Bioshock DRM- Steam, GFWL and SecuROM 5 machine activation limit

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twesterm said:

Mudface said:

I know I am, I also know it's not what I want and it's inferior to the licensing terms of other games, hence the losing degree of control comment, which you are, relatively speaking. Apologies for not spelling everything out for you, I mistakenly over-estimated your comprehension skills.

Anyway, to get away from this sudden outbreak of thread-derailing, nit-picking pedantry, some good news- the SecuROM 5 machine activation limit will not be applied to the Steam version, which makes it more palatable.

You can get pissy all you want, I'm not the one that misunderstood how the license works. 

And saying that it's inferior to something else is another case and doesn't really matter.  The point in this case is that you get exactly what you pay for-- 15 installs.  If you don't like that, don't buy the product.  It's a concept that could not be simpler.

Do they give you access to the license before you buy the product? Are all the terms written on the box, or do you have to buy it before you know how buttfucked you will be by their new licensing trick of the day?