The Console Degeneration

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shio said:

Ifgoddog said:

Soleron said:

goddog said:

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maybe you havent, but i have had nothing but problems ... and i wouldnt mind so much if they were all games downloaded acause id just write it off as part of the experiance, but when i buy something on disc i expect to be able to play it even if i have to leave the disc in the drive, 

 

I pay for all my games, software, and music and its shit like that that makes me question weather it really is a violation of my morals to pirate 

The solution (however painful) is to not buy the games whose DRM you disagree with. "Working around" it is still rewarding them for bad practices. Even piracy acknowlegdes you want to use their products.

As consumers, NOT buying stuff is the only way we can send a message to corporations.

 

 

if companies that did not use DRM would make games I want i could abide by that, but at the moment id still be playing imperium galatctica II  ...... though I think europa universalis : rome did not have DRM ill have to fire it up and check.... both fun games...... OH and civil war generals II 

If you hate DRM so much then why are you buying console games?! Consoles have far worse DRM systems than most PC games have: 5 download limit for DLC/XBLA games, Disc Checks for all physical copies even if they're installed on your Xbox 360/PS3, can't play downloaded games on more than just 1 console, etc...

I love my PC's DRM-lite games.

 

because at current I can play all the games I want and have bought offline without an issue.  never heard of the 5 download limit but if that is ture ill raise hell about it. and disc checking is still prominent on pc games almost all the games I own.. i would prefer the option of haveing to do disk checking for steam games as to just being locked out if you bought a physical copy.

 

its not that i hate drm its that i hate poorly thought out systems, and right now both ecosystems are fool of them to the point they only punish people who legitimately buy games.

 

im fairly certain that one console thing is BS because I have downloads on mine and my brothers unit both have my profile on it and both work fine.  though i dont think you can use the same profile at the same time on both never tired. its just convenient to have it over there for when i game at his house or vise versa