Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition's DRM Punishes Legitimate PC Customers
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And here I thought Dead Rising 2's DRM was bad...
At most it will just take pirates a little longer to crack this, but you can believe that they'll find a way past it. All this is doing is punishing the people that purchased the game legitimately.
Strict DRM solutions hurt sales, but the blame will always be piracy, which prompts them to introduce even MORE strict DRM, perpetuating the cycle.
At most it will just take pirates a little longer to crack this, but you can believe that they'll find a way past it. All this is doing is punishing the people that purchased the game legitimately.
Strict DRM solutions hurt sales, but the blame will always be piracy, which prompts them to introduce even MORE strict DRM, perpetuating the cycle.
Funny how they attack PC gamers yet xbox/ps3 pirating is just as rampant and they do nothing to interfere with those gamers. So by their standards its ok to burn a copy of the 360 version and play it on a modded xbox but if you want to pay for it and play it on PC you better install Games for Windows and be online whenever you want to play it or you get screwed. Guess I know what game I wont be buying. Thanks for saving me the money Crapcom.
Well that summarizes my feelings on this, and on DRM in general, nicely.Keava said:
I don't enjoy Capcom games to begin with, but its nice to know that there's no reason to try to like them either. Maybe nice isn't the right word.
I was about to preorder this game off Steam.
Guess I won't be doing that anymore. Well done Capcom, you've deprived a budding SF4 fan from a game he's been waiting for for months.
Maybe writing a letter to Capcom will help. Because this is just plain stupid. What blithering pillock came up with this plan?
Guess I won't be doing that anymore. Well done Capcom, you've deprived a budding SF4 fan from a game he's been waiting for for months.
Maybe writing a letter to Capcom will help. Because this is just plain stupid. What blithering pillock came up with this plan?
Ok, all the Games for Windows Live hate aside.
Why are they doing this? Simply put all the content will be locked and it will unclock once you are online, however the crack that will come with the pirated version will bypass the issue. Either by faking it so the program think the user is online or by removing the check completely. This won't punish the pirates, this won't even slow them down. The content is on the disk, not on GFWL servers, what's the point?
Why are they doing this? Simply put all the content will be locked and it will unclock once you are online, however the crack that will come with the pirated version will bypass the issue. Either by faking it so the program think the user is online or by removing the check completely. This won't punish the pirates, this won't even slow them down. The content is on the disk, not on GFWL servers, what's the point?
so when incentive are fans supposed to have to pay for this instead of just pirating a good version of the game?
I'm a dissapoint Capcom. You lost a sale here. Heck, I even doubt if I'll buy something from Capcom ever again.
This is a huge middle finger for those of us who wanted to buy something legally with our hard earned cash.
IMO, this game doesn't even deserve to be pirated.
This is a huge middle finger for those of us who wanted to buy something legally with our hard earned cash.
IMO, this game doesn't even deserve to be pirated.
Punishing pirates? The sceners will crack it within a day or two of release and pirate copies will allow the use of all characters, features and unpaid-for DLCs while offline. The paying customers on the other hand will have to put up with a crippled game. Bravo Capcom, bravo.
(Not a Capcom hater, not after their announcement about looking to the PC as a serious development platform). A solution is to buy the game then use the crack (unless you're in the USA where the DMCA makes that illegal of course).
(Not a Capcom hater, not after their announcement about looking to the PC as a serious development platform). A solution is to buy the game then use the crack (unless you're in the USA where the DMCA makes that illegal of course).
Fuck you Capcom.
Remember those PSN games that don't work when not connected to the internet? Remember how your DRM fucked over paying costumers then? Why did you do that?
Yeah, hackers are dicks. They brought it down. They're criminals, thats what they do.
Whats your excuse?
And now your saddling this DRM on the game, and pirates will hack around it and not have to deal with it. At all. So the only ones getting screwed are the paying customers, who are actually paying for an inferior product since it has this DRM.
Fuck you and your DRM Capcom.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to buy more stuff from GoG.com, because they treat me like a person, instead of a thief with lots of money. Well thats one reason, here's the other:
So in closing, fuck you Capcom.
Remember those PSN games that don't work when not connected to the internet? Remember how your DRM fucked over paying costumers then? Why did you do that?
Yeah, hackers are dicks. They brought it down. They're criminals, thats what they do.
Whats your excuse?
And now your saddling this DRM on the game, and pirates will hack around it and not have to deal with it. At all. So the only ones getting screwed are the paying customers, who are actually paying for an inferior product since it has this DRM.
Fuck you and your DRM Capcom.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to buy more stuff from GoG.com, because they treat me like a person, instead of a thief with lots of money. Well thats one reason, here's the other:
Adam Badowski, CD Projekt RED Development Director, commented, ?Our goal is to make our fans and customers happy and to reward them for buying our game and DRM schemes does not support our philosophy as they might create obstacles for users of legally bought copies. Our approach to countering piracy is to incorporate superior value in the legal version. This means it has to be superior in every respect: less troublesome to use and install, with full support, and with access to additional content and services. So, we felt keeping the DRM would mainly hurt our legitimate users. This is completely in line with what we said before the release of The Witcher 2. We felt DRM was necessary to prevent the game being pirated and leaked before release. This purpose has been served, so we are pleased to let our users enjoy the full freedom of game usage they deserve.?
