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Just from reading some of the notes on the Pirate Bays current legal battle, which I must say makes interesting reading, who else is getting sick of this DRM. I actually borrowed GTA4 of a mate of mine to try, and god was I glad i didnt buy it, Windows live games and the Rockstar club, all making the whole gaming experience awful and the rubbish it installed on my PC, I can honestly see why people turn to sites like pirate bay, much easier. Does anyone think that companies like EA, Activison and so on will ever turn away from drm.

 

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You borrowed a game from a friend and had touble playing it on your machine? After he had played it on his?

No, he had not played it, he works at a charity collection warehouse and it was a donation, he paid 20 pounds for it, just to realize his p3 would not run it, so he wanted to have a play on this machine, unfortunately to say its now un-installed

 

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I can see your point, I think calling it all "DRM" is a bit strong, but all that junk and rubbish installed as well. I just installed my old version of UT2004 and typed in my key, away I go, maybe just inpatient but it does seem as if we cannot be trusted anymore.

 

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What a fantastic article, excellent use of a train journey reading that one, I now feel I understand it a lot more, and also what the game publishers are against, whilst I still do not agree with aggressive DRM I believe its doing a good job.

 

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Is your mate somehow retarded? He honestly bought one of the latest PC releases and expected it to play on a Pentium 3 system? Did he not think to read the requirements before purchasing it?

I call shenanigans!

He has aspergers syndrome actually

 

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Interesting topic thats raised a few good points, Its a shock to see that companies are struggling to sell games to the masses, be interesting to see some figures from pre 2000, when games on the PC were quite popular, Like doom 3d and so on.

 

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Which has what to do with him expecting GTAIV to play on a Pentium 3, other than 'nothing at all'

Part of his behavior within his ASD is that if he wants something hell buy it, Doesn't matter what the consequence or whether its the right thing, like buying a surf board but he doesnt surf.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome

Sorry, slightly off topic

 

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They're not struggling though. In fact the games industry is one of the few areas weathering this economic storm quite well. It is also likely that you'll still find piracy to be rife but not as well reported on by the media.

Personally, I blame a lack of sales on one thing and that's the disappearance of playable demo's. I was mulling over buying Lost Planet earlier and when I went to do it I noticed I could download the demo. Suffice to say I did not buy the game as it is a horrible console port.

You mention demos, I did notice there wasnt as many around either, I expect they dip their feet in both console and PC to try and maximize sales.

 

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Im sort of glad I raised this, Its a sad fact tho, the publishers probably wont be listening to us, until sales of say the Sims 3 doesnt hit the heights it is supposed to