Valve would be Luke Skywalker. He would, of course, opt out his lightsaber for a crowbar.
This just shows how amazing of a company Valve really is (not that I needed further proof). They're pretty much the best there is. I never had a serious problem with EA until the whole anti-piracy bull they made. They're probably gonna stop soon, though. It's impossible to ignore all the negativity people have thrown at them about it. At least... I seriously hope so. ::crosses fingers for no f**k-ups with Mass Effect 2::
This just shows how amazing of a company Valve really is (not that I needed further proof). They're pretty much the best there is. I never had a serious problem with EA until the whole anti-piracy bull they made. They're probably gonna stop soon, though. It's impossible to ignore all the negativity people have thrown at them about it. At least... I seriously hope so. ::crosses fingers for no f**k-ups with Mass Effect 2::
Apart from the general "BigBrother-feel" regular DRM at least lets you sell used games... Funny how people ignore that and praise Steam, probably the most restrictive kind of protection out there -.-
He's got the thinking right, but like Khell said, put your money where you're mouth is.
It's all good and well to say that most DRM plans are dumb, but if you don't have a suggestion for a DRM plan that isn't dumb then be quite until you do.
That being said, he still has the right idea of this bullshit of DRM, but I'd just like to see some action or something other than "I'm a big-time developer of a big-time studio, and I know what's what!"
It's all good and well to say that most DRM plans are dumb, but if you don't have a suggestion for a DRM plan that isn't dumb then be quite until you do.
That being said, he still has the right idea of this bullshit of DRM, but I'd just like to see some action or something other than "I'm a big-time developer of a big-time studio, and I know what's what!"
Second on both parts.fluffylandmine said:
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What about the indie developers? The Rebel Alliance?flood juices said:
And I guess Bethesda would be Chewbacca, maybe? As long as Square is C-3P0. They never shut up.orannis62 said:
I would hate steam if you weren't granted access to awesome stuff like developer's tools and a great fan community as a result of said awesome developer's tools.
I do hate DRM that hurts the consumer but does absolutely nothing to hurt pirates. For example, Spore got pirated before the game was even in stores. Someone who pirates the game can install and uninstall it as many times as they like and all they lose out on is the online user created content. However, a person who payed money can only install and uninstall the game five times. If I didn't know about that bogus rule, I would have long since uninstalled spore since the game was pretty dull, but I'm keeping it on my hard drive as a result of their install limit.
I do hate DRM that hurts the consumer but does absolutely nothing to hurt pirates. For example, Spore got pirated before the game was even in stores. Someone who pirates the game can install and uninstall it as many times as they like and all they lose out on is the online user created content. However, a person who payed money can only install and uninstall the game five times. If I didn't know about that bogus rule, I would have long since uninstalled spore since the game was pretty dull, but I'm keeping it on my hard drive as a result of their install limit.
I did. Couldn't have said it better myself. That said, both of them did it through their own faults, so I can't feel bad for EA.xitel said: