Stalker 2 has... Draconian DRM.
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all round I think its a terrible idea but will it actually backfire on them in anyway? those of us that know about this (and care) are in a pretty small minority, most people just buy a game and play it without ever wondering or worrying about what liberties are being taken by the publisher... at least until something goes wrong with the DRM that prevents them from playing the game.
Still, I'd love to see some actual proof that DRM stops piracy in a significant enough way to justify putting your paying customers though crap like this.
Still, I'd love to see some actual proof that DRM stops piracy in a significant enough way to justify putting your paying customers though crap like this.
I love STALKER, but I am not supporting this move. This is one case for which an honest boycott could truly help. Why? They're a relatively small, independent studio. Hell, it's main source of income is the STALKER series. So if we the consumers can work together and vote against this with our wallets, they'll have no other choice but to turn this decision around.
We might not be able to put a dent in giants like EA, but we can sure as hell fight against small fry like GSC Game World.
We might not be able to put a dent in giants like EA, but we can sure as hell fight against small fry like GSC Game World.
I was actually being sincere, you know. I know it sounds insane that someone made a comment on here that wasn't sarcasm. I think its BS, I have friends with crappy internet and it sucks for them.Woodsey said:
Still a sign of effectiveness, there are many ways to deal with piracy and this is one of them. The goal is to take out as many pirates as possible. Either directly or indirectly (as one of my friend learned when he pirated a DLC only to get an OS destroying virus.)Adam Jensen said:
Let's wait for some hackers manage to get around this so the DRM only hurts people who payed money for the game!
*Facepalm*
*Facepalm*
I run on a wireless connection out here, I get mostly cut from the internet every time it rains.
I don't buy Single Player games to play them while I'm connected to the internet, I get them to play when I can't be on Dragon Saga, TF2, LoL, Minecraft servers, Kongregate, etc...
*sigh*
This is pretty much why most pirates end up being pirates, they start doing it because of dumb DRM policies on a game they want, then a lot of those people end up going "Well... that was easy, free, and I have a better game now... I might do this more often!"
I don't buy Single Player games to play them while I'm connected to the internet, I get them to play when I can't be on Dragon Saga, TF2, LoL, Minecraft servers, Kongregate, etc...
*sigh*
This is pretty much why most pirates end up being pirates, they start doing it because of dumb DRM policies on a game they want, then a lot of those people end up going "Well... that was easy, free, and I have a better game now... I might do this more often!"
So you're saying that creating a game that no one want's to even bother pirating is a sign of effectiveness? Well why don't you mail that to developers. All these years they tried to make games that people like, and in return they have to deal with piracy. And the solution was always in front of them - make a lousy game.gyrobot said:
Whelp, that's it for me then. I bought all three STALKER games, loved them (especially with the Complete mods) and would almost certainly have bought the next one, too. But this I'm not willing to do. The only hope they have for me and people thinking like me buying their game is that they change their mind until release or at least later release a patch/data package that makes this ridiculous measure redundant, removes it. If they go through with it, I can only hope that their sales are so much worse that they actually make less money than they would've with their standard copy protections etc. and they realize that staving off some pirates for a while[footnote]You don't honestly think they won't break through this protection, too, at some point, do you?[/footnote] is not worth forcing their proper customers through such hoops.
Update:
May have been a false alarm, their DRM policy isn't decided yet:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/10/09/gsc-respond-on-stalker-2-drm-issue/
Lets hope the community reaction thus far will duly influence their decisions.
May have been a false alarm, their DRM policy isn't decided yet:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/10/09/gsc-respond-on-stalker-2-drm-issue/
Lets hope the community reaction thus far will duly influence their decisions.
Yep, I have a cap and there is very little I can do about it as i'm a lodger so the broadband is my landlords.imnotparanoid said:
Its bad enough having a cap as I can only download 1 game a month (from steam), but sometimes the cap gets exceeded and then I need to tighten my belt on the data... having a game downloading content whilst I play could cost me money!