Which of the following is the best DRM in your opinion?

[twesterm]

Zkuq said:

twesterm said:

Must be logged in initially

Honestly, in this day and age, logged in once isn't a big deal.  Constant connection is a pain in the ass, one time verification not-so-much.

It's the norm to have a connection for at least a few minutes to download less than a MB of data.  If you have a PC that can run a current Steam game you would need that Steam verification, chances are you can find a way to connect to the internet for two minutes.

Can't resell games

And what was the last PC game you re-sold?

You asked how it was restrictive, I told you how. Now you're downplaying my arguments but Steam is still restrictive. Having to activate the game online, norm or not, is restrictive. Having to be logged on the that piece of shit software is very restrictive, even compared to any other digital distribution service. Not being able to resell games is restrictive, and no matter what the situation is with other games, it's still restrictive, it just means that other games are restrictive, too. Oh, and the last PC game I re-sold? Dragon Age (and bought the Ultimate Edition for DLC).

But it isn't restrictive compared to any other form of DRM (except no form of DRM of course).  Saying Steam is restrictive because you can't resell games is misleading because you really can't sell any recent PC games (and I keep saying recent because I know some jerk will come in and say he can buy a used copy of some crappy 1994 game).

And being logged into Steam is restrictive?  You do realize you can make Steam completely invisible to the user right?  Just have it log in automatically when Windows starts and you'll never know it's there.

And I would love to know where you resold Dragon Age.