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WilliamWatts on 17 February 2010
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Khuutra said:
WilliamWatts said:
Khuutra said:

The lack of a CD check isn't actually a positive! The fact that they aren't using one kind of DRM is not a benefit when there is a net loss in terms of convenience!

You are not explaining how this helps me, the consumer. I don't think that you can.

You the consumer are atypical. Im talking about the public at large here not a small sample of people with spotty wireless controllers.

There is no such thing as a typical consumer of PC games, unlss you take "typical" to mean "DRM is going to increase the chances of piracy happening"

The inability to play the game meaningfully offline is a problem.

The typical game which requires a GUI to function on a game is in proportion 50% or more likely to require an internet connection to play if you count online flash type games which are incredibly popular. 

You could say the typical Steam user has a broadband internet connection. >75%

Has a DX9c graphics card. >80%

So averaging between these two stats one could say that a typical Steam user has a broadband internet connection and a DX9c capable graphics card.

One could also state that a typical user would be more annoyed nowadays with copy protection requiring a disc than copy protection requiring online verification. A switch from the former to the latter if annoyance = piracy ought to net fewer pirates not greater number of pirates.

You're making a mountain out of a molehill here. What are the chances that you'll finally get sick of that wireless card and replace it with an N capable wireless card in the next 12 months?