As usual, it's all about marketing. Well, and time. Steam was poorly received, but they managed to make themselves tolerable and even accepted by a combination of games people love and sales. People would sign away their basic human rights for cheap games.BloatedGuppy said:Total Biscuit's conclusion is that while PC gamers as an aggregate will often claim to despise DRM, evidence suggests the vast majority are actually perfectly OK with it. Likely right up to the point where they take a Sim City up the corn hole, at which point they frown and rattle their sabres ineffectually.
I dislike DRM, but it borders on unavoidable. I love the Humble Bundles because I can get a Steam key AND a DRM-free copy of the game in most cases, so I can have my cake and eat it too.
Jasper van Heycop said:I heard the witcher 2 got pirated to hell, but has CD projekt whined about it
No, they just made up ridiculous unrealistic figures that put Call of Duty piracy numbers to shame.
Incidentally, the Steam version was the primary one distributed, not the DRM-free one. So yeah. Food for thought.