Sims 3 - no online/invasive DRM

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Do you play this btw Fop?

 

Nailed on like I would imagine. A world he is in total control of/gets total respect/is God etc. (not said jokingly btw)

 

So were the OP remarks that people were trying to blacken his name/smear him just more paranoia then? Can't imagine its a subject anyone would be that arsed about tbh.

A thread started about a game he doesn't play saying unnamed people previously said he was lying about it. Or something.

HOUSE! (well nearly)

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Think about the target audience for the Sims 3 though-

 

I realize this will be generalizing and stereotyping, but the demo for Sims 3 is a bunch of chicks. Sure, they may get their boyfriend to DL the torrent, mount it via Daemon Tools, find no-cd patches, etc., etc., but for the most part, if that chick wants to play that game, she's just going to go buy it and install it.

 

What's the point of cutting into your own profit margin by paying what's probably a per-disc license of SecurROM or whatever to a third party when you can keep it all for yourself?

 

And to whoever touched on it, yeah, DRM really is fucking up PC gaming. It's hard enough to get some games working with day 0 patches, Steam issues, Games for Windows Live issues, router/ firewall issues, etc. etc. than by complicating things even further by sticking DRM on there. People wonder why console games sell- because people buy the game, come home, put it in their console, and play. That's it. No patching windows, no downloading video card driver updates, directx, etc.

 

If somebody could figure out an easy way to make all that bullshit go away (not likely) or to happen automatically (ding!)- that person would own PC gaming.

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Think about the target audience for the Sims 3 though-

 

I realize this will be generalizing and stereotyping, but the demo for Sims 3 is a bunch of chicks. Sure, they may get their boyfriend to DL the torrent, mount it via Daemon Tools, find no-cd patches, etc., etc., but for the most part, if that chick wants to play that game, she's just going to go buy it and install it.

 

What's the point of cutting into your own profit margin by paying what's probably a per-disc license of SecurROM or whatever to a third party when you can keep it all for yourself?

 

And to whoever touched on it, yeah, DRM really is fucking up PC gaming. It's hard enough to get some games working with day 0 patches, Steam issues, Games for Windows Live issues, router/ firewall issues, etc. etc. than by complicating things even further by sticking DRM on there. People wonder why console games sell- because people buy the game, come home, put it in their console, and play. That's it. No patching windows, no downloading video card driver updates, directx, etc.

 

If somebody could figure out an easy way to make all that bullshit go away (not likely) or to happen automatically (ding!)- that person would own PC gaming.

 

 

It's really been the utterly dire sales of several games with limited install DRM that's driven this, EA simply don't want their biggest earner to go the same way (especially when limited install DRM has not only resulted plummeting sales of many titles with it, but a massive increase in piracy to boot).

 

And you can see why, who really wants to pay all that to effectively lease a game (not even sure of the legality of it - although there's probably a property conveubermancer with an opinion ).

[trophyshy 7099]

hopefully they won't give a fuck to express it though.

[Acid 0]

Lol

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/20...15875-21374638/