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tmbh on 15 January 2008
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Katilian said:
naznatips said:
tmbh said:
@naztips - I'm in full agreement. systemrequiremntslab is a handy little tool.

HL2 was released via steam which is a good system. Once the game was installled it required you to have an internet connection to download a final check to ensure the game was an original then unlocked the game. Its certainly not flawless but a good attempt at combating piracy.

Steam is the best system out right now to combat Piracy.


Yet how much has it reduced piracy? I'm fairly certain every game available on steam can be pirated, most of the game updates are also make available to pirates too. In regards to online play, most people I know who pirate games just ignore games which are online only, or just go without the online content in games (this goes for console gamers too).

 


Yes games on Steam can be pirated and eventualy updates will catch up with the pirates, then they catch up with the update and so it goes on... but at least they tried!!

Onlineplay is increasingly popular especially as this console generation sees all three feature online services. System updates or game patches will be how they try and stay ahead of pirates but the reality is thats its a never ending cycle.

China is the number one pirate nation, especially films/DVDs its a million/billion $ operation. One attempt to reduce this is to offer them DVDs with highly exclusive extra content like the 6 Disc Complete Grindhouse Collection (All three verions of the film) or the 100% uncut versions of Kill Bill.

This wont work with games though.