Badowski also explained CD Projekt RED?s stance on DRM from another perspective, "It?s important to remember that the PC platform is far more complex than consoles. DRM adds another layer of complication and potential problems. We saw this clearly in our game. Pre-release tests showed only small performance differences compared to the DRM-free (GOG.com) versions. We were unpleasantly surprised when some of our fans reported much larger differences, up to 30% lower framerates. This was another clear signal that we had to remove DRM as soon as possible ? the quality of our users? gameplay experience is absolutely our number one priority!"
http://en.thewitcher.com/community/
Badowski also explained CD Projekt RED?s stance on DRM from another perspective, "It?s important to remember that the PC platform is far more complex than consoles. DRM adds another layer of complication and potential problems. We saw this clearly in our game. Pre-release tests showed only small performance differences compared to the DRM-free (GOG.com) versions. We were unpleasantly surprised when some of our fans reported much larger differences, up to 30% lower framerates. This was another clear signal that we had to remove DRM as soon as possible ? the quality of our users? gameplay experience is absolutely our number one priority!"
http://en.thewitcher.com/community/
So in closing, fuck you Capcom.
I feel deeply for sf pc players (I'm playing on console). They got screwed on super and now are getting screwed on AE.
I've tried to stay quiet on the whole DRM things as I don't know if I have enough information to talk about it, but this is some BS on a level which is stupifying.
This kind of DRM only serves to give the hackers more challenge to laugh at while legit customer who don't want to use GFWL(as I stated, I play console and not well veresed in pc gaming tech, but from what my friends have told me GFWL is crap) are left out in the cold.
The locking of characters sounds to completly defeat the addition of adding characters, the saving of challenges shouldn't require an online connection.
WTF capcom...just wtf...
I've tried to stay quiet on the whole DRM things as I don't know if I have enough information to talk about it, but this is some BS on a level which is stupifying.
This kind of DRM only serves to give the hackers more challenge to laugh at while legit customer who don't want to use GFWL(as I stated, I play console and not well veresed in pc gaming tech, but from what my friends have told me GFWL is crap) are left out in the cold.
The locking of characters sounds to completly defeat the addition of adding characters, the saving of challenges shouldn't require an online connection.
WTF capcom...just wtf...
You know you've epic failed DRM when it makes the pirated version BETTER then a legit version >_<
Pirates will crack everything and laugh at legitimate customers. That's the way it always goes with retarded DRMs.
*deep sigh* Can Capcom even go two weeks without doing something that makes them look like fools anymore? Though I never planned on buying Street Fighter IV in the first place, this is an atrocious idea to push on paying consumers.allistairp said:
Then again, since this is being done on GFWL, I wonder how long it'll take some folks to use this as ammo against the Windows Live service instead of Capcom.
Wow, way to appeal to the PC base. Epic fail.
Pirates will enjoy a hacked game with a full character roster while paying customers will get punished just because they don't feel like being online. I mean, we all know that GFWL is about the shittiest platform out there, anyway. I had considered getting this, but I have been cured of that. No matter how you spin it, it's not worth it. I'll just stick to my console I guess.
Pirates will enjoy a hacked game with a full character roster while paying customers will get punished just because they don't feel like being online. I mean, we all know that GFWL is about the shittiest platform out there, anyway. I had considered getting this, but I have been cured of that. No matter how you spin it, it's not worth it. I'll just stick to my console I guess.
Please note I do not support Piriecy and not sure how to properly do spoiler tag.
Well Capcom well played you just caused more people to pirate it because they dont want to hassle with DRM LEARN YOUR FUCKING LEASON THIS SHIT PISSES PEOPLE OFF AND HELPS PIRECY SO STOP IT
Good thing I dont like Street Fighter games or really any fighters because this would really piss me off having to put up with bullshit drm :/
And for anyone who sees this and really hates drm like me go buy from gog.com they don't have DRM on there games lol im not advertising just telling <_<
Well Capcom well played you just caused more people to pirate it because they dont want to hassle with DRM LEARN YOUR FUCKING LEASON THIS SHIT PISSES PEOPLE OFF AND HELPS PIRECY SO STOP IT
Good thing I dont like Street Fighter games or really any fighters because this would really piss me off having to put up with bullshit drm :/
And for anyone who sees this and really hates drm like me go buy from gog.com they don't have DRM on there games lol im not advertising just telling <_<
it doesn't punish the pirates, it kinda them gives them a point. This is like when a government reacts to protest against their cruelty by skinning and quartering all the protesters.
DRM will NEVER discourage hardcore pirates from pirating, every game across every platform will cracked and people will play it without paying. You can however reward loyal customers for buying your games. There are literally dozens of other games that basically do the exact same thing as yours and if i get something extra for buying your game that other games have not.
Yes the cattle will still buy the next madden/cod/star wars/whatever bioware does no matter how bad you treat them but at one point most gamers will we faced with the choice what to spend their 60$/40?/150$ aus on and if they stop to think before buying the one with the number at the end they WILL remember the guys who gave them free updates in addition to paid DLC, the guys who had great technical support and the guys who did not treat the hardware you just spend 600$ on like a rented car.
DRM will NEVER discourage hardcore pirates from pirating, every game across every platform will cracked and people will play it without paying. You can however reward loyal customers for buying your games. There are literally dozens of other games that basically do the exact same thing as yours and if i get something extra for buying your game that other games have not.
Yes the cattle will still buy the next madden/cod/star wars/whatever bioware does no matter how bad you treat them but at one point most gamers will we faced with the choice what to spend their 60$/40?/150$ aus on and if they stop to think before buying the one with the number at the end they WILL remember the guys who gave them free updates in addition to paid DLC, the guys who had great technical support and the guys who did not treat the hardware you just spend 600$ on like a rented car.
I was going to post something similar to this, but damn did you beat me to the punch. And with style, no less.Worgen said:
