Something I don't understand about Assassin's Creed 2 DRM complaints

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twesterm said:

So I'm basing this on assumptions but I'm betting they're valid assumptions so that's alright.

I'm assuming on the box it says permanent internet connection required and I know on the Steam page it says that so why are people so upset about this?

If it says it right on the box it isn't like you're being duped and if you're buying a PC game there's no excuse for not reading the system requirements so why are people so upset over this?

Is it just because the consoles don't have to have a permanent internet connection?  To that, I say meh?

Yeah, losing 10-15 minutes of progress can be annoying but since the game has frequent checkpoints that shouldn't be the biggest problem.  I don't know, to me, this just seems like getting angry over WoW requiring a permanent internet connection or buying a PC game and then realizing that you don't meet the minimum requirements.

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Note-- I'm not trying to argue for the DRM, I don't actually care, I just don't understand why everyone is so angry about it when they're upfront about it.  If they were trying to hide it or be deceptive about it I would understand the nerd rage, but they say in pretty plain English permanent internet connection required.

I would even understand if this news came about a week before the game released, but it came out well before a month before release.  Did this news come out with the system requirements?

Sheesh.  It's obvious.  They're angry because it's unreasonable - or at least if what I read is true about the DRM it is.  There is no reason a paying customer should be forced to lose progress on a game they bought because their internet connection drops (unless of course the game is online only, D'Oh).  That's just ridiculous.  If a game released with a bug that could regularly cause lost progress/saves I'd return it immediately and demand my money back.  Putting it on the box doesn't excuse it.  By that measure any unreasonable trading would be 'okay' so long as there was some upfront warning.

It doesn't work that way.  This is plain unreasonable and should be accepted as such.

The anger is also, obviously, because people want the game but aren't willing to accept the terms, which is also annoying.

I don't want to start an arguement or anything, but I'm amazed that you don't understand this, particularly as you often come across fairly heated about stuff on the boards that's unreasonable!