Witcher Studio Chief Vows No More DRM
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Has Shamus Young read this?
Also good for them. I dunno if steam counts as DRM. I mean i guess it does, statign clearly everytime you buy something in the EULA that you are buying a license not the game, and that they can take it away if they want... but still no additional DRM and nonDRM retail is a pretty bold step.
So yeah good for them. B)
Has Shamus Young read this?
Also good for them. I dunno if steam counts as DRM. I mean i guess it does, statign clearly everytime you buy something in the EULA that you are buying a license not the game, and that they can take it away if they want... but still no additional DRM and nonDRM retail is a pretty bold step.
So yeah good for them. B)
I'll be interested to see if there company fails or succeeds. Personally I've always beveled that appeasement of assholes to make them stop wrecking your stuff is not a good idea, because Hitler, and see this as a move to do that. 'They were defiant asses so let's not antagonize them'. This might be a good case study on DRM and just how low pirates will sink (humble indie bundle, here comes more horror stories!) or it might prove that DRM needs to be removed until a better successor is found. Either way, I'm sure whinny shrill voice will ring out on both sides over this discussion so excuse me while I flee from them!
A nice sentiment, hopefully they always get that choice. They have already had problems with one publisher from this.
Do you mean there's no pressure against following through on it? That seems to have been the tone of that paragraph. Obviously if he announced publicly that CDProjekt won't use DRM ever again, there's at least some pressure to not go back on a promise.Andy Chalk said:
AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGHHAndy Chalk said:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHH
WHY WOULD YOU EVER BRING THIS HORRIFIC, TAINTED THOUGHT TO MY MIND, YOU HORRIBLE MONSTER! AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGH!
(Guess who I didn't vote for in March Mayhem!)
Anyways, I support this. This will take a big chunk out of the "justifications" used by pirates.
This makes me want to fly Poland so I can give everyone at CD Projket Red a hug. Also I need to get round to buying Witcher 2
Wow. Common sense strikes again!
These guys are epic. They understand something that I'm not sure why other PC devs don't. True DRM 'deters' piracy, in like, a very minimalistic way. But most people who pirate know how to use torrents, and people who know how to use torrents aren't idiots. Once a game is cracked, it's pretty much easy 1-2-3, boom, you're DRM free. And to add insult to injury, you have legit buyers of the game still struggling with this : 'wtf is this confusing drm crap, I don't want to kicked off some server, etc'.
So yes, Witcher 2 was pirated. But it sold well. And they didn't waste resources and insult PC-gamers (legit buyers) with useless DRM that would've been cracked and easily avoided anyways. If you're a pirate, chances are, you know how to easily apply a stupid crack.
So in short, DRM doesn't stop pirates. At all. Nothing will. Better to avoid DRM and gain respect from your fan base. Seriously, why do they think this works, do they take us for idiotas?
These guys are epic. They understand something that I'm not sure why other PC devs don't. True DRM 'deters' piracy, in like, a very minimalistic way. But most people who pirate know how to use torrents, and people who know how to use torrents aren't idiots. Once a game is cracked, it's pretty much easy 1-2-3, boom, you're DRM free. And to add insult to injury, you have legit buyers of the game still struggling with this : 'wtf is this confusing drm crap, I don't want to kicked off some server, etc'.
So yes, Witcher 2 was pirated. But it sold well. And they didn't waste resources and insult PC-gamers (legit buyers) with useless DRM that would've been cracked and easily avoided anyways. If you're a pirate, chances are, you know how to easily apply a stupid crack.
So in short, DRM doesn't stop pirates. At all. Nothing will. Better to avoid DRM and gain respect from your fan base. Seriously, why do they think this works, do they take us for idiotas?
Baby steps. I mean, you can't expect them to change completely overnight.DVS BSTrD said:
Unless they are some form of bizarre mythical create with chimeric properties...RUN FOR THE HILLS, FOLKS!
i'm in the that boat.. actually, i just fcking did exactly this.The Artificially Prolonged said:
Booked a flight, walked up, gave a dude a hand, said thanks and keep up the work and bought the game on GoG when it came out.
I've yet to touch the game. i prolly wont either. but i had a fun 2 weeks in poland!
This is why I bought two new copies of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. CD Projekt Red is officially a cooler company than even lovely Valve.
They don't need to work through publishers per se, CD Projekt self-publishes (or more precisely CD Projekt is the publisher for CD Projekt Red) but they do need to work with them for physical distribution outside of Eastern/Central Europe (where they're the biggest distributor), something that has already led to a problem or two, such as Namco Bandai forcing them to raise the price on their gog.com version for Australian customers because of contractual agreements (NB being the game's distributor in Oz).Knight Templar said:
Of course a few days later gog.com stopped IP checking against customer purchases, which goes to show that CD Projekt aren't afraid of pissing off a distributor to do things the way they want them done. Hell, if none of the big distributors want to do things CD Projekt's way I wouldn't be surprised to see them distributing via the mobs who usually handle bargin bin re-releases (and let's face it, in certain markets it would closer match CD Projekt's own pricing policies).
The fact that they were willing to step up like that and even risk potentially expensive law suits means that they are worthy of your money.RhombusHatesYou said: