One could subjectively argue that it's needed more than ever because games now even when distributed on physical medium and more so in digital only form come with DRM that needs to be activated to use.

So if the publisher goes under, then you are left with a game that can never be played ever again without being cracked.

Also of note to emphasise this is that many developers (virtually all for AAA games) are now owned by publishers, so the likelyhood of a a DRM free version being released gets more complicated.

Vgpoly just had the most hilarious couplr of posts going from "game preservatiom" to "developers dont see the money anyways"

Personally, i'm all for DRM.

Why?

I see that you're directing your comments at me. I'm a communist, of course I'm not going to care about profits when I support a system that isn't profit-based.

Well those are the term of service that People have to agree but the copy of the game will always be with the developers.

And it would be only up to them if they want to release drm free version of the game.

Well, it's not really up to them because people are cracking the game anyways.

Which is illegal,and the real costumers lose in the end.

Not pirates,not Publisher but the real costumer.

How do the real customers lose in the end? I don't pirate, but I don't see how other people pirating has negatively affected me. 1 pirated game doesn't equal one lost sale, because many people probably just wouldn't get the game if they couldn't pirate it.

Too many goddamn pretenders on the internet. Don't act so morally superior. As if you never touched piracy. We have all been there. Be it the 100-in-1 modules for gameboy, pirated PlayStation CDs on the school court for 5 bucks or whatever. We all did it, didn't we?

Personally, I couldn't care less if some kids get to play games they wouldn't be able to buy anyway. Sure, there will be some people who will use illegal copies to save a buck or two, but those are the minority. As we have seen very clearly since the rise of Denuvo, impact from illegal copies on sales is virtually non-existant.

Plus, DRM always sucks, getting rid of it is always a good thing, as it gives us, the consumers, more options. With this people can enjoy the game without the need for Steam and protect themselves from possible damages to their SSDs from Denuvo. Granted, that one isn't quite proved, but it's better to be cautious, right? Getting a game legally and then playing a pirated copy is perfectly fine in my book. I did that all the time with movies and music back in the days. While shitty original DVDs forced me to watch ads, that didn't happen with pirated copies. Whily iTunes only offers shitty 192 kbps quality, I get FLAC goodness with pirated content.

I'm not here to judge the moral of other people. If someone decides to play a game he or she doesn't own, that someone has to make out that with him or herself only. I also don't see the point in defending shitty greedy publishers. They screwed us over so many times that we should have a free ticket for piracy for all eternity by now.